Ed Northrop

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Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Northcote, Australia
High School:
Melbourne Grammar School

At Princeton — 2016: rowed in the bow seat and helped the varsity eight win a bronze medal at the IRA Championships; Princeton defeated seven-time IRA champion Washington for the medal … helped Princeton win silver at Eastern Sprints and led the Tigers to a repeat of the Rowe Cup (team points) title … member of the IRA All-Academic team … helped Princeton retain the Navy-Princeton Rowing Cup, Childs Cup, Compton Cup, and Compton Cup; victory over Harvard was only Princeton's second road win in the Compton Cup since 1957. 2015: rowed in the 2-seat and helped the heavyweight 2V to a silver medal at the IRA Championships; Tigers led the race through 1500 meters before falling in a thriller to Washington … won gold at the Eastern Sprints in the 2V and helped Princeton win the Rowe Cup (team points title) for first time since 2005; it was the first Princeton 2V gold at Sprints since 1999 … rowed in the Ladies Plate Challenge competition at the Royal Henley Regatta … competed in the 2V during the regular season and helped the boat go 8-0. 2014: led the varsity lightweight eight to a bronze medal at the Eastern Sprints while rowing in the 2-seat … helped Tigers to fifth-place finish at IRA national championships … helped lead Princeton to a victory at the 2013 Head of the Charles … led Tigers to reclaim Goldthwait/Vogel Cups during annual H-Y-P regatta … retained Fosburgh Cup and Wood-Hammond Cup ... 7-seat in 2013 lightweight freshman eight ... competed in the heavy freshman eight at IRAs in Sacremento in 2013 ... competed for Australia at the under-23 lightweight pair over summer, 2013 ... won Head of Charles in the 1V lightweight eight 2013.

Before Princeton — served as Captain of Boats at Melbourne Grammar School ... rowed at Henely Royal Regatta in 2012 in the Princess Elizabeth Cup … also part of the VSRU championship 1st XV rugby team in 2012.

Personal — born Dec. 20, 1993 ... hails from Melbourne, Australia … son of Christopher and Angie Northrop … has a younger brother Gilbert and a dog Jet ... prospective MAE major.