2025 Women's Rowing - Open Roster
Barry, Ella

Ella Barry
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Friends Academy
- Hometown:
- Oyster Bay, N.Y.
Bio
Awards:
NCAA 1V Bronze Medal (2023)
NCAA 2V Bronze Medal (2025)
Ivy League 1V Gold Medal (2023, 2024)
Ivy League 2V Silver Medal (2025)
CRCA Scholar Athlete (2023, 2024, 2025)
2025: Rowed on the 1V and 2V this season ... Helped the 1V retain the Class of 1987 Trophy against Brown ... Led the 2V over Harvard, Cornell, Penn ... Corralled a silver medal at the Ivy League Rowing Championships with the 2V ... Nabbed the bronze medal at the NCAA Rowing Championships with the 2V.
2024: Rowed on the 1V all season … Helped the Tigers to a win over Brown for the Class of 1987 Trophy … Earned the boat’s ninth straight Class of 1975 Cup with a decision over Harvard … Also led the 1V to a win over USC and Rutgers … Corralled the 1V’s 12th consecutive Eisenberg Cup with a victory over Yale … Took down Columbia for the Hewitt-Dauphiny Cup along with Northeastern and Notre Dame … Beat Penn to end the regular season … Paced the 1V to the top time at the Ivy League Championships, earning the program the Sally P. Shoemaker Trophy and the NCAA automatic bid … Rowed the 1V to fourth place at the NCAA Rowing Championships.
2023: Rowed in the varsity eight that do not lose in the regular season, the first time that boat has done that since 2019 … Won the Class of 1987 trophy over Brown and Rhode Island … Took home the Class of 1975 Cup with victories over No. 14 Harvard and Cornell … Helped the varsity eight defeat No. 1 Texas, ending the Longhorn’s 22-race winning streak … Defeated No. 8 Penn … Won gold at the Ivy League Championships, helping the program win its fourth straight Ivy crown and third consecutive Ivy League team title … Led the first varsity to a bronze medal at the NCAA Rowing Championships, earning the boat’s second consecutive medal at NCAAs … Helped the Tigers to third place in the NCAA Team Standings, marking the first time in program history that Princeton finished top three in consecutive seasons ... Rowed at Henley Royal Regatta.
2022: Split time between 1V and 2V … Helped the Tigers retain the Eisenberg Cup vs. No. 3 Yale ... Led the 2V to fifth place at the NCAA Championships … … Part of the Tigers’ squad that finished third at the NCAA Championships, the program’s best mark since 1997.
Before Princeton:
Friends Academy: Cum Laude Society ... National Merit Scholarship Competition ... Head's Commendation Award ... USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll ... Ninth Grade Academic Award ... French and Biology Awards.
USRowing: U19 National Champion in the 1x in 2019 ... Youth National Regatta title in the 1x in 2021 ... Earned two second place finishes in the 2021 U23 Summer National Championships in the 1x and 2019 Head of Charles Regatta in the women's youth 1X.
Personal: Daughter of Elizabeth and Joseph Barry ... Has a sister, Cate, who rows for the Princeton women's lightweight team.
NCAA 1V Bronze Medal (2023)
NCAA 2V Bronze Medal (2025)
Ivy League 1V Gold Medal (2023, 2024)
Ivy League 2V Silver Medal (2025)
CRCA Scholar Athlete (2023, 2024, 2025)
2025: Rowed on the 1V and 2V this season ... Helped the 1V retain the Class of 1987 Trophy against Brown ... Led the 2V over Harvard, Cornell, Penn ... Corralled a silver medal at the Ivy League Rowing Championships with the 2V ... Nabbed the bronze medal at the NCAA Rowing Championships with the 2V.
2024: Rowed on the 1V all season … Helped the Tigers to a win over Brown for the Class of 1987 Trophy … Earned the boat’s ninth straight Class of 1975 Cup with a decision over Harvard … Also led the 1V to a win over USC and Rutgers … Corralled the 1V’s 12th consecutive Eisenberg Cup with a victory over Yale … Took down Columbia for the Hewitt-Dauphiny Cup along with Northeastern and Notre Dame … Beat Penn to end the regular season … Paced the 1V to the top time at the Ivy League Championships, earning the program the Sally P. Shoemaker Trophy and the NCAA automatic bid … Rowed the 1V to fourth place at the NCAA Rowing Championships.
2023: Rowed in the varsity eight that do not lose in the regular season, the first time that boat has done that since 2019 … Won the Class of 1987 trophy over Brown and Rhode Island … Took home the Class of 1975 Cup with victories over No. 14 Harvard and Cornell … Helped the varsity eight defeat No. 1 Texas, ending the Longhorn’s 22-race winning streak … Defeated No. 8 Penn … Won gold at the Ivy League Championships, helping the program win its fourth straight Ivy crown and third consecutive Ivy League team title … Led the first varsity to a bronze medal at the NCAA Rowing Championships, earning the boat’s second consecutive medal at NCAAs … Helped the Tigers to third place in the NCAA Team Standings, marking the first time in program history that Princeton finished top three in consecutive seasons ... Rowed at Henley Royal Regatta.
2022: Split time between 1V and 2V … Helped the Tigers retain the Eisenberg Cup vs. No. 3 Yale ... Led the 2V to fifth place at the NCAA Championships … … Part of the Tigers’ squad that finished third at the NCAA Championships, the program’s best mark since 1997.
Before Princeton:
Friends Academy: Cum Laude Society ... National Merit Scholarship Competition ... Head's Commendation Award ... USRowing Scholastic Honor Roll ... Ninth Grade Academic Award ... French and Biology Awards.
USRowing: U19 National Champion in the 1x in 2019 ... Youth National Regatta title in the 1x in 2021 ... Earned two second place finishes in the 2021 U23 Summer National Championships in the 1x and 2019 Head of Charles Regatta in the women's youth 1X.
Personal: Daughter of Elizabeth and Joseph Barry ... Has a sister, Cate, who rows for the Princeton women's lightweight team.
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
Thank You for Roaring Forward on TAGD 2021
Wednesday, December 01