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2024-25 Men's Rowing Roster

Ben Schweighauser

Ben Schweighauser

  • Height:
    6-2
  • Weight:
    190
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Hometown:
    Chicago, Ill.
  • Previous Team:
    Chicago Rowing Foundation
  • Major:
    History

Summary

Biography

2023-24 Season
  • Seven seat for club championship eights at the Head of the Schuylkill
  • Raced in five seat for Flight 2 eight boat that finished 11th at the Princeton Chase
  • Helped 2V4 earn a silver medal at the Knecht Cup
  • Member of varsity four boat that took seventh after winning the B Final at the SIRA Regatta
  • Three seat for 2V4 boat in fourth place result at Dad Vail
2022-23 Season
  • Raced with Empacher Boat that won the fall Founder’s Cup
  • Served as bow for club eight that placed fifth at the Head of the Schuylkill
  • Four seat for second varsity eight in seventh place result at the Murphy Cup
  • Helped the 2V8 to victory at the spring Founder’s Cup
  • Was bow for JV eight boat that finished sixth at Dad Vail
  • Member of 2V8 boat in second place result at the Atlantic Sprints
2021-22 Season
  • Helped varsity eight to first place finish at the Founders Cup
  • Three-seat for college four boat that took 21st at the Head of the Charles
  • Two-seat for coxed four in 27th place result at the Princeton Chase
  • Two-seat for varsity eight in defeat of Ithaca and Marietta
High School
Get to Know:
 A 2021 graduate of Roycemore School...was a member of the Chicago Rowing Foundation (CRF) from 2019-2021...helped the 2V8 boat to a first place finish at the 2021 Midwest Junior Rowing Championship...earned his school's Spanish Award in 2020 and also the President's Award for Educational Achievement in 2021...was a member of the National Honor Society from 2019-2021.

Personal
Born: Ben Bishop Schweighauser in Evanston, Ill...parents are Liz Ellrodt and Scott Schweighauser...has one brother.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    6'1" 170 lbs
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    6'1" 180 lbs
  • 2023-24Junior

    6'1" 180 lbs
  • 2024-25Senior

    6'2" 190 lbs