Princeton University Athletics
2017 Heavyweight Rowing Roster
Trey Francis
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- St. Louis, Mo.
- High School:
- Ladue Horton Watkins
At Princeton — 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 … earned IRA All-Academic honors … helped the 1V retain the Navy-Princeton Rowing Cup, the Childs Cup, and the Content Cup. 2016: rowed in the 2 seat and helped the varsity eight win 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 Team USA M8+ at the U-23 World Championships. 2015: rowed in the bow seat and helped the 2V to a silver medal at the IRA Championships; Tigers led the race through 1500 meters before falling in a thriller to Washington … won gold at the Eastern Sprints in the 2V and helped Princeton win the Rowe Cup (team points title) for first time since 2005; it was the first Princeton 2V gold at Sprints since 1999 … rowed in the Ladies Plate Challenge competition at the Royal Henley Regatta … competed in the 2V during the regular season and helped the boat go 8-0. 2014: helped the 2V to a silver medal at the IRA National Championships while rowing in the 5-seat; it was the best 2V finish at the IRAs since 2000 … helped the 2V win silver at the Eastern Sprints … boat went 8-2 during the year and won its last four races.
Before Princeton — won a gold medal in the pair at the 2010 Midwest Regionals ... won silver in the coxed four at Youth Nationals in 2010 … received Most Valuable Novice and Team MVP awards at St. Louis Rowing Club 2010-2012 … member of the 2011 Junior World's Development Team that trained in Berlin and scrimmaged with the German Junior National Team ... selected for the 2012 U.S. High Performance Camp and the Junior Men’s National Team Sweep Selection Camp ... seven seat in the men’s eight for the U.S. Junior National Team at the 2012 World Rowing Junior Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria ... won gold in the Mens Youth 4+ at the 2013 USRowing Youth National Championships.
