2025 Heavyweight Rowing Roster
McAdam, Nic
Nic McAdam
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Zip Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Bio
Awards:
Eastern Sprints 2V Gold Medal (2024)
Eastern Sprints 2V Silver Medal (2025)
IRA 2V Silver Medal (2024)
IRA Scholar Athlete (2023, 2024, 2025)
2025: Helped the 2V win silver at Eastern Sprints … part of the 2V that won the Petite Final at Eastern Sprints … led Princeton to wins over Yale and Cornell, Temple, La Salle, Georgetown
2024: Rowed on the 2V that went undefeated in the regular season, defeating Drexel, Georgetown, Temple, Navy, Penn, Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Cornell and Brown … It was the first time in program history that the 1V and 2V went unbeaten in the regular season … Helped the 2V to gold at Eastern Sprints, the boat’s first gold since back-to-back wins in 2017 and 2018 which led the team to Rowe Cup for the first time since 2016. … Led the 2V to a silver at the IRA National Championships, the boat’s first medal since 2017 and a five-spot jump from 2023, pushing the Tigers to second in the Ten Eyck standings, the team’s highest mark since 2016 ... Rowed at the Henley Royal Regatta, collecting a second place finish for the Temple Cup.
2023: Rowed on the 3V that beat Navy, Penn and the 4V that defeated Cornell, Brown.
2022: Did not row.
Before Princeton:
Bishops Diocesan College: Senior Captain … Won the Gold Medal at the SA U-19 Rowing Championships in the 2X … International Exchange 1X Provincial Colours … Took home another gold in the 2018 SA Schools in the 4- and Silver in the 8X … Team was first in the U-16 4+ and second in the U-16 4+ at the SA Nations … Squad also earned the gold at the 2019 Buffalo National Regatta … 2019 Oarsman of the Year for Bishops and Western Cape … 2018 John Rideout Fellowship Cup … Club Boatman – Vice Captain … Lettered in swimming as well … Prefect of Grade Eight and new students … Prefect in charge of spirituality … Full Leadership colors and distinction.
Academic: Received academic certificates twice.
Western Cape U-19 Development Squad: Western Cape Sculling Champion from 2015-19 … Junior World Trials in 2019 and 2019 … Invited to the New Zealand High Performance squad in 2017.
Personal: Son of Christian Rideout and Russel McAdam … Has an older brother, Andrew.
Eastern Sprints 2V Gold Medal (2024)
Eastern Sprints 2V Silver Medal (2025)
IRA 2V Silver Medal (2024)
IRA Scholar Athlete (2023, 2024, 2025)
2025: Helped the 2V win silver at Eastern Sprints … part of the 2V that won the Petite Final at Eastern Sprints … led Princeton to wins over Yale and Cornell, Temple, La Salle, Georgetown
2024: Rowed on the 2V that went undefeated in the regular season, defeating Drexel, Georgetown, Temple, Navy, Penn, Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Cornell and Brown … It was the first time in program history that the 1V and 2V went unbeaten in the regular season … Helped the 2V to gold at Eastern Sprints, the boat’s first gold since back-to-back wins in 2017 and 2018 which led the team to Rowe Cup for the first time since 2016. … Led the 2V to a silver at the IRA National Championships, the boat’s first medal since 2017 and a five-spot jump from 2023, pushing the Tigers to second in the Ten Eyck standings, the team’s highest mark since 2016 ... Rowed at the Henley Royal Regatta, collecting a second place finish for the Temple Cup.
2023: Rowed on the 3V that beat Navy, Penn and the 4V that defeated Cornell, Brown.
2022: Did not row.
Before Princeton:
Bishops Diocesan College: Senior Captain … Won the Gold Medal at the SA U-19 Rowing Championships in the 2X … International Exchange 1X Provincial Colours … Took home another gold in the 2018 SA Schools in the 4- and Silver in the 8X … Team was first in the U-16 4+ and second in the U-16 4+ at the SA Nations … Squad also earned the gold at the 2019 Buffalo National Regatta … 2019 Oarsman of the Year for Bishops and Western Cape … 2018 John Rideout Fellowship Cup … Club Boatman – Vice Captain … Lettered in swimming as well … Prefect of Grade Eight and new students … Prefect in charge of spirituality … Full Leadership colors and distinction.
Academic: Received academic certificates twice.
Western Cape U-19 Development Squad: Western Cape Sculling Champion from 2015-19 … Junior World Trials in 2019 and 2019 … Invited to the New Zealand High Performance squad in 2017.
Personal: Son of Christian Rideout and Russel McAdam … Has an older brother, Andrew.
Princeton Athletics 2023-24 Highlights
Tuesday, June 04
Highlights from 2022 Gary Walters ’67 PVC Awards Banquet
Wednesday, June 22
Princeton Athletics 2021-22 Highlights
Monday, June 06
Spring 2022 PNC Student-Athlete Achiever Award Recipients
Tuesday, April 26
