2020-21 Men's Lightweight Rowing Roster
Biography
2020-21
IRCA Scholar Athlete
IRA All-Academic
SPRING
*Murphy Cup: Varsity 8+, bow seat (5:42.0, 1st/6)
*Kerr Cup: Varsity 8+, bow seat (5:45.8, 1st/3; 5:47.3, 2nd/3)
*Bergen Cup: Varsity 8+, bow seat (5:57.8, 1st/5)
*IRA Regatta: Varsity 8+, 2 seat (6:47.476, 2nd/5)
2019-20
*All spring races canceled due to national outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19
2018-19
IRA All-Academic
SPRING
*Delaware/MIT/Temple: Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (6:00.5, 1st/4)
*Cornell/Harvard: Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (5:45.9, 1st/3)
*Columbia/Yale: Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (5:53.70, 3rd/3)
*Princeton/Georgetown: Second Varsity 8+, 5 seat (6:19.13, 2nd/3)
*Navy: Second Varsity 8+, 6 seat (6:07.0, 1st/2)
*EARC Sprints: Second Varsity 8+, 6 seat (3rd/9, 6:15.263 heat / 6:46.705 final)
*IRA Regatta: Varsity 4+, bow seat (4th/9, 6:34.406 heat / 6:28.534 final)
2017-18
SPRING
*EARC Sprints: Second Varsity 8+, bow seat (7th, 6:04.063 heat / 6:10.885 final)
*IRA Regatta: Varsity 4-, stroke seat (no place, 6:26.891 heat / final cancelled)
Rowing Highlights: Stotesbury Cup Champion 2016, silver medalist 2017, Men's 2nd 8 silver medalist 2015 … Henley Royal Regatta quarterfinalist … Two-time Mid-Atlantic Regional champion (2016, 2017) … Youth Nationals grand finalist Men's 8 (5th and 4th place) 2016, 2017 … Three-time Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Rowing champion (2014, 2015, 2016) … SRAA National Champion Men’s 2nd Varsity 8 2015.
Personal: Son of Debra Soltis and Paul Kiyonaga … Younger sister, Catherine, also rows at Penn ... Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Why Penn? “It's a place where I can seriously pursue what I love, without taking myself too seriously.”
Why rowing? “I row to push my limits, and because I love being part of a team.”
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