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2025-26 Men's Lightweight Rowing Roster

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Aden Anderson

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Bettendorf, Iowa
  • Highschool Pleasant Valley

Biography

2024-25
SPRING
  *NCLI: Third Varsity 8+, 2 seat (1st/3, 6:04.9; 1st/4, 6:08.5)
  *Cornell/Harvard (Leonard Cup): Third Varsity 8+, 2 seat (1st/3, 5:43.9)
  *Columbia/Yale (Colgan Cup): Third Varsity 8+, bow seat (1st/3, 6:29.10)
  *Princeton/Gtown: Third Varsity 8+, bow seat (1st/3, 6:37.6)
  *at Navy (1919 Trophy): Third Varsity 8+, bow seat (1st/2, 6:18.1)
  *EARC Sprints: Third Varsity 8+, bow seat (5th/8, 6:03.168 heat/6:15.648 grand final)
  *IRA Nationals: Varsity 4+, 2 seat (3rd/10, 6:26.810 semi / 6:26.420 grand final)
 
2023-24
  2V8 gold medalist, helped Penn win Jope Cup (total points) at EARC Sprints for second time in program history (also 1967)
SPRING
  *NCLI: Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (1st/2, 6:13.618; 1st/2, 6:12.948)
  *at Cornell w/Harvard: Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (2nd/3, 6:12.0)
  *at Columbia w/Yale: Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (1st/3, 6:04.7)
  *at Princeton w/Georgetown: Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (1st/3, 5:51.00)
  *vs. Navy: Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (1st/2, 5:51.6)
  *EARC Sprints: Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (1st/9, 5:47.429 heat / 5:48.460 grand final)
  *IRA Nationals: Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (2nd/7, 5:50.183 grand final)

High School: Rowed for Y Quad Cities Rowing club program under head coach Peter Sharis … Won silver at Youth National Championships in the double, multiple golds at regional championships ,,, Four-year Academic Excellence student.
 
Personal: Enrolled in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
 
Why Penn? “The community is very supportive and the campus is amazing. The challenging classes and opportunities which Penn provides are invaluable.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    5'10"
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    5'10"
  • 2025-26Junior

    5'10"