University of Pennsylvania Athletics

2020-21
SPRING
  *Kerr Cup: Second Varsity 8+, 7 seat (5:53.8, 1st/3; 5:55.0, 1st/3)
  *Bergen Cup: Second Varsity 8+, 7 seat (6:03.5, 1st/4)
  *IRA Regatta: Varsity 8+, 5 seat (6:47.476, 2nd/5)
 
2019-20
  *All spring races canceled due to national outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19
FALL
  *First place in Lightweight Fours at Head of the Charles, Penn’s second win in that division at HOCR (also 2013)
 
2018-19
SPRING
  *Delaware/MIT/Temple: Second Varsity 8+, bow seat (6:00.5, 1st/4)
  *Cornell/Harvard: Second Varsity 8+, bow seat (5:45.9, 1st/3)
  *Columbia/Yale: Second Varsity 8+, bow seat (5:53.70, 3rd/3)
  *Princeton/Georgetown: Second Varsity 8+, bow seat (6:19.13, 2nd/3)
  *Navy: Second Varsity 8+, bow seat (6:07.0, 1st/2)
  *EARC Sprints: Second Varsity 8+, bow seat (3rd/9, 6:15.263 heat / 6:46.705 final)
  *IRA Regatta: Varsity 4-, bow seat (4th/10, 6:21.296 heat / 6:20.487 final)
 
Rowing Highlights: Four-time national champion in Holland … Silver at the European Junior Championships … A finalist at Junior World Championships.
 
Personal: Son of Judith Kunst and Dirk Kooijenga … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Why Penn? “The thing I really like about Penn compared to other universities is the possibility to study at the highest level possible and to row at the highest level possible at the same time.”
 
Why rowing? “What I most love about rowing is the feeling you get when a boat really runs, when you are in perfect synchronicity with your teammates. That moment is magical, it feels like effortless flying.”