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2011-12 Men's Crew (Heavyweight)

Matthew Edstein

  • Height 6-2
  • Weight 195
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Sydney, Australia
  • Highschool St. Joseph's College Hunters

Biography

Senior • 2012
Rowed with twice with the varsity eight and sixtimes the second varisty eight ... Helped the varsity eighttake the bronze at the IRA National Championships, locking up theCrimson''s second straight top-three national finish ... Contributedto the win at the H-Y Regatta completing a perfect dual season forthe varsity eight and Harvard’s fifth straight sweep of Yale... Runner-up to Wisconsin in the grand final of secondvarsity eight''s at the EARC Sprints, contributing to the Rowe Cupwin ... Aided in wins with second varsity eight againstNortheastern, Navy and Penn, and Princeton ... Runner-up toCalifornia at the San Diego Crew Classic.

Junior • 2011
Raced with the varsity eight, contributing to anundefeated dual season and a Sprints championship … Part ofthe Harvard boat that reached the semifinals of the Ladies’Challenge Plate at the Henley Royal Regatta … 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.

Sophomore2010
Rowed in the seven seat of the varsity eight all spring,contributing to the Crimson’s 7-1 dual record … HelpedHarvard capture its seventh Ladies’ Challenge Plate at theRoyal Henley Regatta … Helped the Crimson win its 26thEastern title, 26th Ivy League crown and 30th Rowe Cup at the EARCSprints … Part of fourth-place varsity finish at IRANational Championships … Contributed to a third consecutivewin at the 145th Harvard-Yale Regatta … Aided in fourthstraight Compton Cup win against Princeton and MIT … Helpedthe Crimson win the Adams Cup against Navy and Penn for the 11thstraight season … Contributed to the Crimson’s 13thstraight win over Northeastern for the Smith Cup and a dual winagainst Cornell.

Freshman2009
Member of the freshman eight that went undefeated in dual racing(7-0) … Won a silver medal at Sprints and the IRA NationalChampionships.

Before Harvard

Lettered four times in crew, three times in rugby and twice intrack ... Named to the all-state under-21 eight for crew.

Personal
Lists fishing and wrestling crocodiles as interests.

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Sophomore

    6'2" 195 lbs
  • 2010-11Junior

    6'2" 195 lbs
  • 2011-12Senior

    6'2" 195 lbs