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2012-13 Men's Crew (Heavyweight)

James O'Connor

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Highschool Christ's College

Biography

Senior • 2013

Rowed in the second seat for the first varsity all season,including a second-place showing at the IRA National ChampionshipVarsity Eight Grand Final … Was in the boat forHarvard’s EARC Sprints championship race … Contributedto the win at the H-Y Regatta completing a perfect dual season forthe varsity eight and Harvard’s sixth straight sweep ofYale… Rowed in The Visitor’s Challenge Cuptitle-winning boat at Henley Royal Regatta that squared off againstthe Harvard lightweights for the first all-Harvard Henley finalsince 2002.

Junior • 2012

Named second-team All-Ivy ... Rowed with the varisty eight allseason ... Helped the varsity eight take the bronze at the IRANational Championships, locking up the Crimson''s second straighttop-three national finish ... Contributed to the win at the H-YRegatta completing a perfect dual season for the varsity eight andHarvard’s fifth straight sweep of Yale ... Took second at theEARC Sprints, missing out on first by less than a half second toBrown and contributing to the Rowe Cup win ... Helped sweepNortheastern and take the Crimson’s 15thconsecutive Smith Cup ... Rowed in win over Navy and Penn at theAdams Cup ... Topped Princeton and MIT to take the Compton Cup ...Contributed to wins over Brown for the Stein Cup and Cornell ...Helped capture the Copley Cup at the San Diego Crew Classic.

Sophomore • 2011

Raced in the bow seat for the varsity eight, contributing to anundefeated dual season and Sprints championship … Raced to asecond-place finish at the IRA National Championships …Contributed to victory over Yale at the 146thHarvard-Yale Regatta … Helped win the Ivy League title,Eastern title and Rowe Cup at the EARC Sprints … Helpeddefeat Northeastern for the Smith Cup, Penn and Navy for the AdamsCup, Princeton for the Compton Cup, Brown for the Stein Cup andCornell.

Freshman • 2010

Rowed in the freshman eight all season, in the five and sevenseats, contributing to an Eastern title and a 7-0 dual campaign… Helped freshmen win three races to reach the final of theTemple Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta … Won goldat EARC Sprints, contributing to Harvard’s 30th Rowe Cup… Helped Harvard place fifth at IRA National Championships… Contributed to 14.9-second win over rival Bulldogs at145th Harvard-Yale Regatta … Also a part of dual winsagainst Northeastern, Navy, Penn, Princeton, Brown and Cornell.

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10First-Year

  • 2010-11Sophomore

  • 2011-12Junior

  • 2012-13Senior