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2025-26 Men's Heavy Rowing Roster

Ciaran Santiago

  • Height 6-4
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown St. Louis, Mo.
  • Highschool Thomas Jefferson School

Biography

2024-25
SPRING
  *Northeastern: Fifth Varsity 8+, bow seat (3rd/3, 6:16.00)
  *at Columbia w/Princeton: Fifth Varsity 8+, stroke seat (1st/2, 6:45.6)
  *Columbia/Yale: Fifth Varsity 8+, stroke seat (6:41.9)
  *Oregon State: Fifth Varsity 8+, stroke seat (6:08.9)
  *Cornell: Fifth Varsity 8+, stroke seat (2nd/2, 6:00.7)
  *Holy Cross: Fifth Varsity 8+, stroke seat (6:16.2)
  *EARC Sprints: Fifth Varsity 8+, stroke seat (4th/7, 6:16.191 grand final)
 
2023-24
SPRING
  *Northeastern: Fifth Varsity 8+, 7 seat (2nd/2, 7:43.46)
  *Princeton/Columbia: Fifth Varsity 8+, 7 seat (1st/2, 6:21.448)
  *at Navy w/Harvard: Fifth Varsity 8+, 7 seat (2nd/2, 7:03.3)
  *at Cornell: Fifth Varsity 8+, 7 seat (1st/2, 6:05.6)
  *EARC Sprints: Fifth Varsity 8+, 7 seat (6th/6, 6:14.570 grand final)

2022-23
SPRING
  *Burk Cup: Fourth Varsity 8+, 6 seat (2nd/2, 6:27.08)
  *Childs Cup: Fourth Varsity 8+, 5 seat (2nd/2, 5:59.0)
  *Blackwell Cup: Fourth Varsity 8+, 6 seat (2nd/2, 6:30.9)
  *Adams Cup; Third Varsity 8+, 4 seat (3rd/3, 5:50.8)
  *vs. Oregon State: Third Varsity 8+, 4 seat (1st/3, 5:55.9)
  *Madeira Cup: Third Varsity 8+, 4 seat (2nd/2, 5:45.0)
  *vs. Holy Cross: Third Varsity 8+, 4 seat (1st/2, 5:42.2)
  *EARC Sprints: Fourth Varsity 8+, 7 seat (11th, 6:04.483 heat / 5:57.489 petite final)

High School: Rowed with St. Louis Rowing Club, served as captain in 2021-22 under head coach Tim Franck … Earned the club’s Most Improved Award in 2020-21 … Graduated Summa Cum Laude … National Greek Exam: high honors … National Italian Exam: gold medal … National Merit Scholar finalist.
 
Personal: Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Why Penn? “I chose Penn due to both its excellent academics, particularly in the social sciences, and its fantastic crew team located in the greatest rowing city in the world.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    6'4"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    6'4"
  • 2024-25Junior

    6'4"
  • 2025-26Senior

    6'4"