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2024-25 Men's Lightweight Rowing Roster

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Asher Gold

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Seattle, Wash.
  • Highschool Garfield

Biography

2024-25
  IRCA Scholar Athlete
SPRING
  *NCLI: Varsity 8+, cox (1st/3, 5:45.9; 1st/3, 5:56.5)
  *Cornell/Harvard (Leonard Cup): Varsity 8+ (Matthews/Franklin), cox (2nd/3, 5:33.0)
  *Columbia/Yale (Colgan Cup): Varsity 8+ (Dodge Cup), cox (1st/3, 6:02.09)
  *Princeton/Gtown: Varsity 8+ (Wood-Hammond Trophy), cox (2nd/3, 6:21.8)
  *at Navy (1919 Trophy): Varsity 8+ (Callow Cup), cox (1st/2, 6:03.0)
  *EARC Sprints: Varsity 8+, cox (4th/10, 5:57.320 heat/5:54.747 grand final)
 
2023-24
  Helped Penn win Jope Cup (total points) at EARC Sprints for second time in program history (also 1967)
  IRCA Scholar Athlete
SPRING
  *NCLI: Varsity 8+, cox (1st/2, 6:02.174; 1st/2, 6:00.464)
  *at Cornell w/Harvard: Varsity 8+ (Matthews Trophy), cox (3rd/3, 6:01.5)
  *at Columbia w/Yale: Varsity 8+ (Dodge Cup), cox (1st/3, 6:01.8)
  *at Princeton w/Georgetown: Varsity 8+ (Wood-Hammond), cox (1st/3, 5:38.3)
  *vs. Navy: Varsity 8+ (Callow Cup), cox (1st/2, 5:41.2)
  *EARC Sprints: Varsity 8+, cox (2nd/9, 5:34.170 heat / 5:38.471 grand final)
  *IRA Nationals: Varsity 8+, cox (3rd/8, 5:37.126 / 5:40.484 grand final)

2022-23
  IRCA Scholar Athlete
  IRA All-Academic
SPRING
  *Lightweight Invitational 1: Varsity 8+, cox (1st/3, 5:41.7)
  *Lightweight Invitational 2: Varsity 8+, cox (1st/2, 5:41.7)
  *Matthews/Leonard: Varsity 8+, cox (1st/3, 5:36.7)
  *Dodge Cup: Varsity 8+, cox (3rd/3, 5:59.5)
  *Wood-Hammond Cup: Varsity 8+, cox (3rd/3, 6:32.5)
  *Callow Cup: Varsity 8+, cox (1st/2, 5:44.5)
  *EARC Sprints: Varsity 8+, cox (4th, 5:41.935 heat / 5:40.028 grand final)
  *IRA Nationals: Varsity 8+, cox (3rd/8, 5:44.033 grand final)

2021-22
SPRING
  *Lightweight Invitational 1: Second Varsity 8+, cox (1st/4, 6:25.752)
  *Matthews/Leonard: Second Varsity 8+, cox (2nd/2, 5:52.29)
  *Dodge Cup: Varsity 8+, cox (3rd/3, 6:41.9)
  *Wood-Hammond Cup: Third Varsity 8+, cox (3rd/3, 6:17.6)
  *Callow Cup: Second Varsity 8+, cox (2nd/2, 5:52.2)
  *EARC Sprints: Second Varsity 8+, cox (8th; 6:15.546 heat / 6:17.380 petite final)
  *IRA Nationals: Second Varsity 8+, cox (5th/7, 6:14.158 grand final)
 
Rowing Highlights: Second-place lightweight Four at 2019 Junior Nationals.
 
Personal: Father coxed at Columbia … Older brother, Adam, is a coxswain at the University of Washington … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Why Penn? “Penn has many incredible opportunities to become involved in research that results in real advances to our lives, and I cannot wait to help contribute to that.”
 
Why Rowing? “My Dad introduced my brother to rowing, and once I saw what the sport was about I immediately became enthralled.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    Cox
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Cox
  • 2023-24Junior

    Cox
  • 2024-25Senior

    Cox