Columbia University Athletics

High School: During high school, rowed on three first place winning crews with RowAmerica Rye ... Took the Straight Four title at the 2021 NY State Championships and the Northeast Regionals ... Helped his Straight Four crew take third at the 2021 USRowing Nationals Regatta ... Collected a first place finish (U17 Quad) at the 2019 USRowing Club Nationals ... Spent summer of 2021 with the ODP U20 High Performance Camp in Jacksonville, Florida.

Personal: Born, Luke Williams Filor, on Sept. 12, 2003 in Albany, New York ... Son of Caroline and Daniel Filor ... Has two siblings, Greta (19) and Emeline (9) ... Father, Daniel, graduated from Columbia Law School ... Has rowing in the family, as sister Greta (sophomore) is a member of the Brown Women's Rowing team ... Decided to attend Columbia, "because of the great engineering programs, prominent athletics and it being in the center of Manhattan" ... Will enroll in the Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science ... Plans on majoring in Mechanical Engineering.