CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – With the Fall 2020 semester well underway, the Radcliffe lightweight rowing coaching staff officially welcomed the eight members of the Class of 2024 to the Harvard community.
 
"We are excited to welcome our new athletes to our team and the class of 2024 at Harvard" said Head Coach Sarah Baker. "This incoming class brings a multitude of competitive experiences that will have an immediate and positive impact on the success of our team. We look forward to integrating this class of first-years into our highly committed and motivated team and competing for Championships together when we resume racing."
 
Read below to find out more about the newcomers
 
Madelyn Brody | Larchmont, N.Y. | Mamaroneck High School
2018 USRowing Youth National Championships Lightweight 8+, 1st...2019 USRowing Youth National Championships Lightweight 8+, 1st...2018 USRowing Northeast Regional Championships Lightweight 8+, 1st...2019 USRowing Northeast Regional Championships Lightweight 8+, 1st...2018 Head of the Charles Youth 4+, 2nd...Most Improved Varsity Women's Rower on Greenwich Crew, 2018
 
Sophia Gilroy | Riverside, Conn. | Greenwich High School
2018 USRowing Youth National Championship Lightweight 8+, 1st place...2019 USRowing Youth National Championship Lightweight 8+, 1st place...2018 USRowing Northeast Regional Championship Lightweight 8+, 1st place...2019 USRowing Northeast Regional Championship Lightweight 8+, 1st place...2017 Head of the Charles Regatta Women's Youth 4+, 7th place...2018 Head of the Charles Regatta Women's Youth 4+, 2nd place...2019 Head of the Charles Regatta Women's Youth 8+, 2nd place
 
Isabel Mehta | Philadelphia, Pa. | Germantown Friends School
2019 PSRA City Championships Lightweight 2x, 3rd...2019 SRAA Nationals Lightweight 2x, 6th...2019 USRowing Youth National Championships Lightweight 2x, C final...2017 "Grit Award"; Varsity Women's Crew
 
Ava Sack | Bryn Mawr, Pa. | Harriton High School
Coxed Quad (4x+) for Head of the Charles, Co-Captain of the Whitemarsh Junior Women's Rowing Team for the 2019-2020 seasons ...2019 Royal Canadian Henley u23 lightweight 8+, 1st...2019 USRowing MidAtlantic Championship Varsity 4+, 1st...2019 Head of the Charles Regatta Coxed Quad, 5th...2018 Stotesbury Cup Regatta Lightweight 4+, 3rd...2017 & 2018 Philadelphia City Championships, 1st (Freshmen 4+ and then Lightweight 4+)...Received the Barbara Zuzelo Award in the Spring (2018) for "Most Outstanding Returning Varsity Rower"... Most "Outstanding Varsity Rower" for Whitemarsh Boat Club in the fall of 2019
 
Ella Serrano-Wu | Belmont, Mass. | Belmont High School
Captain of Gymnastics Team 2018-2020… Gymnastics: Masstars (Team), Participated for 12 years, Did all 4 events (Vault, Bars, Beam and Floor)… Gymnastics: Region 6 Team Alternate- Eastern Championships (2018)
 
Ryan Swardstrom | Seattle, Wash. | Lakeside School
Seattle Rowing Center (5 years) and Greenlake Crew (1 year)...2018 USRowing Youth National Championship Lightweight 2x, 5th...2019 USRowing Youth National Championship Lightweight 2x, 3rd
 
Claire Wigglesworth | Washington, D.C. | Woodrow Wilson Senior High
2019 USRowing National Championships Women's Under 19 8+, 3rd, U19 4+, 5th...2019 and 2018 WMIRA Championships Varsity 8+, 3rd...2019 Head of the Charles Women's Youth 4+, 9th...2019 Head of the Schuylkill Women's High School 4+, 3rd, 8+, 3rd...2019 Occoquan Chase Junior Women's 4+, 1st...2017 WMIRA Championships Varsity 8+, 2nd...2016 WMIRA Championships Freshmen 8+, 1st...2019 DCIAA Cross Country Runner of the Year and Rookie of the Season...2019 Girl's Varsity Crew Scholar Athlete...2018 Gatorade Girl's Cross Country Player of the Year (DC)...2018 Girl's Cross Country All State Award
 
Libby Wu | Brighton, Mass. | Boston Latin School
Captain of crew team during junior and senior years...2019 NEIRA (New England Interscholastic Rowing Association) Championships, 1st Varsity 8+, 2nd...Spring 2019 MPSRA (Massachusetts Public School Rowing Association) Regatta, 1st Varsity 8+, 1st...2019 Saratoga Invitational Regatta, 1st Varsity 8+, 1st...2019 Saratoga Invitational Regatta, Lightweight 4+, 3rd...2019 USRowing Youth National Championships, raced 1st Varsity 8+...2019 Textile River Regatta, 1st Varsity 8+, 2nd...Fall 2019 MPSRA Regatta, 1st Varsity 8+, 2nd...2018 Textile River Regatta, 1st Varsity 8+, 2nd...Fall 2018 MPSRA Regatta, 1st Varsity 8+, 2nd...Raced in Head of the Charles all 4 years of high school