Jill Barton

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Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Malvern, Pa.
High School:
Episcopal Academy

At Princeton – 2016: coxed the 2V throughout the season and won a silver medal at both the IRA national championships and Eastern Sprints … defeated both Washington and California in the IRA championship final … helped Princeton win a second straight Rowe Cup (team points title) at Sprints … helped the 2V go 7-1 throughout the season; only losses during the season came against Harvard … member of the IRA All-Academic Team. 2015: coxed the 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 … coxed 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 … earned Academic All-IRA honors. 2014: coxed the 2V to a silver medal at the IRA National Championships; it was the best 2V finish at the IRAs since 2000 … earned 2014 Intercollegiate Rowing Association All-Academic Honors … helped the 2V win silver at the Eastern Sprints … boat went 8-2 during the year and won its last four races. 2013: coxed the 3V to a fourth-place finish at the Eastern Sprints … coxed the freshman eight to the petite final at the IRA national championships; Princeton had not used a freshman eight throughout the season.

Before Princeton – winner of the 2016 Scholastic Award for men’s rowing at Episcopal Academy … winner of the Philadelphia City Championships in the 4+ event … bronze medalist at Stotesbury in 4+ … silver medalist at SRAA nationals and fifth at Youth Nationals, both in the 4+ event … rowed before becoming a coxswain … also ran cross country in high school, wining the John A. Harder Award and medaling at the Briarwood Invitational, States, and Inter-Acs … Cum Laude … Editor in Chief of the Yearbook … News Editor of the school paper … National Merit Finalist …

Personal – born June 25, 1994 … enjoys cooking, running, and biking.