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2024-25 Men's Lightweight Rowing Roster

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Daniel Ward

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Downingtown, Pa.
  • Highschool Malvern Prep

Biography

2024-25
  IRCA Scholar Athlete
SPRING
  *NCLI: Second Varsity 8+, stroke seat (1st/3, 6:00.8; 2nd/3, 6:05.7)
  *Cornell/Harvard (Leonard Cup): Second Varsity 8+, stroke seat (2nd/3, 5:33.0)
  *Columbia/Yale (Colgan Cup): Third Varsity 8+, stroke seat (1st/3, 6:29.10)
  *Princeton/Gtown: Third Varsity 8+, 6 seat (1st/3, 6:37.6)
  *at Navy (1919 Trophy): Third Varsity 8+, 2 seat (1st/2, 6:18.1)
  *EARC Sprints: Third Varsity 8+, 2 seat (5th/8, 6:03.168 heat/6:15.648 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)
  IRCA Scholar Athlete
SPRING
  *NCLI: Second Varsity 8+, 7 seat (1st/2, 6:13.618; 1st/2, 6:12.948)
  *at Cornell w/Harvard: Second Varsity 8+, stroke seat (2nd/3, 6:12.0)
  *at Columbia w/Yale: Second Varsity 8+, stroke seat (1st/3, 6:04.7)
  *at Princeton w/Georgetown: Second Varsity 8+, stroke seat (1st/3, 5:51.00)
  *vs. Navy: Second Varsity 8+, stroke seat (1st/2, 5:51.6)
  *EARC Sprints: Second Varsity 8+, stroke seat (1st/9, 5:47.429 heat / 5:48.460 grand final)
  *IRA Nationals: Second Varsity 8+, stroke seat (2nd/7, 5:50.183 grand final)

2022-23
  IRCA Scholar Athlete
  IRA All-Academic
SPRING
  *Lightweight Invitational 1: Second Varsity 8+, 6 seat (1st/3, 5:51.9)
  *Lightweight Invitational 2: Second Varsity 8+, 6 seat (1st/2, 5:55.3)
  *Matthews/Leonard: Second Varsity 8+, 6 seat (1st/3, 5:45.5)
  *Dodge Cup: Second Varsity 8+, 6 seat (2nd/3, 6:13.9)
  *Wood-Hammond Cup: Second Varsity 8+, 6 seat (2nd/3, 6:28.4)
  *Callow Cup: Second Varsity 8+, 6 seat (1st/2, 5:53.3)
  *EARC Sprints: Second Varsity 8+, 6 seat (5th, 5:45.784 heat / 5:46.585 grand final)
  *IRA Nationals: Second Varsity 8+, 6 seat (6th/7, 5:59.080 grand final)

2021-22
SPRING
  *Lightweight Invitational 1: Second Varsity 8+, bow seat (1st/4, 6:25.752)
  *Matthews/Leonard: Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (2nd/2, 5:52.29)
  *Dodge Cup: Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (3rd/3, 6:35.5)
  *Wood-Hammond Cup: Second Varsity 8+, bow seat (1st/3, 5:56.1)
  *Callow Cup: Second Varsity 8+, bow seat (2nd/2, 5:52.2)
  *EARC Sprints: Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (8th; 6:15.546 heat / 6:17.380 petite final)
  *IRA Nationals: Second Varsity 8+, 6 seat (5th/7, 6:14.158 grand final)
FALL
  *3 seat, winning Lightweight Four at Head of the Charles (16:29.246)
 
Rowing Highlights: Won Varsity Quad at 2021 Stotesbury Cup … Rowed in winning U19 Quad, second in U19 Double at 2021 Summer Nationals.
 
Personal: Older brother, Sean, rowed for the Dartmouth lightweights … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior