Charlie Kwitchoff

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Buffalo, N.Y.
High School:
St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute

At Princeton — 2019: Spent the year at 1V, earning the Murtaugh, Fosburg, Campbell, Diamond Challenge, Goldthwait Cups along with Wood-Hammond Trophy … Helped the boat secure a silver medal at the IRA Championships. 2018: earned second-team All-Ivy League honors … earned IRA All-Academic honors … won a silver medal in the 1V at both Eastern Sprints and the IRA Championships, marking the best postseason for Princeton since 2010; Tigers finished the IRA final within one second of winning gold … rowed in the 1V at the Henley Royal Regatta, where Princeton made the quarterfinal of the Temple Cup before falling to the IRA champion Yale heavyweights … helped 1V to 10-1 regular season and wins in the Murtaugh Cup, Navy Cup, Platt Cup, Wood-Hammond Trophy, and Vogel Cup … 1V set a Lake Carnegie course record in winning the Platt Cup over reigning IRA champion Cornell … rallied in the final 500 to edge Yale to win the Vogel Cup … helped Princeton to a victory at the 2017 Head of the Charles. 2017: won a silver medal at the Eastern Sprints as a member of the 3V … split time between the 3V and 4V during the regular season.

Before Princeton — competed three times at both the Head of the Charles and the SRAA National Championships, once with Canisius High and twice with St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute; won two silver medals (freshman 8+ and junior 4+) … won silver medal at the 2016 CRASH-Bs; competed in the event three times … two-time MVP for St. Joseph's … nominated for both U17 Oarsman of the Year and U19 Oarsman of the Year … AP Scholar … member of the National Honor Society.

Personal — born May 30, 1998 … son of Arthur Kwitchoff and Joan Barry … has a younger brother Max … enjoys bicycling, learning languages, and studying history … plans to focus on population studies with a certificate in Public Health.