Cecilia Sommerfeld

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Class:
Senior
High School:
Erzbischöfliches Gymnasium Marienberg
Hometown:
Korschenbroich, Germany

Awards:
IRA Women's Lightweight Varsity Eight Gold Medal (2022, 2023)
IRA Women's Lightweight Crew of the Year (2022, 2023)
Women's Lightweight Eastern Sprints Varsity Eight Gold Medal (2022, 2023)
Ivy League Varsity Four B Silver Medal (2025)

2025: Saw action the A4 and B4 ... Rowed on the Varsity Four B that defeated Brown, Cornell and Penn ... Led the B4 to a silver medal at the Ivy League Rowing Championships.

2024: Appeared on the 3V, 4V and B4 ... Helped the 3V over Northeastern and Columbia … Paced the B4 over Penn.

(Lightweights) 2023: Spent most of the season at the Varsity Eight … Collected The Class of 2015 Cup with a 10.4-second decision over No. 4 Stanford … Earned The Class of 2006 Cup with a 10.3-second win over No. 3 Georgetown … Picked up gold at the Eastern Sprints by 4.3 seconds … Nabbed gold at the IRA National Championships by 6.2 seconds … Helped the varsity eight to its third straight IRA gold medal … Led Princeton to the IRA Commissioner’s Cup for the second straight season … Rowed at Henley Women’s Regatta.

(Lightweights) 2022: Member of the 1V that did not lose all season … Boat won the Class of 2006 Cup over Georgetown by 13.1 seconds, defeated Radcliffe by 4.3 seconds to win the Class of 1999 and took down No. 3 Stanford on the road by almost nine seconds … 1V also won Eastern Sprints, won gold at the Dad Vail Regatta before securing its second straight IRA gold medal.

Before Princeton:
Neusser Ruderverein: Five-time National Champion ... Won the silver medals in the 8+ at the 2019 U-19 European Championship, at the U-23 European Championships in the lightweight quad and at the 2021 and 2022 U-23 World Championships in the pair ... Earned a bronze at the 2023 World Championships in the pair.

Personal: Daughter of Sheila and Dirk Sommerfeld ... Has two siblings, Louisa and Robert.