Bach Ryan

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Photo by: Ed Hewitt, Row2K.com

Photo by: Ed Hewitt, Row2K.com

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Sausalito, Calif.
High School:
Redwood

Awards:
2x IRA 1V Silver Medal (2024, 2026)
2x Eastern Sprints 1V Silver Medal (2024, 2026)
IRCA Scholar Athlete (2025)
2x All-Ivy Second-Team (2026)

2026: Helped the 1V win silver at the IRA National Championships, which contributed to a second-place finish in the team point standings … helped the 1V win silver at Eastern Sprints, which contributed to the Tigers’ 17th Jope Cup championship for most team points … rowed on the 1V in wins over Navy, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell and Georgetown

2024: Rowed on 1V … Helped the 1V retrain the Murtaugh Cup over Navy … Earned the Campbell Cup over No. 8 Columbia and the Diamond Challenge Cup over No. 6 Dartmouth … Led the 1V to the Platt Cup for the first time since 2018 with a win over No. 2 Cornell … Retained the Fosburg Cup over Georgetown for the seventh straight season … Paced the 1V to a win over Yale … Corralled a bronze medal at Eastern Sprints … Nabbed a silver medal at the IRA National Championships, the 1V’s second straight medal.

Before Princeton:
Redwood: Led the school’s 8+ to fourth and fifth place at nationals in 2022 and 2023 … Helped the 4+ to fourth at nationals as a sophomore.

Marin Rowing Association: Lightweight boathouse record in the 2K (6:19) … Athlete of the Year in 2021-22.

Personal: Son of Melissa and Tim Ryan … Has two brothers, Keith and Hugh … Father, Tim, rowed at UC Berkley … Brother, Keith, rows at UC Berkley … Mother, Melissa, rowed in the women’s pair at the 1996 and 2000 Olympics, earning a silver in 1996 and bronze in 2000.