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2025-26 Men's Lightweight Rowing Roster

Dylan Folan

  • Height 6-3
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Pittsburgh, Pa.
  • Highschool Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts

Biography

2024-25
  IRCA Scholar Athlete
SPRING
  *NCLI: Third Varsity 8+, stroke seat (1st/3, 6:04.9; 1st/4, 6:08.5)
  *Cornell/Harvard (Leonard Cup): Third Varsity 8+, stroke seat (1st/3, 5:43.9)
  *Columbia/Yale (Colgan Cup): Second Varsity 8+, stroke seat (1st/3, 6:15.30)
  *Princeton/Gtown: Second Varsity 8+, stroke seat (1st/3, 6:26.1)
  *at Navy (1919 Trophy): Second Varsity 8+, stroke seat (1st/2, 6:13.6)
  *EARC Sprints: Second Varsity 8+, stroke seat (2nd/10, 5:58.387 heat/5:56.578 grand final)
  *IRA Nationals: Varsity 8+, stroke seat (4th/9, 5:49.120 heat / 5:34.910 grand final)
 
2023-24
  Helped Penn win Jope Cup (total points) at EARC Sprints for second time in program history (also 1967)
SPRING
  *NCLI: Third Varsity 8+, stroke seat (1st/2, 6:19.320)
  *at Cornell w/Harvard: Third Varsity 8+, stroke seat (2nd/3, 6:27.4)
  *at Columbia w/Yale: Third Varsity 8+, bow seat (2nd/3, 6:20.1)
  *at Princeton w/Georgetown: Third Varsity 8+, bow seat (1st/3, 5:58.50)
  *vs. Navy: Third Varsity 8+, bow seat (2nd/2, 5:58.7)
  *EARC Sprints: Third Varsity 8+, bow seat (2nd/7, 5:57.111 grand final)

High School: Rowed with Three Rivers Rowing Association, men’s varsity team captain … Third at 2021 Youth National Championships (u17 single) … Won 2023 Midwest Regional championship in u19 pair … Had top-20 finishes at 2021 and 2022 at Head of the Charles Regatta in u19 coxed quad … 2023 Coca-Cola Scholar semifinalist … 2021 (PICMA) Piedmont Institute Emerging Writers Contest runner-up … 2023 Scholastic Writing Awards … Recipient of Gold Key (one time) and Honorable Mentions (five times).
 
Personal: Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Why Penn? “Stepping onto Locust Walk for the first time, I was touched by the energy carried by students who uphold a commitment to social and academic excellence. As a walk-on, contributing to a team that shares a common goal gives me a greater sense of purpose on campus.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    6'3"
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    6'3"
  • 2025-26Junior

    6'3"