Princeton University Athletics
2019 Heavyweight Rowing Roster
Charles Watt
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Acton, Mass.
- High School:
- Acton Boxborough
At Princeton — 2019: Rowed the whole season at 1V … Helped the Tigers win the Navy-Princeton Cup, Childs Cup and Content Cup … Nabbed a fourth-place finish at Eastern and sixth place at the IRAs. 2018: won gold in the 2V at Eastern Sprints; Tigers came in as the top seed and beat Yale by half a second … helped the 2V return to the grand final at the IRA Championships; boat finished sixth … rowed in the 2V throughout the season and led boat to a 10-0 record. 2017: won bronze in the 3V at Eastern Sprints … helped the 3V reach the IRA grand finals, where it finished fifth. 2016: rowed in the 4 seat and helped the undefeated 3V win a national title at the IRA Championships … won a gold medal at Eastern Sprints and helped Princeton win the Rowe Cup (team points title) for a second straight year … rowed in both the 4V and the 3V during the regular season and didn't lose a single race.
Before Princeton — won silver medal in the USA M8+ at the 2015 Junior World Championships … won a 2015 national title in the fours … rowed in the coxed four at the 2014 World Junior Rowing Championships for the U.S. Junior National Team … rowed for both Bromfield and Acton Boxborough … lettered in cross country skiing … made the Massachusetts state ski team as a junior and senior.
Personal — born March 19, 1997 … son of Kathie and Gill Watt … mother rowed at Dartmouth … has an older sister Natalie and a younger brother Robert … enjoys reading and loves dogs … undecided on course of study, but considering the sciences.
