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L to R: Tyler Nase, Lauren Wilkinson, and Robin Prendes will represent Princeton Rowing in the 2016 Olympics.
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Nase, Prendes, Wilkinson Round Out Rowing Olympians
July 10, 2016 | Women's Rowing - Open, Men's Rowing - Lightweight
Men's lightweight alumni Tyler Nase '13 and Robin Prendes '11, along with women's open standout Lauren Wilkinson '11, will be joining Kate Bertko '06, Gevvie Stone '07, and Glenn Ochal '08 in Rio next month for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
For the fifth straight Olympiad, Princeton Rowing will be represented by at least six current or former rowers.
Prendes and Wilkinson, both of whom led their respective Princeton teams to national championships, will be making return trips. Prendes will stroke the lightweight men's four, the same boat he competed in during the 2012 London Games. Prendes, a two-time national champion at Princeton and 2011 Roper Trophy honoree as the Top Male Senior Athlete, helped lead that US LM4- to an eighth-place finish in London, and he will be looking to lead that boat to a grand final this year.
Nase will join him in that pursuit, as he will sit one seat behind Prendes in the LM4-. The two rowed together in the 2011 Princeton varsity eight, and Nase went on to serve as captain during his 2013 senior season. He has plenty of international experience in his career, but this will be his first Olympic competition.
Wilkinson will also be making her return to the Olympics, and she will be looking to move one step higher on the medal podium. In 2012, she stroked the Canadian W8+ to silver, one place behind the reigning power in the sport, the USA W8+. Wilkinson, who led Princeton to the 2011 NCAA and Ivy League championship and went on to win the Von Kienbusch Award as the Top Female Student Athlete, will stroke the Canadian W8+ in Rio.
Stone will return to the Olympics in the women's single sculls, while Bertko will make her Olympic debut in the women's lightweight double; Ochal will return to the Olympics as well, although he has moved to the men's eight.
For the fifth straight Olympiad, Princeton Rowing will be represented by at least six current or former rowers.
Prendes and Wilkinson, both of whom led their respective Princeton teams to national championships, will be making return trips. Prendes will stroke the lightweight men's four, the same boat he competed in during the 2012 London Games. Prendes, a two-time national champion at Princeton and 2011 Roper Trophy honoree as the Top Male Senior Athlete, helped lead that US LM4- to an eighth-place finish in London, and he will be looking to lead that boat to a grand final this year.
Nase will join him in that pursuit, as he will sit one seat behind Prendes in the LM4-. The two rowed together in the 2011 Princeton varsity eight, and Nase went on to serve as captain during his 2013 senior season. He has plenty of international experience in his career, but this will be his first Olympic competition.
Wilkinson will also be making her return to the Olympics, and she will be looking to move one step higher on the medal podium. In 2012, she stroked the Canadian W8+ to silver, one place behind the reigning power in the sport, the USA W8+. Wilkinson, who led Princeton to the 2011 NCAA and Ivy League championship and went on to win the Von Kienbusch Award as the Top Female Student Athlete, will stroke the Canadian W8+ in Rio.
Stone will return to the Olympics in the women's single sculls, while Bertko will make her Olympic debut in the women's lightweight double; Ochal will return to the Olympics as well, although he has moved to the men's eight.
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