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2019 Lightweight Rowing Roster

Mike McLaughlin

Sam Melvin

  • Height 6-0
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Huntington Beach, Calif.
  • Previous School Huntington Beach High School
  • College General Studies

Biography

2018-19 (First-Year): Competed from the second seat in the Varsity Four – at the IRA National Championships and in the third seat for the Second Varsity Eight at the EARC Sprints 
 
HIGH SCHOOL: Placed third at the World Rowing U23 Championships in the Men’s Lightweight 4x … Won the Lightweight Men’s division at the Crash B Indoor Rowing Championships in 2017 … Named First Team All-American by the American Collegiate Rowing Association in 2017, and the First Team All-Freshman in 2016 ... Rowed with Southern California Scullers, and the US National Rowing Team for the U23 division.
 
PERSONAL:  Born on April 8, 1997 … Son of Kathleen and Pete … Brother to James and Luke … Also recruited by Northeastern, Boston University, University of California San Diego, and University of California Santa Barbara … Enrolled in Columbia College … Major is Earth and Environmental Science.