2019 Heavyweight Rowing Roster
Matt Wylie
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Auckland, N.Z.
- High School:
- Auckland Grammar School
At Princeton — 2019: Rowed the whole season at 1V … Helped the Tigers win the Navy-Princeton Cup, Childs Cup and Content Cup … Nabbed a fourth-place finish at Eastern and sixth place at the IRAs. 2018: coxed the 1V to Top-5 finishes at both the IRA national championships (5th) and Eastern Sprints (4th); boat came within one second of a silver medal at Sprints … helped 1V post 7-3 regular-season record and retain both the Navy-Princeton Rowing Cup and the Childs Cup. 2017: coxed the the gold medal-winning 2V at Eastern Sprints; boat flipped regular-season results against Harvard and Yale to take gold … helped 2V return to IRA Championships medal stand with a bronze; it was the top finish for an Eastern 2V. 2016: coxed the undefeated 3V to a national title at the IRA Championships … won a gold medal at Eastern Sprints and helped Princeton win the Rowe Cup (team points title) for a second straight year … led 3V to a 7-0 record during the regular season.
Before Princeton — coxed the New Zealand JM4+ to bronze at the 2014 Junior World Championships … coxed the Premier Rowing 8+ to the A final at the 2014 Nationals … competed for the Auckland Grammar Rowing Club … represented the North Island at the 2013 North vs. South regatta … coxed the Premier 8+ for the Auckland Regional Performance Center … Head Prefect … founder and leader of the KidsCan Charity Group … member of the ‘Proceres Grammatici’ for top scholars … won the Rope Cup as top all-round boy at Auckland Grammar … ASB Young Sportsman of the Year for rowing.
Personal — born Jan. 8, 1996 … son of Martin Wylie and Shelley Hodge … has a younger sister Tessa … enjoys music, extreme sports and traveling … undecided on course of study, but considering engineering.
