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2019-20 Men's Heavyweight Rowing

Bart Roovers

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Leiden, The Netherlands
  • Highschool Stedelijk Gymnasium

Biography

2019-20
  *All spring races canceled due to national outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19
 
2018-19
SPRING
  *Northeastern (Burk Cup): Varsity 8+, stroke seat (5:48.787, 2nd/2)
  *Columbia/Princeton (Childs Cup): Varsity 8+, stroke seat (5:38.90, 2nd/3)
  *Columbia/Yale (Blackwell Cup): Varsity 8+, stroke seat (6:01.4, 2nd/3)
  *Harvard/Navy (Adams Cup): Varsity 8+, stroke seat (6:26.6, 3rd/3)
  *Cornell/Georgetown (Madeira Cup): Varsity 8+, 2 seat (5:42.93, 3rd/3)
  *EARC Sprints: Varsity 8+, 2 seat (13th/17, 6:31.482 heat / 6:36.480 final)
  *IRA Regatta: Varsity 8+, 2 seat (17th/24, 5:51.027 in Third Final)
 
2017-18
  Rowed for The Netherlands at U-23 World Rowing Championships in Poznan, Poland (men’s eight)
SPRING
  *at Princeton w/Columbia (Childs Cup): Varsity 8+, 6 seat (6:09.2, 2nd/3)
  *at Columbia w/Yale (Blackwell Cup): Varsity 8+, 6 seat (6:08.5, 3rd/3)
  *at Navy w/Harvard (Adams Cup): Varsity 8+, stroke seat (6:06.3, 2nd/3)
  *at Cornell w/Georgetown (Madeira Cup): Varsity 8+, stroke seat (5:35.8, 1st/3)
  *EARC Sprints: Varsity 8+, stroke seat (10th, 5:50.439 heat / 6:07.623 final)
  *IRA Nationals: Varsity 8+, stroke seat (14th, 7:04.459 in Third Final)
 
2016-17
SPRING
  *at Princeton w/Columbia (Childs Cup): Varsity 8+, stroke seat (6:21.4, 2nd/3)
  *at Yale w/Columbia (Blackwell Cup): Varsity 8+, stroke seat (5:45.2, 2nd/3)
  *Harvard/Navy (Adams Cup): Varsity 8+, stroke seat (5:35.3, 2nd/3)
  *Cornell (Madeira Cup): Varsity 8+, stroke seat (5:52.7, 2nd/2)
  *EARC Sprints: Varsity 8+, 2 seat (10th, 5:38.986 heat / 5:41.606 final)
  *IRA Nationals: Varsity 8+, 2 seat (13th, 5:42.569 in seven-boat Petite Final)
 
High School: Gold medalist at 2015 World Rowing Junior Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (men’s eight) … Fourth place at 2016 Junior European Championships in Bradenburg, Germany (men’s lightweight four w/out) … Six-time Dutch national champion in rowing.
 
Personal: Son of Saskia and Ed Roovers … Enrolled in College of Arts and Sciences.

 

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    6'1"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    6'1"
  • 2018-19Junior

    6'1"
  • 2019-20Senior

    6'1"