2018 Men's Lightweight Rowing Roster
Tyler Valicenti
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- El Dorado Hills, Calif.
- High School:
- Jesuit
At Princeton — 2018: earned IRA All-Academic honors … stroked the 3V to gold at Eastern Sprints; boat topped the field by more than two seconds … raced in the V4+ at the IRA Championships; official final was cancelled due to weather concerns, but Princeton placed second in an unofficial final held at the protected Lake Carnegie course … helped boat to a 7-1 regular season record, including sweep of Yale and Harvard on the Housatonic. 2017: won a silver medal at the IRA National Championships in the V4- … rowed in the 2V and placed fourth at Eastern Sprints … earned IRA All-Academic honors. 2016: won a bronze medal in the 2V at the Eastern Sprints … dealt with injury early in the season. 2015: stroked the 3V to a silver medal at the Eastern Sprints, the top lightweight finish in the event … rowed in both the 2V and 3V during the regular season.
Before Princeton — placed eighth at the 2013 Head of the Charles in the coxed four … attended 2013 US Junior National Development Camp … medaled at 2013 Club Nationals in Junior 8 & Intermediate 8 … trained with the 2012 US Rowing Junior National Development team … three-year captain for Capital Crew; also voted “Most Inspirational” during novice year … graduated Magna Cum Laude … Summa Cum Laude on the National Latin Exam … president of the Latin and Italian Heritage Clubs … recipient of the St. Thomas More Award for excellence in service.
Personal — born July 12, 1996 … son of Richard and Robin Valicente … has an older sister Nicolette … interested in astrology … may study either economics or in the department of Operations Research and Financial Engineering.