2018 Heavyweight Rowing Roster
Tom George
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Oxford, England
- High School:
- Radley College
At Princeton — 2018: stroked the 1V to Top-5 finishes at both the IRA national championships (5th) and Eastern Sprints (4th); boat came within one second of a silver medal at Sprints … helped 1V post 7-3 regular-season record and retain both the Navy-Princeton Rowing Cup and the Childs Cup. 2017: won bronze in the 1V at Eastern Sprints … helped the 1V return to the IRA Championships grand final, where it topped California and finished fourth … helped the 1V retain the Navy-Princeton Rowing Cup, the Childs Cup, and the Content Cup. 2016: stroked the varsity eight to a bronze medal at the IRA Championships; Princeton defeated seven-time IRA champion Washington for the medal … helped Princeton win silver at Eastern Sprints and led the Tigers to a repeat of the Rowe Cup (team points) title … helped Princeton retain the Navy-Princeton Rowing Cup, Childs Cup, Compton Cup, and Compton Cup; victory over Harvard was only Princeton's second road win in the Compton Cup since 1957 … qualified for the British M4- at the U-23 World Championships. 2015: did not compete. 2014: led the varsity eight to a bronze medal at the Eastern Sprints while rowing in the 4-seat; George was the lone freshman in the varsity boat … led Princeton to fourth-place finish at the IRA Championships, its best since a silver in 2006 … competed in the Great Britain 8+ at the U23 World Championships in Varese, Italy; boat finished fourth in the grand final … helped Princeton reclaim the Content Cup for the first time since 2011; Tigers also retained the Navy-Princeton Rowing Cup and the Childs Cup.
Before Princeton — placed third three times at the national championships in the varsity eight … reached the finals at the Henley Royal Regatta … earned bronze medal for the Great Britain JM8+ at the World Rowing Junior Championships … named team captain of the Radley College crew … also competed in rugby; named to the Oxfordshire County U-16 rugby squad.
Personal — born Sept. 22, 1994 … son of David and Alice George … has an older brother Alex and a younger brother Paddy … enjoys rugby and soccer … possible academic interests at Princeton include history, politics, economics and English literature.
