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2025-26 Men's Lightweight Rowing Roster

Rich Jia

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Oteha, New Zealand
  • Highschool Westlake Boys

Biography

2024-25
SPRING
  *NCLI: Fourth Varsity 8+ (Session 2), 3 seat (2nd/3, 6:23.7)
  *Cornell (Leonard Cup): Fourth Varsity 8+, 3 seat (2nd/2, 5:54.7)
  *Columbia/Yale (Colgan Cup): Fourth Varsity 8+, 3 seat (3rd/3 vs. 3V8s, 6:57.57)
  *Princeton: Fourth Varsity 8+, 3 seat (1st/3, 6:57.6)
  *at Navy (1919 Trophy): Fourth Varsity 8+, bow seat (2nd/2, 6:51.1)
  *EARC Sprints: Fourth Varsity 8+, 3 seat (3rd/4, 6:19.202 grand final)
 
2023-24
SPRING
  *NCLI: Fourth Varsity 8+, 4 seat (2nd/2, 6:51.530)
  *at Cornell: Fourth Varsity 8+, 2 seat (2nd/2, 7:08.7)
  *at Columbia w/Yale: Fourth Varsity 8+, 2 seat (2nd/2, 6:44.2)
  *at Princeton w/Georgetown: Fourth Varsity 8+, 2 seat (2nd/2, 6:28.2)
  *vs. Navy: Fourth Varsity 8+, 2 seat (2nd/2, 6:23.3)
  *EARC Sprints: Fourth Varsity 8+, 2 seat (5th/5, NTT)

High School: Lettered in volleyball, captained the team as a senior … Also played basketball, two-time winner of New Zealand Secondary Schools 'AA' Zone 1 Premiership … Invited as one of the top 45 athletes in New Zealand to participate in the New Zealand Basketball National Talent Program … New Zealand Indoor Volleyball National Camp participant … Played at Australasian Championships with Team New Zealand … In volleyball, winner at the U18 Inter-Provincial Championship (IPC) Nationals.
 
Personal: Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Why Penn? “Penn provided an unparalleled opportunity to broaden my horizons, opening doors and opportunities to things previously unreachable.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    6'0"
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    6'0"
  • 2025-26Junior

    6'0"