Sebastian Benzecry

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
London, Eng.
High School:
St. Paul’s School

At Princeton — 2019: Rowed at 3V as Princeton retained the Childs Cup for the 10th straight year over Penn and Columbia … Raced at 2V vs. Harvard … Earned a silver medal at 4V in Easterns … Helped 4V to a bronze medal at IRAs. 2018: earned IRA All-Academic honors … won gold in the 4V at the Eastern Sprints; Tigers entered as the top seed and beat the field by more than four seconds … rowed in the 3V and won the petite final at the IRA Championships … rowed in both the 3V and the 4V during the season. 2017: won bronze in the 3V at Eastern Sprints … helped the 3V reach the IRA grand finals, where it finished fifth.

Before Princeton — selected to compete for Great Britain at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Rotterdam … won the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at the 2015 Henley Royal Regatta … two-time bronze medalist at the Munich Junior International Regatta and the Coupe de la Jeunesse … two-time winner of the Head of the Schuylkill while rowing for the St. Paul’s School … named Captain of Boats as a senior … bronze medalist at the Head of the Charles … record holder for fours at the Head of the River … House Captain and Vice-Captain at prep school … Prefect at St. Paul’s.

Personal — born March 29, 1998 … son of Toby and Amanda Benzecry … has a younger brother Dom … enjoys drama, music and journalism … considering studing something in the arts at Princeton.