2020-21 Men's Rowing Roster

John Young

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Bethesda, Md.
  • High School Walt Whitman High School
  • Major Economics and History

Biography

2020-21 (Senior): Rowed eight seat with the varsity eight that took first place at Marietta College (April 3)

2019 - 2020 (Junior): Rowed three seat with the B-boat that took eighth place at the Princeton Chase (Oct. 27) ... spring season canceled due to Covid-19. 

2018-19 (Sophomore): Rowed one seat with the second varsity eight that finished 13th at the IRA National Championships...rowed seven seat with second varsity eight that took 14th at Eastern Sprints...rowed one seat with third varsity eight against Northeastern and Holy Cross...rowed seven seat with second varsity eight at the Stanford Invitational...rowed seven seat with third varsity eight against Syracuse...rowed seven seat with varsity eight that took first at the Bald Eagle Invitational, and rowed two seat with varsity four that also took first-place...rowed seven seat with third varsity eight that took 18th at the Princeton Chase, also rowed three seat with fourth varsity four that took 23rd

2017-18 (Freshman): Raced with the third varsity eight at the Eastern Sprints in May, helping the Badgers to a fifth-place finish in the petite finals... sat seven seat with the third varsity eight at the IRA National Championships, helping UW to a fifth-place finish in the petite finals... sat two seat with the fifth varsity eight against Minnesota at Devil's Lake in April, placing first... participated in cup racing with the freshman eight, sitting two seat in races against Boston University and Northeastern... raced with the novice eight 'B' boat at the Bald Eagle Invitational in November, sitting bow

High School: Rowed for four years, earning three letters 

Personal: Parents are Meg Young and James Young ... majoring in economics and history 

Reason for choosing UW-Madison: The perfect combination of athletics, academics, and student life

What Wisconsin Rowing means to John: Pushing myself beyond my limits every day and representing one of the top universities in the country


 

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

  • 2018-19Sophomore

  • 2019-20Junior

  • 2020-21Senior