Marcus Jonas

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
London, Eng.
High School:
Ashcroft Technology Academy

2021: Was the stroke on the 1V that won a bronze medal at IRAs

2020: Season canceled due to COVID-19

2019: Spent the year at 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 … stroked 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 … stroked the 1V at 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.

Before Princeton: Won silver in the Open Junior 8x at the British Rowing Junior Championships … won two golds at the 2016 Coupe de la Jeunesse for Great Britain in the JM4- … won bronze for G.B. in the JM2- at the 2016 Munich International Regatta … won Open Junior single scull at the 2017 British Junior Rowing Championship … reached Friday session at the Henley Royal Regatta … served as captain for two years with Tideway Scullers School … earned Player's Player Award three years in a row in soccer … Head of Student Council.

Before Princeton: Son of Lloyd and Kerstin Jonas … has an older brother Oliver and a younger brother Alex; Oliver rowed at the Junior World Championships … enjoys guitar, music, and football (soccer) … plans to study mechanical and aerospace engineering.