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2024-25 Women's Rowing Roster

Sydney Neil

  • Class Freshman
  • Height 5-9
  • Hometown Buffalo, N.Y.
  • High School Nardin Academy

Biography

2024-2025 (Freshman):
  • Competed in three fall events.
    • Finished ninth in the Collegiate 8+ with the 2nd Varsity 8+ at the Head of the Snake (10/5).
    • Finished third in the Collegiate 8+ with the 2nd Varsity 8+ and third in the Collegiate 1x at the Wormtown Chase (10/26).
    • Placed fifth in the Collegiate 8+ with the 2nd Varsity 8+ and second in the Collegiate 4+ with the Varsity 4+ at the Heart of the Housatonic (11/2).

BEFORE HOLY CROSS:
  • Rowed for three seasons on varsity at Nardin under head coach Ailean McNamara.
  • Served as a team captain in 2023 and 2024.
  • Earned the team's Most Valuable Player Award as a freshman and a senior.
  • Helped team to a third place finish in the senior lightweight 4+ at the CSSRA's in 2023.
  • Attended the 2023 Head of the Charles and Youth National Championships in Sarasota, Fla.
  • Also rowed for the Westside Rowing Club under head coach Keanan Gibbons.
  • Helped team to a third place in the U19 Women's Quad at the 2023 Royal Canadian Henley, third place in the U19 4+ at the 2024 Royal Canadian Henley, and a first place in the U19 8+ at the 2024 RowOntario Championships.
PERSONAL:
  • Father rowed at Rutgers and competed in the 1992 Olympic Games, placing fourth in the coxed 4+, and won gold in the 1999 Winnipeg Pan-American Games.
  • Brother rows at the University of California-Berkley.
  • Has not yet declared a major.
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