2018 Open Rowing Roster
Erica Swartwout
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- St. Anthony's
- Hometown:
- Amityville, N.Y.
At Princeton — 2018: won gold in the Princeton 2V at the Ivy League Championships, the first time the Tigers won a 2V Ivy title since 2012 … rowed at the NCAA Championships and helped the 2V place third in the petite final to improve on their original seed … helped 2V to a 9-5 regular-season record. 2017: earned silver in the 2V final at the Ivy League Championships … helped boat to 10-1 record during the regular season … placed 10th in the 2V event at the NCAA Championships. 2016: rowed in the 4 seat and helped the 2V win silver at the Ivy League Championships … also helped the 2V reach the NCAA Championships A final … rowed in the 2V all season and helped boat to seven victories … won the GP Jefferies Memorial Trophy for Senior Eights at the Henley Women's Regatta. 2015: stroked the V4B to a bronze medal at the Ivy League Championships … competed mostly in the V4B during the season and helped boat to a 5-2 Ivy mark … rowed in the V4A in win over Columbia.
Before Princeton — competed in the W8+ at the 2014 Junior World Championships in Hamburg, Germany, and reached the A final … won the eight and finished second in the four at the 2013 CanAmMex Regatta … team captain and led St. Anthony’s to second place in the New York State Championships … two-time Team MVP … four-time all-conference swimmer … Academic All-America … member of the Math Honor Society and the National Honor Society.
Personal — born July 26, 1996 … daughter of Bill and Gail Swartwout … has an older sister Christine and a younger brother Billy … grandfather Robert Egerton Swartwout was the first American to cox the Cambridge team to victory over Oxford (1930) … enjoys drawing, painting and sailing … may study premed, with a focus on biology.
