Leo Toch

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Washington, D.C.
High School:
Gonzaga

At Princeton — 2018: rowed in the 1V and helped Princeton place fourth at Eastern Sprints; boat came within one second of a silver medal at Sprints … rowed in the 2V at the IRA Championships and finished sixth overall … helped 1V post 7-3 regular-season record and retain both the Navy-Princeton Rowing Cup and the Childs Cup. 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 7 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 … led 3V to a 7-0 record during the regular season, although won two early-season races as a member of the 2V. 2015: rowed in the bow seat to help the 3V to a gold medal at the Eastern Sprints; Tigers rallied past Brown in the final 500 meters to win … reached the grand final at the IRA Championships for a second straight year … won twice in the Temple Cup Challenge at the Royal Henley Regatta before falling to University de Lyon in the quarterfinal … rowed in both the 3V and the 4V during the regular season.

Before Princeton — won six gold medals in three years at the either the Stotesbury Regatta or the SRAA/NSRA Nationals; all came in the men’s 8+, and four came as the stroke … placed in the top six three straight years in the Head of the Charles high school 8+ … reached the quarterfinals at Henley in the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup … two-year All-Metropolitan Rower by the Washington Post … member of the National Honor Society.

Personal — born Dec. 1, 1995 … son of Max and Terryann Toch … has younger twin siblings, Charlie and Maria … eagle scout … enjoys soccer … may study Operations Research and Financial Engineering.