Biography
2023-24
Second-team IRCA All-America
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+, stroke seat (1st/2, 6:02.174; 1st/2, 6:00.464)
*at Cornell w/Harvard: Varsity 8+ (Matthews Trophy), stroke seat (3rd/3, 6:01.5)
*at Columbia w/Yale: Varsity 8+ (Dodge Cup), stroke seat (1st/3, 6:01.8)
*at Princeton w/Georgetown: Varsity 8+ (Wood-Hammond), stroke seat (1st/3, 5:38.3)
*vs. Navy: Varsity 8+ (Callow Cup), stroke seat (1st/2, 5:41.2)
*EARC Sprints: Varsity 8+, stroke seat (2nd/9, 5:34.170 heat / 5:38.471 grand final)
*IRA Nationals: Varsity 8+, stroke seat (3rd/8, 5:37.126 / 5:40.484 grand final)
2022-23
IRCA Scholar Athlete
IRA All-Academic
SPRING
*Lightweight Invitational 1: Varsity 8+, stroke seat (1st/3, 5:41.7)
*Lightweight Invitational 2: Varsity 8+, stroke seat (1st/2, 5:41.7)
*Matthews/Leonard: Varsity 8+, stroke seat (1st/3, 5:36.7)
*Dodge Cup: Varsity 8+, stroke seat (3rd/3, 5:59.5)
*Wood-Hammond Cup: Varsity 8+, stroke seat (3rd/3, 6:32.5)
*Callow Cup: Varsity 8+, stroke seat (1st/2, 5:44.5)
*EARC Sprints: Varsity 8+, stroke seat (4th, 5:41.935 heat / 5:40.028 grand final)
*IRA Nationals: Varsity 8+, stroke seat (3rd/8, 5:44.033 grand final)
2021-22
SPRING
*Lightweight Invitational 1: Second Varsity 8+, 6 seat (1st/4, 6:25.752)
*Dodge Cup: Second Varsity 8+, 5 seat (3rd/3, 6:35.5)
*Wood-Hammond Cup: Second Varsity 8+, 5 seat (1st/3, 5:56.1)
*Callow Cup: Second Varsity 8+, 5 seat (2nd/2, 5:52.2)
*EARC Sprints: Varsity 8+, 5 seat (7th; 5:59.600 heat / 6:08.037 petite final)
*IRA Nationals: Varsity 8+, 4 seat (7th/9, 6:10.228 petite final)
2019-20
*All spring races canceled due to national outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19
Rowing Highlights: Four-year letter winner … Part of an Eight that took fourth at regionals in 2019 … Rowed the Eight twice at the Henley Royal Regatta, in 2017 and 2019 … Eight finished 12th at 2017 Head of the Charles Regatta … Took 10th at Nationals in the quad sculls in 2018 … Won multiple state and regional awards with Raisbeck Aviation’s Science Olympiad Team … Recipient of the school’s Love of Life Award … Four-year Apollo Award recipient for academic excellence.
Personal: Son of Liz Sullivan and Helene Bourget … Enrolled in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Why Penn? “Penn was the perfect balance of Rowing, a hands-on engineering experience, and a diverse range of people. All of these things put together made Penn my first choice.”
Why Rowing? “No matter what's happening in school, life, or otherwise, rowing will always be a peaceful escape on the water. Even during the hardest most painful races nothing else matters except to row your boat.”
