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2024-25 Men's Heavyweight Rowing Roster

Liam Downing

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Vienna, Va.
  • High School Gonzaga College High School

Biography

Senior 2024-25

2024-25 Team Captain…Two seat in the Champ B at HOCR, 17th (Oct. 20)...Two seat of the 2V at Nathan Benderson, 2nd (Apr. 5)...Two seat of the 2V in the Robinson Cup win vs. Cornell (Apr. 12)...Three seat of the 2V in the Compton Cup win vs. Princeton (Apr. 19)...Two seat of the 2V in the Adams/Clothier Cups wins vs. Navy/Penn (Apr. 26)...Two seat of the 2V in the Smith Cup vs. Northeastern (Apr. 30)...Two seat of the 2V at Eastern Sprints, gold (May 18)...Two seat of the 2V at IRA Championships, silver (May 30–June 1)...Two seat of the 2V in the Chappell Trophy win vs. Yale at the Harvard–Yale Regatta (June 7)...Rowed in the Prince Albert Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta (July 3)...Empacher IRCA Scholar Athlete


Junior • 2023-24

Five seat in the 3V at the Sunshine State Invitational (Mar. 29-30)...Raced in the six seat of the 3V in the Robinson Cup win vs. Cornell (Apr. 6)...Raced in the seven seat of the 3V in the Compton Cup vs. Princeton (Apr. 20)...Seven seat of the 2V at the Smith Cup win vs. Northeastern (Apr. 24)...Raced in seven seat in the 2V win at the Adams Cup vs. Navy/Penn (Apr. 27)...Sat in the seven seat of the 2V at Eastern Sprints, placed second overall (May 19)...Raced in the seven seat of the 2V at IRA Championships (May 31-June 2)...Seven seat of the 2V in the Harvard-Yale Regatta (June 7)


Sophomore - 2022-23

Rowed in the six seat in the winning 3V8 at the Stein Cup ... Sat in the six seat in the 3V8's victory over Princeton at the Compton Cup ... Competed in the six seat for the 3V8 boat, which emerged triumphant, over Navy and Penn at the Adams Cup ... Sat in the two seat in the 3V8, which beat Northeastern, at the Smith Cup ... Rowed in the six seat for the 3V8 at Eastern Sprints ... Sat in the four seat for the 3V8 that captured silver at the IRA National Regatta ... Rowed in the four seat for the 3V8 boat that beat Yale at the Harvard-Yale Regatta.

First-Year • 2021-22

Rowed in the second seat on the 3V boat in the dual against Cornell … Helped the Crimson outpace the Big Red by 29.4 seconds and record a time of 6:36.6 in the first Spring race in three years … Rowed in the second seat on the 3V boat in the team’s dual with Brown on the Seekonk River … Helped guide the team to a 21.3-second victory with a time of 6:41.7 in the race … Sat in the sixth seat on the 3V crew against Princeton … Helped guide the team to a 5.9 second victory while posting a time of 6:43.6 … Sat in the second seat on the 3V boat in the regatta with Penn and Navy on the Charles River … Helped the boat post a 10.7 second win in the tri-race with a time of 5:56.9 … Sat seat two on the 3V boat in the dual race again Northeastern on the Charles … Helped the boat post a 14-second win in the race with a time of 5:57.8 … Sat seat two on the Crimson 3V crew at the Eastern Sprints Regatta, helping the boat to a third-place finish … Finished in second place at the IRA National Championships with the 3V crew in the boat’s two seat … Rowed in the second seat on the 3V boat in the two-mile race against Yale on the Thames River.

Before Harvard

Letterwinner in rowing (2019-21)…First place in WMIRA men’s junior eight (2019)…First place  in Statesburg Cup Regatta men’s junior eight (2019)…Second place in SRAA Nationals men’s junior eight (2019)…Raced in men’s youth 4+ at 2019 Head of the Charles Regatta…2018-21 Gonzaga College High School Presidential Scholar…2019-21 National Honor Society…2021 Editor in Chief of annual literary and visual arts magazine “The Phoenix”

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First-Year

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior