Katharine Kalap

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Katherine George, Margot Leroux and Katharine Kalap

Photo by: © row2k Media

Photo by: © row2k Media

Photo by: Beverly Schaefer

Class:
Junior
High School:
Hartpury College
Hometown:
Cheltenham, Great Britain

Awards:
CRCA Second-Team All-America (2024)
Ivy League First Varsity Gold Medal (2024)
Ivy League Second Varsity Silver Medal (2023, 2025)
Second-Team All-Ivy (2025)
CRCA Scholar Athlete (2024, 2025)

2025: Appeared on the 1V and 2V ... Rowed on the 1V that retained the Class of 1987 Trophy vs. Brown and the boat's 10th consecutive Class of 1975 Cup over Harvard and Cornell ... Nabbed a silver medal for the second varsity at the Ivy League Rowing Championships ... Finished the season with a victory in the Petite Final at the NCAA Rowing Championships in the 1V.

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: Spent most of the season at 2V … Led the 2V over Radcliffe, Cornell, Texas and Penn … Helped the 2V become one of only two boats to defeat Texas since April of 2019 … Paced the 2V to silver at the Ivy League Championships, helping the program win its fourth straight Ivy crown and third consecutive Ivy League team title.

2022: Saw time at 1V and 2V … 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:
Started rowing career with the Gloucester Rowing Club ... Rowed at Hartpury Elite Rowing Academy on World Class Start Programme for sixth form ... Won the British Rowing Indoor title, securing the record for the 500m while also earning second place in the 2,000m in 2019 ... Picked up the Lester Trophy and was a quarterfinalist in the Princess Grace Challenge Cup for Tideway Scullers School at the Henley Royal Regatta in 2021.

Personal: Daughter of Hilary Johnson and Nadi Kalap ... Has two sisters, Julia and Imogen.