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2024-25 Men's Heavy Rowing Roster

Jason Kennedy

  • Height 6-8
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Berwyn, Pa.
  • Highschool Malvern Prep

Biography

2024-25
SPRING
  *Northeastern: Varsity 8+ (Burk Cup), 3 seat (1st/2, 5:32.99)
  *at Columbia w/Princeton: Varsity 8+ (Childs Cup), 7 seat (2nd/3, 6:14.5)
  *Columbia/Yale: Varsity 8+ (Blackwell Cup), 7 seat (1st/3, 6:07.7)
  *at Harvard w/Navy: Varsity 8+ (Adams Cup), 7 seat (2nd/3, 5:53.3)
  *Oregon State: Varsity 8+, 7 seat (1st/2, 5:30.6)
  *Cornell: Varsity 8+ (Madeira Cup), 7 seat (1st/2, 5:32.7)
  *Holy Cross: Varsity 8+, 7 seat (1st/2, 5:36.6)
  *EARC Sprints: Varsity 8+, 7 seat (6th/15, 5:42.786 heat/5:39.133 grand final)
  *IRA Nationals: Varsity 8+, 7 seat (10th/24, 5:27.320 petite final)
 
2023-24
  Second-team IRCA All-America
  Won silver with the U.S. men’s eights at the 2024 U23 World Rowing Championships (7 seat)
SPRING
  *Northeastern: Varsity 8+ (Burk Cup), 5 seat (2nd/2, 6:12.23)
  *Princeton/Columbia: Varsity 8+ (Childs Cup), 5 seat (2nd/3, 5:40.098)
  *at Columbia w/Yale: Varsity 8+ (Blackwell Cup), 5 seat (2nd/3, 5:36.30)
  *at Navy w/Harvard: Varsity 8+ (Adams Cup), 5 seat (2nd/3, 6:21.5)
  *vs. Holy Cross: Varsity 8+, 5 seat (1st/2, 5:42.5)
  *at Cornell: Varsity 8+ (Madeira Cup), 5 seat (1st/2, 5:29.8)
  *vs. Oregon State: Varsity 8+, 5 seat (1st/2, 5:38.6)
  *EARC Sprints: Varsity 8+, 5 seat (5th/15, 5:29.276 heat / 5:34.046 grand final)
  *IRA Nationals: Varsity 8+, 5 seat (8th/24, 5:35.417 petite final)

2022-23
  Represented the United States in the quad sculls at the 2023 U23 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria
SPRING
  *Burk Cup: Varsity 8+, 5 seat (2nd/2, 5:54.86)
  *Childs Cup: Varsity 8+, 5 seat (2nd/3, 5:38.2)
  *Blackwell Cup: Varsity 8+, 5 seat (2nd/3, 5:49.2)
  *Adams Cup; Varsity 8+, 5 seat (2nd/3, 5:39.5)
  *vs. Oregon State: Varsity 8+, 5 seat (1st/2, 5:41.4)
  *Madeira Cup: Varsity 8+, 5 seat (2nd/2, 5:24.1)
  *vs. Holy Cross: Varsity 8+, 5 seat (1st/2, 5:31.3)
  *IRA Nationals: Second Varsity 8+, 3 seat (11th/22, 5:52.500 petite final)

2021-22
SPRING
  *EARC Sprints: Second Varsity 8+, 3 seat (12th; 6:15.463 heat / 6:19.437 petite final)
  *IRA Nationals: Second Varsity 8+, 5 seat (16th/23, 6:10.726 third final)
 
High School: Four-year letter winner in rowing at Malvern Prep, two-year captain … Finished second in the U23 quad sculls and third in U23 double sculls at the 2021 USRowing National Championships … Took second in quad sculls at the 2020 Virtual Youth Nationals … Took third in the varsity quad sculls at the 2019 Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) National Championships … Boat also won the B Final at the 2019 Youth Nationals and earned first-place finishes at USRowing National Championships (U19), Canadian Henley (U19), and Head of the Schuylkill … Took second in freshman quad sculls at the 2017 Stotesbury Cup … Four-year Honors student … Participated in school newspaper … Environmental Club member.
 
Personal: Father played college lacrosse at Mount St. Mary’s … Enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Why Rowing? "I started rowing as a freshman in high school. I always enjoyed water sports of all sorts and have always been competitive, so therefore rowing was a perfect fit for me."
 
Why Penn? "I chose Penn because I had a great experience every time I came to visit. I saw a fantastic opportunity to row for great coaches as well as be among like-minded, hard-working guys on the team."

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    6'8"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    6'8"
  • 2023-24Junior

    6'8"
  • 2024-25Senior

    6'8"