2024 Heavyweight Rowing Roster
Vachal, Zach
Zach Vachal
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- San Francisco, Calif.
- High School:
- Lick-Wilmerding
Bio
Awards:
Eastern Sprints 1V Silver Medal (2024)
Easterm Sprints 1V Bronze Medal (2025)
Eastern Sprints 2V Silver Medal (2023)
IRCA Second-Team All-America (2022)
Henley Royal Regatta Ladies' Plate Champion (2024)
Academic All-Ivy League (2025)
IRCA Scholar Athlete (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
2025: Rowed on the 1V in every race … helped the 1V win bronze at Eastern Sprints … part of the 1V that finished fourth in the Grand Final at IRAs … helped the Tigers earn a Lake Carnegie best time and win the Content Cup against No. 4 Brown … part of the 1V that won the Carnegie Cup against No 8 Yale and No. 15 Cornell … led Princeton to a Childs Cup win against No. 10 Penn and No. 16 Columbia … contributed to the Tigers’ victory over No. 15 Navy … part of a boat that opened the season with wins over No. 16 Georgetown, No. 18 La Salle and No. 24 Temple
2024: On the 1V that had its first undefeated regular season since 2006 … Helped the 1V to victories over No. 17 Drexel, No. 18 Georgetown, No. 23 Temple, No. 17 Navy for the Navy-Princeton Cup, No. 9 Penn/No. 16 Columbia for the Childs Cup, No. 1 Harvard for the Compton Cup, No. 5 Yale/No. 14 Cornell for the Carnegie Cup and No. 6 Brown for the Content Cup … The victory over No. 1 Harvard was only the fourth time since the Compton Cup started in 1933 that Princeton has won consecutive races against Harvard (1933-36, 1956-57, 2015-16, 2023-24) … It was the first time in program history that the 1V and 2V went unbeaten in the regular season … 1V won silver at Eastern Sprints, helping the team to the Rowe Cup for the first time since 2016 … Paced the 1V to fourth in the IRA National Championship Grand Final, pushing the Tigers to second in the Ten Eyck standings, the team’s highest mark since 2016 ... Rowed at the Henley Royal Regatta, winning the Ladies' Plate crown.
2023: Rowed on the 2V … Helped the boat beat Georgetown, Drexel, Temple, Navy, Penn, Columbia, Cornell … Led 2V to a silver medal at Eastern Sprints.
2022: Raced on the 1V that took down Georgetown, Drexel, Temple and Navy … 1V also placed fourth at Eastern Sprints and ninth at the IRA Championships.
Eastern Sprints 1V Silver Medal (2024)
Easterm Sprints 1V Bronze Medal (2025)
Eastern Sprints 2V Silver Medal (2023)
IRCA Second-Team All-America (2022)
Henley Royal Regatta Ladies' Plate Champion (2024)
Academic All-Ivy League (2025)
IRCA Scholar Athlete (2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
2025: Rowed on the 1V in every race … helped the 1V win bronze at Eastern Sprints … part of the 1V that finished fourth in the Grand Final at IRAs … helped the Tigers earn a Lake Carnegie best time and win the Content Cup against No. 4 Brown … part of the 1V that won the Carnegie Cup against No 8 Yale and No. 15 Cornell … led Princeton to a Childs Cup win against No. 10 Penn and No. 16 Columbia … contributed to the Tigers’ victory over No. 15 Navy … part of a boat that opened the season with wins over No. 16 Georgetown, No. 18 La Salle and No. 24 Temple
2024: On the 1V that had its first undefeated regular season since 2006 … Helped the 1V to victories over No. 17 Drexel, No. 18 Georgetown, No. 23 Temple, No. 17 Navy for the Navy-Princeton Cup, No. 9 Penn/No. 16 Columbia for the Childs Cup, No. 1 Harvard for the Compton Cup, No. 5 Yale/No. 14 Cornell for the Carnegie Cup and No. 6 Brown for the Content Cup … The victory over No. 1 Harvard was only the fourth time since the Compton Cup started in 1933 that Princeton has won consecutive races against Harvard (1933-36, 1956-57, 2015-16, 2023-24) … It was the first time in program history that the 1V and 2V went unbeaten in the regular season … 1V won silver at Eastern Sprints, helping the team to the Rowe Cup for the first time since 2016 … Paced the 1V to fourth in the IRA National Championship Grand Final, pushing the Tigers to second in the Ten Eyck standings, the team’s highest mark since 2016 ... Rowed at the Henley Royal Regatta, winning the Ladies' Plate crown.
2023: Rowed on the 2V … Helped the boat beat Georgetown, Drexel, Temple, Navy, Penn, Columbia, Cornell … Led 2V to a silver medal at Eastern Sprints.
2022: Raced on the 1V that took down Georgetown, Drexel, Temple and Navy … 1V also placed fourth at Eastern Sprints and ninth at the IRA Championships.
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
