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2021 Lightweight Rowing Roster

Alex Overmeer

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Weston, Mass.
  • Previous School Choate Rosemary Hall (Conn.)
  • College Columbia College

Biography

2018-19 (Sophomore): Competed at the EARC Sprints in the Second Varsity Eight from the seventh seat and for the Varsity Four + from the Stroke position in the IRA National Championships.
 
HIGH SCHOOL: A 2017 graduate of Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut … Earned four varsity letters with crew … Named team captain for 2016-17 … Rowed with Cambridge Boat Club where he finished third in youth 4+ at Canadian Henley in 2016 … Also placed fifth in youth 8+ and the youth 4x at 2015 Canadian Henley.
 
PERSONAL: Born June 1, 1998 … Son of Lisa Intriere and Wim Overmeer … Brother Andreas was a rower at Cornell from 2013-15 … Has one other sibling, Christopher … Dual citizen with the Netherlands and the United States … Attended same high school as John F. Kennedy and actors, Paul Giamatti and Michael Douglas … Enrolled at Columbia College. 

Historical Player Information

  • 2018First Year

    5'10"
  • 2019Sophomore

    5'10"
  • 2020Junior

    5'10"
  • 2021Senior

    5'10"