2019 Lightweight Men's Rowing Roster
Ricky Swanton
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Winchester, Mass.
- High School:
- Winchester School
At Princeton — 2019: Spent time at 2V. 2018: won bronze in the 2V at the Eastern Sprints … raced in the V4- at the IRA Championships; official final was cancelled due to weather concerns, but Princeton placed second in an unofficial final held at the protected Lake Carnegie course … part of winning Head of the Charles boat during the fall … raced in the 2V all season, including a sweep of both Harvard and Yale on the Housatonic. 2017: rowed in the 1V and placed fifth at both the Eastern Sprints and IRA Championships … helped Princeton retain both the Fosburgh Cup and the Wood-Hammond Trophy, while also winning the inaugural Campbell Cup. 2016: rowed in the 2V during the season and won a bronze medal at Eastern Sprints.
Before Princeton — won gold in the men’s pair at the 2015 USRowing Youth National Championships … earned bronze in the men’s 8+ at the Youth National Championships … won gold in the U19 4+ at the 2014 Royal Canadian Henley Regatta … took fifth in the junior 8+ at the 2014 Head of the Charles and sixth in the 8+ at the 2014 Youth National Championships … rowed for Community Rowing Inc., and served as co-captain.
Personal — born Oct. 22, 1996 … son of John and Marisa Swanton … has an older brother Nicholas and a younger sister Isabella … enjoys running, swimming and biking … considering studying both Chemistry and Business.
