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2021-22 Men's Rowing Roster

Elias Kun

  • Height 6-5
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Tuebingen, Germany
  • Highschool Kepler-Gymnasium Tuebingen

Biography

2021-22:
  • CAPTAIN
  • Sat in the fifth seat in the first varsity eight that beat Penn in season opener, crossing the finish line with a time of 6:09.9 (3/26)
  • Sat in the fifth seat in the first varsity eight that beat BU in the Arlett Cup, crossing the finish line with a time of 6:23.5 (4/2)
  • As the fifth seat in the first varsity eight, upset Stanford at the Pac-12 Challenge with a time of 5:41.53 (4/9)
  • Gave defending national champion Washington a hard-fought race in the first varsity eight as the fifth seat, falling by a slim 3.9 margin (4/9)
  • Sat in the fifth seat in the first varsity eight that finished with a time of 5:45.92 against No.3 California at the Pac-12 Challenge (4/10)
  • As the fifth seat in the first varsity, crossed the finish line less than two seconds behind Brown with a time of 6:14.7 (4/16)
  • Sat in the fifth seat in the first varsity that fell short by 2.6 seconds to Harvard, crossing the line at 5:50.2. (4/30)
  • As the fifth seat in the first varsity eight, took down Wisconsin with a time of 5:51.5 (5/1)
  • Sat in the fifth seat in the first varsity eight at Eastern Sprints that won the petite final in dominating fashion, crossing the line at 6:10.705 (5/15)
  • Sat in the fifth seat in the first varsity eight that won their repechage on day one at IRA’s, crossing the line at 5:35.922, advancing to the AB semifinals (6/3)
  • Sat in the fifth seat in the first varsity eight that had a fourth-place finish in the AB semifinals, racing against top crews in California, Washington and Harvard, crossing the line at 5:44.577, advancing to the petite finals (6/4)
  • Sat in the fifth seat in the first varsity that had a strong second-place finish in the petite final at IRA’s crossing the line at 5:52.257 (6/5)
  • Named an IRCA Scholar-Athlete (6/27)
  • Tabbed an IRCA All-American (6/28)
2020-21:
  • Sat in the five seat of the first varsity eight boat in a sixth place finish in the Grand Final at the IRA Championships with a final time of 6:16.7 (5/29)
  • Finished over Brown University as the five seat in the first varsity eight boat, crossing the finish line at 5:32.8 (5/8)
  • As the five seat, competed with the varsity eight crew to an open-water victory against Boston University clocking in at 6:16.7 (5/2)
  • Denied No. 10 Wisconsin a lead, crossing the finish line 9.5 seconds ahead of the Badgers in the varsity eight crew as the five seat (5/1)
  • Raced as the five seat in the varsity eight to a 6:02.4 finish over Boston University (4/10)
2019-20:
  • Did not compete in the spring 2020 due to COVID-19
  • As the stroke seat, crossed the finish line at 14:29.3 in 22nd-place at the Head of the Charles (10/23)
2018-19:
  • Sat in the five seat for the first varsity as they defeated No. 12 Penn with a time of 5:44.70 in the Burk Cup (3/30)
  • In the three seat, raced with first varsity as they defeated No. 18 Oregon State with a time of 5:53.6 (4/6)
  • Sat in the three seat and helped first varsity to a time of 5:40.56, defeating No. 13 Stanford (4/7)
  • Helped the first varsity leg out a victory over Boston University in the five seat, retaining the Arlett Cup with a time of 5:49.40 (4/14)
  • Sat five seat for first varsity as they finished fifth in the Grand Final(5:41.346) at the IRA Championships (6/2)
Before NU: Rowed with Tübinger Ruderverein Fidelia, German Champions in the 4+ in 2016, 2017, and 2018 …  Team placed third at the Junior World Championships for 4+ in 2017 and second in 2018.

Personal: Born to Juergen and Jutta Kun ... Has one younger sister, Katalin … Will graduate Northeastern with a major in business administration and mathematics.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

    6'5" 200 lbs
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    6'5" 200 lbs
  • 2020-21Junior

    6'5" 200 lbs
  • 2021-22Senior

    6'5" 200 lbs