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2025-26 Men's Heavy Rowing Roster

Cole Riedinger

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Winnetka, Ill.
  • Highschool New Trier

Biography

2024-25
SPRING
  *Northeastern: Varsity 8+ (Burk Cup), 2 seat (1st/2, 5:32.99)
  *at Columbia w/Princeton: Varsity 8+ (Childs Cup), 2 seat (2nd/3, 6:14.5)
  *Columbia/Yale: Varsity 8+ (Blackwell Cup), 2 seat (1st/3, 6:07.7)
  *at Harvard w/Navy: Varsity 8+ (Adams Cup), 2 seat (2nd/3, 5:53.3)
  *Oregon State: Varsity 8+, 4 seat (1st/2, 5:30.6)
  *Cornell: Varsity 8+ (Madeira Cup), 4 seat (1st/2, 5:32.7)
  *Holy Cross: Second Varsity 8+, stroke seat (1st/2, 5:46.4)
  *EARC Sprints: Second Varsity 8+, stroke seat (6th/15, 5:53.813 heat/5:50.426 grand final)
  *IRA Nationals: Second Varsity 8+, 2 seat (11th/23, 5:38.590 petite final)
 
2023-24
SPRING
  *Northeastern: Varsity 8+ (Burk Cup), 2 seat (2nd/2, 6:12.23)
  *Princeton/Columbia: Varsity 8+ (Childs Cup), 2 seat (2nd/3, 5:40.098)
  *at Columbia w/Yale: Varsity 8+ (Blackwell Cup), 2 seat (2nd/3, 5:36.30)
  *at Navy w/Harvard: Varsity 8+ (Adams Cup), 2 seat (2nd/3, 6:21.5)
  *vs. Holy Cross: Varsity 8+, 2 seat (1st/2, 5:42.5)
  *at Cornell: Varsity 8+ (Madeira Cup), 2 seat (1st/2, 5:29.8)
  *vs. Oregon State: Varsity 8+, 2 seat (1st/2, 5:38.6)
  *EARC Sprints: Varsity 8+, 2 seat (5th/15, 5:29.276 heat / 5:34.046 grand final)
  *IRA Nationals: Varsity 8+, 2 seat (8th/24, 5:35.417 petite final)

2022-23
SPRING
  *Burk Cup: Varsity 8+, stroke seat (2nd/2, 5:54.86)
  *Childs Cup: Varsity 8+, 2 seat (2nd/3, 5:38.2)
  *Blackwell Cup: Second Varsity 8+, stroke seat (2nd/2, 6:06.3)
  *Adams Cup; Varsity 8+, stroke seat (2nd/3, 5:39.5)
  *vs. Oregon State: Varsity 8+, stroke seat (1st/2, 5:41.4)
  *Madeira Cup: Varsity 8+, stroke seat (2nd/2, 5:24.1)
  *vs. Holy Cross: Varsity 8+, stroke seat (1st/2, 5:31.3)
  *EARC Sprints: Varsity 8+, 2 seat (10th, 5:43.103 heat / 5:38.682 final)
  *IRA Nationals: Varsity 8+, 2 seat (12th/24, 5:48.962 petite final)

High School: Four-year varsity rower, team captain as a senior under head coach Nate Kelp-Lenane … Helped NTHS to Midwest Scholastic championships in 2019 and 2022 … Team’s Silver OAR (Outstanding Attitude in Rowing) recipient in 2020 … Rowed for the Sarasota Rowing in the winter of 2021 … Played Jazz Guitar in New Trier Jazz Ensemble One … Illinois State Scholar … Spanish Honors Society … Midwest Rowing Honor Roll … Scholastic Rowing Honor Roll … Bronze Scholastic Scholarship.
 
Personal: Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.
 
Why Penn? “I chose Penn for a multitude of reasons. When I was making my decision, I found that Penn’s academics were unmatched. The opportunities and support that Penn provides are like no other University. A few great examples of this are their dual internship/study abroad program. This is important to me because I can have an opportunity to visit and work in a different country much like a study abroad program while having exposure in a business setting. Another reason why I chose Penn is because of the team’s work ethic and culture. I was impressed with how the team operates and trains at an elite and competitive level.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    6'1"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    6'1"
  • 2024-25Junior

    6'1"
  • 2025-26Senior

    6'1"