Ethan McAlpine

Photo by: Ed Hewitt, Row2K.com

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Grimsby, Ont.
High School:
Grimsby Secondary

2021: Rowed at 1V in victories over St. Joe’s, Drexel, Holy Cross and Navy … Helped the V8 to eighth at the IRA Championships

2020: Season was canceled due to COVID-19

2019: Raced at 2V the entire season … Helped 2V earn wins vs. Georgetown, Navy, Columbia and Penn … Led 2V to a bronze medal at Easterns and sixth place spot at IRAs

2018: won a silver medal in the 3V at Eastern Sprints; Tigers finished less than a second away from gold and more than five seconds faster than the rest of the field … opened season in 2V, but dealt with midseason injuries and made it back to compete in the 3V for the postseason.

Before Princeton: Won two national titles in the u19 single and a bronze in the u17 single … won 2016 Canadian national ergometer championship … won gold at the Stotesbury Cup, SRAAs, and Canadian Nationals in the single; last person to win that trio is Princeton's Dan DeGroot '20 … rowed in the u17 double at the Canadian Royal Henley Regatta … placed ninth in the double at the Junior World Championships … named Rowing MVP … also lettered in basketball, swimming, and volleyball … competed in the Southern Ontatio Championships in basketball … swam the 50m at the Provincial Championships … four-year Ontario Scholar.

Personal: Son of Chris and Clara McAlpine … has a younger brother Christian … uncle Emilio played hockey in both the 1992 and 1994 Winter Olympics … enjoys hiking and photography … considering studying biology and global health policy.