2023 Heavyweight Rowing Roster
Spinka, Erik
Erik Spinka
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Southport, Conn.
- High School:
- Fairfield College Preparatory
Bio
Awards:
Eastern Sprints 2V Silver Medal (2023)
IRCA First-Team All-America (2021, 2022)
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.
2021: Rowed at 1V in victories over St. Joe’s, Drexel, Holy Cross and Navy … Helped the V8 to eighth at the IRA Championships
2020: Season was canceled due to COVID-19
Before Princeton:
Fairfield Prep Crew: School record in the 1,000m, 2,000m and 5,000m … Team reached the V8 NEIRA Grand Finals twice … Earned the Connecticut indoor title twice … Collected the Steve Redgrave Award.
National: U-19 Crash B Champion in 2019 … Named to the CanAmMex team in 2018 and Junior National Team 4- in 2019 … Collected the Steve Redgrave Award.
Personal: Son of Catherine and Kenneth Spinka … Has two sisters and two brothers.
Eastern Sprints 2V Silver Medal (2023)
IRCA First-Team All-America (2021, 2022)
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.
2021: Rowed at 1V in victories over St. Joe’s, Drexel, Holy Cross and Navy … Helped the V8 to eighth at the IRA Championships
2020: Season was canceled due to COVID-19
Before Princeton:
Fairfield Prep Crew: School record in the 1,000m, 2,000m and 5,000m … Team reached the V8 NEIRA Grand Finals twice … Earned the Connecticut indoor title twice … Collected the Steve Redgrave Award.
National: U-19 Crash B Champion in 2019 … Named to the CanAmMex team in 2018 and Junior National Team 4- in 2019 … Collected the Steve Redgrave Award.
Personal: Son of Catherine and Kenneth Spinka … Has two sisters and two brothers.
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
