Biography
2021-22
SPRING
*Lightweight Invitational 1: Second Varsity 8+, 7 seat (1st/4, 6:25.752)
*Matthews/Leonard: Second Varsity 8+, 7 seat (2nd/2, 5:52.29)
*Dodge Cup: Second Varsity 8+, 7 seat (3rd/3, 6:35.5)
*Wood-Hammond Cup: Varsity 8+, 7 seat (2nd/3, 5:49.5)
*Callow Cup: Varsity 8+, stroke seat (2nd/2, 5:40.3)
*EARC Sprints: Varsity 8+, 6 seat (7th; 5:59.600 heat / 6:08.037 Petite Final)
*IRA Nationals: Varsity 8+, 3 seat (7th/9, 6:10.228 petite final)
2019-20
*All spring races canceled due to national outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19
FALL
*First place in Lightweight Eights at Princeton Chase (13:09.700)
*Second place in Lightweight Eights at Head of the Charles (14:07.403)
2018-19
SPRING
*Delaware/MIT/Temple: Second Varsity 8+, 6 seat (6:00.5, 1st/4)
*Cornell/Harvard: Second Varsity 8+, 6 seat (5:45.9, 1st/3)
*Columbia/Yale: Second Varsity 8+, 6 seat (5:53.70, 3rd/3)
*Princeton/Georgetown: Second Varsity 8+, 6 seat (6:19.13, 2nd/3)
*Navy: Second Varsity 8+, 5 seat (6:07.0, 1st/2)
*EARC Sprints: Second Varsity 8+, 5 seat (3rd/9, 6:15.263 heat / 6:46.705 final)
*IRA Regatta: Varsity 4+, 2 seat (4th/9, 6:34.406 heat / 6:28.534 final)
*Henley: Varsity 4+, 2 seat (lost in first round to Exeter University of England)
2017-18
SPRING
*at MIT w/Delaware: Second Varsity 8+, bow seat (6:20.000, 1st/3)
*at Cornell w/Harvard: Second Varsity 8+, bow seat (6:14.9, 2nd/3)
*at Columbia w/Yale (Dodge Cup): Varsity 8+, 5 seat (6:10.8, 3rd/3)
*at Princeton w/Georgetown (Wood-Hammond Cup): Varsity 8+, 3 seat (6:05.0, 2nd/3)
*Navy: Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (5:53.9, 1st/2)
*EARC Sprints: Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (7th, 6:04.063 heat / 6:10.885 final)
*IRA Regatta: Varsity 4+, 2 seat (no place, 6:39.604 heat / final cancelled)
Rowing Highlights: Second place in the Lightweight 8+ at NJ State Championships … Fifth in Varsity 4+ at Mid-Atlantic Rowing Championships … Gold medalist in Varsity 4+ and 8+, second in Varsity 2x at AON University Rowing Championships in New Zealand.
Personal: Son of Tracy and Michael Gaffney … Enrolled in the Wharton School of Business.
Why Penn? “I chose Penn because of its global reputation for academic excellence and the opportunity to become part of such a determined and focused rowing program.”
Why rowing? “In rowing, I enjoy the enduring sense of teamwork, dedication, and camaraderie that renders the sport a uniquely challenging and invigorating pursuit. It is the attainment of success borne from hours of physical exertion, collective grit and the determination to win that drives my passion for the sport.”
