2024 Heavyweight Rowing Roster
Bell, Theo
Theo Bell
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Salisbury, England
- High School:
- Eton College
Bio
Awards:
IRA 1V Bronze Medal (2023)
Eastern Sprints 1V Silver Medal (2023, 2024)
Eastern Sprints 1V Bronze Medal (2025)
Henley Royal Regatta Ladies' Plate Champion (2024)
IRCA First Team All America (2023, 2024)
IRCA Second Team All America (2025)
IRCA Scholar Athlete (2024, 2025)
2025: Rowed on the 1V in every race … helped the 1V win bronze at Eastern Sprints … part of the 1V that finished fourth in the Grand Final at IRAs … led Princeton to a Childs Cup win against No. 10 Penn and No. 16 Columbia … contributed to the Tigers’ victory over No. 15 Navy … part of a boat that opened the season with wins over No. 16 Georgetown, No. 18 La Salle and No. 24 Temple
2024: On the 1V that had its first undefeated regular season since 2006 … Helped the 1V to victories over No. 17 Drexel, No. 18 Georgetown, No. 23 Temple, No. 17 Navy for the Navy-Princeton Cup, No. 9 Penn/No. 16 Columbia for the Childs Cup, No. 1 Harvard for the Compton Cup, No. 5 Yale/No. 14 Cornell for the Carnegie Cup and No. 6 Brown for the Content Cup … The victory over No. 1 Harvard was only the fourth time since the Compton Cup started in 1933 that Princeton has won consecutive races against Harvard (1933-36, 1956-57, 2015-16, 2023-24) … It was the first time in program history that the 1V and 2V went unbeaten in the regular season … 1V won silver at Eastern Sprints, helping the team to the Rowe Cup for the first time since 2016 … Paced the 1V to fourth in the IRA National Championship Grand Final, pushing the Tigers to second in the Ten Eyck standings, the team’s highest mark since 2016 ... Rowed at the Henley Royal Regatta, winning the Ladies' Plate crown.
2023: Rowed on the 1V all season … Boat defeated No. 16 Drexel, No. 20 Temple, No. 22 Georgetown, won the Navy-Princeton Cup (No. 15 Navy), earned the Childs Cup at No. 14 Penn/No. 19 Columbia, secured the Compton Cup over No. 6 Harvard and corralled the Content Cup over No. 10 Brown … In the postseason, the 1V earned a silver medal at Eastern Sprints for the first time since 2016 and picked up a bronze medal at the IRAs for the first time since 2016 ... Rowed at Henley Royal Regatta.
Before Princeton:
Eton College: Fourth ever athlete from Great Britain to compete at the U-23 World Rowing Championships while still at school … Winner of the school sculling and pair events two straight years.
Personal: Son of Cate and Ed Bell … Has one sister and one brother
IRA 1V Bronze Medal (2023)
Eastern Sprints 1V Silver Medal (2023, 2024)
Eastern Sprints 1V Bronze Medal (2025)
Henley Royal Regatta Ladies' Plate Champion (2024)
IRCA First Team All America (2023, 2024)
IRCA Second Team All America (2025)
IRCA Scholar Athlete (2024, 2025)
2025: Rowed on the 1V in every race … helped the 1V win bronze at Eastern Sprints … part of the 1V that finished fourth in the Grand Final at IRAs … led Princeton to a Childs Cup win against No. 10 Penn and No. 16 Columbia … contributed to the Tigers’ victory over No. 15 Navy … part of a boat that opened the season with wins over No. 16 Georgetown, No. 18 La Salle and No. 24 Temple
2024: On the 1V that had its first undefeated regular season since 2006 … Helped the 1V to victories over No. 17 Drexel, No. 18 Georgetown, No. 23 Temple, No. 17 Navy for the Navy-Princeton Cup, No. 9 Penn/No. 16 Columbia for the Childs Cup, No. 1 Harvard for the Compton Cup, No. 5 Yale/No. 14 Cornell for the Carnegie Cup and No. 6 Brown for the Content Cup … The victory over No. 1 Harvard was only the fourth time since the Compton Cup started in 1933 that Princeton has won consecutive races against Harvard (1933-36, 1956-57, 2015-16, 2023-24) … It was the first time in program history that the 1V and 2V went unbeaten in the regular season … 1V won silver at Eastern Sprints, helping the team to the Rowe Cup for the first time since 2016 … Paced the 1V to fourth in the IRA National Championship Grand Final, pushing the Tigers to second in the Ten Eyck standings, the team’s highest mark since 2016 ... Rowed at the Henley Royal Regatta, winning the Ladies' Plate crown.
2023: Rowed on the 1V all season … Boat defeated No. 16 Drexel, No. 20 Temple, No. 22 Georgetown, won the Navy-Princeton Cup (No. 15 Navy), earned the Childs Cup at No. 14 Penn/No. 19 Columbia, secured the Compton Cup over No. 6 Harvard and corralled the Content Cup over No. 10 Brown … In the postseason, the 1V earned a silver medal at Eastern Sprints for the first time since 2016 and picked up a bronze medal at the IRAs for the first time since 2016 ... Rowed at Henley Royal Regatta.
Before Princeton:
Eton College: Fourth ever athlete from Great Britain to compete at the U-23 World Rowing Championships while still at school … Winner of the school sculling and pair events two straight years.
Personal: Son of Cate and Ed Bell … Has one sister and one brother
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
