Ivy Champion Women's Rowing Squad Releases 2024 Roster

PRINCETON – After a second straight season of finishing third at the NCAA Rowing Championships, the Princeton Women's Rowing Squad will get racing in 2024 in late March!

Here's a look at some new faces for the 2024 roster!

Joely Cherniss
San Francisco, Calif.
St. Ignatius College Prep.

Pacific Rowing Club/Marin Rowing Association: Won five regional championship events from 2022-2023 … Selected to represent the United States in the Pan American Games and at the World Rowing Championships.

Personal: Daughter of Hilary Passman and Jason Cherniss … Has three sisters, Stella, Frankie, and Sloane … Grandfather, Lex Passman, graduated from Princeton.

Kerry Grundlingh
Johannesburg, South Africa
St. Mary's School, Waverley

St. Mary's Rowing Club: Winner of the 2020 Single Sculls event at the U16 South African Championships and the 2021 Open Category Single Sculls event at the Gauteng Championships … Selected to compete for South Africa at the 2021 (2x) and 2022 (4x) Junior World Rowing Championships … Helped team win the 2021 South African Schools' Boat Race … Club finished South African School Champions three straight years …. Won Sports Honor at school in 2021 … Collected South African Sports Honors twice … Earned Club awards for Most Improved Rower in 2021, Best 2000m ERG time twice and Best Rower in 2022.

St. Mary's School: Lettered in netball in 2019 … St. Mary's Leadership program … Columnist for school newspaper … Cultural Enrichment program … Academic Honors in 2021, 2022 … Placed in top 1 percent of candidates national for final exams in Math and Geography.

Personal: Daughter of Debbie and Francois Grundlingh … Has a brother, James.

Vivian Loeffert
Springfield, Va.
West Springfield

Lettered in cross country, swimming, and rowing ... Helped rowing to VASRA States ... AP Scholar with Distinction ... Highest Honors.

Personal: Daughter of Kathrin and Ethan Loeffert ... Mother, Kathrin, graduated from Princeton in 2003 ... Father, Ethan, is an Army Lieutenant Colonel.

Jess Mabey
Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
Epsom Girls Grammar School

Rowing: Awarded Best 2K erg time … Excellence in Rowing Award … Top U-18 rower … Scholarship for Achievements in Rowing … Crew of the Year Award six times … Nominated for Female School Rower of the Year … Secured four straight Maadi Medals … Helped team to 2019 Novice Eight Maadi Cup Gold … Earned the U15 Eight Gold Medal … Picked up a bronze medal at the U17 and U18 Championships in the fours in 2021 … Named to New Zealand U-19 Development Squad.

Epson Girls Grammar School: Participated in Showquest, Adventure Racing, School Productions, Netball, Orienteering and School Prefect … Top of class in Physical Education, Math, Science, Physics, Sports Science, Design Technology, Robotics and Spanish.

Personal: Daughter of Isabel and Scott Mabey … Has a younger sister, Stevie and younger brother, Ritchie.

Rachel Mark
Brookline, Mass.
Deerfield Academy

Deerfield Academy: Led team to NEIRA title in 2022 and 2023 … Teams placed fifth and seventh at nationals … Helped boat to Henley Royal Regatta final … Cum Laude Society … High Honors every term at Deerfield.

Personal: Daughter of Alice and Coleman Mark … Has a brother, Coley.

Francie McKenzie
Cos Cob, Conn.
Greenwich

Greenwich: National and Head of the Charles Champion in 2021 with the varsity eight … Prince Phillip Cup Challenge Cup at Henley in 2023 … Set the world record in the Women's U19 eight in 2022 … U19 World Champion in the eight for the U.S. Junior National Team … Helped team to Northeast Regional titles in 2022 and 2023 … Earned Principles Award all four years of high school.

Personal: Daughter of Missy and Alan McKenzie … Has two sisters, Maggie and Gigi and a brother, Harrison.

Natalie Meyer
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Deerfield Academy

Deerfield Academy: Led team to NEIRA title in 2022 and 2023 … Teams placed fifth and seventh at nationals … Helped boat to Henley Royal Regatta final … Lettered in volleyball helping the team to two conference titles.

Personal: Daughter of Julie and Jed Meyer … Has a sister, Veronica … Father, Jed, rowed at Columbia … Uncle, Larry, rowed at Harvard.

Devonne Piccaver
Peterborough, England
Jack Hunt School

Peterborough City Rowing Club: Placed second in the 500m (2020) and 2000m (2021) at the British Rowing Virtual Championships … Collected second in the 2000m at the 2023 National Junior Indoor Championships … Earned fifth in the double at the U.K.'s National Schools Regatta in 2022 and 2023 … Finished third at the Henley Regatta in the double.

Hunt School: Runner-up at the New College of Humanities Essay Writing Competition.

Personal: Daughter of Anne and Howard Piccaver … Has a sister, Ellie.

Cami Price
Vancouver, Washington
Seton Catholic

Vancouver Lake Rowing Club: Represented Team USA at the CanAm Mex regatta … Earned second place in the double at the 2022 Northwest Regional and 12th at nationals.

Seton Catholic: Senior captain … Most Valuable Athlete in 2022 and Most Inspirational in 2023 … Lettered in volleyball and basketball … Participated in Mock Trial, Leadership and Economics Club … First Academic Honors and Strong Character.

Personal: Daughter of Mary and Greg Price … Has a brother, Luke … Uncle, Ron Jones, played basketball at Oregon State.

Cate Sauer
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Shady Side Academy

Three Rivers Rowing: Set the 2K record for women … Finished fifth at the nationals in the women's double … Top 20 in the women's quad at nationals as a senior.

Personal: Daughter of Amanda and Peter Sauer … Has two sisters, Charlotte and Cassie, Father, Peter, played basketball at Stanford.

Lindsay Saunders
Weston, Mass.
Noble and Greenough

Noble and Greenough: Senior captain that helped team to 22nd at the Head of the Charles and third at NEIRAs … Picked up third at the Head of Charles in 2021 in the Men's Masters 4+ … Lettered in cross country … second in the ISL in 2019 and 2021 … Team of 99' Award … Lettered in squash as well … School Vice President … Class Prefect … Cryptocurrency Club President … Writer for Nobles Latin Magazine … Nobles Tour Guide … High Distinction for 9th grade & Highest Distinction for 10th, 11th, 12th grade and graduated Nobles with Highest Distinction; Scholar Award recipient; Head of School Prize

Ready Set Row: Won in the 8+ at the U19 Nationals in 2022 and 2023.

Personal: Daughter of Kate and Greg Saunders … Has a brother, Clark.

Samantha Smart
Mill Valley, Calif.
Mt. Tamalpais

Marin Rowing Association: Won the 2021 Summer Nationals in the Canamex in the eight and four … Competed at the 2023 World Rowing Championships with the U19 U.S. team in the 4- … Competed in the championship single at the 2023 Head of the Charles … Earned 47 victories in 63 races … Won 2019 U17 National Championships in the eight … Collected a victory at the 2022 Southwest Regional Regatta in the varsity eight and four.

Personal: Daughter of Charity and Shay Smart … Has a brother, Cameron … Father, Shay, played professional soccer … Has ran a 31-mile, 50-mile, and 62-mile marathon.

Ellie Smith
Rye, N.Y.
Rye High School

Rye High School: Rowed on the varsity eight …Placed second, third and fourth at Youth Nationals … National Honor Society.

Personal: Daughter of Jane Heap and Gregory Smith.

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