2018 Heavyweight Rowing Roster
Jim Palmer
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Rye, N.Y.
- High School:
- Rye
At Princeton — 2019: Raced at 1V in a win over Georgetown … Helped Princeton win the Navy-Princeton and Childs Cups. 2018: earned IRA All-Academic honors … rowed in the 1V and helped Princeton post Top-5 finishes at both the IRA national championships (5th) and Eastern Sprints (4th); boat came within one second of a silver medal at Sprints … rowed in the 2V throughout the regular season and helped boat post a 10-0 record. 2017: rowed in the gold medal-winning 2V at Eastern Sprints; boat flipped regular-season results against Harvard and Yale to take gold … helped 2V return to IRA Championships medal stand with a bronze; it was the top finish for an Eastern 2V. 2016: rowed in the bow 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 with both the 3V and the 4V throughout the season and didn't lose a single dual race.
Before Princeton — won silver medal in the USA M8+ at the 2015 Junior World Championships … won five New York state championships, including three in the four … medalist at both the SRAA and USRowing National Championships … won gold at the 2014 Canadian Henley in the 2- … two-year team captain … member of the 2014 USRowing Junior World Development Camp … also lettered in swimming … AP Scholar and National Merit Commended Scholar … earned NYSSRA All-Academic Honors … member of the National Honor Society.
Personal — born March 3, 1997 … son of Bruce and Sarah Palmer … has an older sister Celia … enjoys cooking and discovering new music … considering studying Economics and Psychology.
