Sydney Edwards

Photo by: Ed Hewitt, Row2K.com

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Sarasota, Fla.
High School:
Pine View

2021: Was the coxswain on the 1V that collected a bronze medal at IRAs

2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19

2019: Coxed the 1V, earning the Murtaugh, Fosburg, Campbell, Diamond Challenge, Goldthwait Cups along with Wood-Hammond Trophy … Helped the boat secure a silver medal at the IRA Championships.

2018: earned second-team All-Ivy League honors … coxed the V8 to a silver medal at both Eastern Sprints and the IRA Championships, marking the best postseason for Princeton since 2010; Tigers finished the IRA final within one second of winning gold … coxed the 1V to the Henley Royal Regatta, where Princeton made the quarterfinal of the Temple Cup before falling to the IRA champion Yale heavyweights … led 1V to 10-1 regular season and wins in the Murtaugh Cup, Navy Cup, Platt Cup, Wood-Hammond Trophy, and Vogel Cup … 1V set a Lake Carnegie course record in winning the Platt Cup over reigning IRA champion Cornell … rallied in the final 500 to edge Yale to win the Vogel Cup … led Princeton to a victory at the 2017 Head of the Charles.

Before Princeton: First woman ever to cox a men's boat in international competition for the USA; won silver with the M8+ at the 2017 Junior World Championships … placed fifth in the W8+ at the 2016 Junior World Championships … won gold at the 2015 CanAmMex regatta … led Sarasota Crew to six straight state championships … won bronze at the 2016 USRowing Nationals in the men's varsity 8+ … won gold in the men's youth 4+ at the 2014 Head of the Charles.

Personal: Daughter of Sherry and Mike Edwards … has an older brother Nick, a rower at Columbia University … enjoys yoga, off-shore fishing, and running … considering studying economics or cognitive science/psychology.