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2017-18 Men's Rowing Roster

Jacob Plihal

  • Height 6-7
  • Weight 211
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Vashon Island, Wash.
  • Highschool Vashon Island

Biography

2017: Sat in the three seat for the first varsity at the Arlett Cup against No. 5 Boston University (Apr. 7), finishing second with a time of 6:18.3 … Was the five seat for the first varsity in the Dreissigacker Cup at No. 9 Brown (Apr. 15), helping the boat to a first place finish at 6:12.55 ... Was the five seat for the Smith Cup (Apr. 29), finishing second in the first varsity to No. 4 Harvard with a time of 5:51.420 … In the five seat, helped first varsity to victory in the Congram Cup, topping No. 13 Wisconsin (Apr. 30) with a time of 5:39.3 … Helped the first varsity to a seventh place finish nationally in the five seat at the IRA Championships (Jun. 2-4) with a victory in the Petite Final (5:36.576).

2016: Was the five seat for the varsity eight that defeated Penn at the Burk Cup with a time of 5:43.90 (Apr. 2) … Was the five seat for the varsity eight at the Arlett Cup against Boston University (Apr. 9), clocking in at 6:05.9 … Sat in the five seat of the varsity eight at the Dreissigacker Cup against Brown, finishing second at 5:45.2 (Apr. 16) … Was the five seat for the varsity eight in the Smith Cup against Harvard, taking second at 6:05.3 (Apr. 30) … Sat in the five seat of the varsity eight in a Congram Cup victory against Wisconsin with a three-second victory at 5:56.904 (May 1) ... Was the five seat for the varsity eight at the Eastern Sprints (May 15), finishing first in the Petite Final (seventh overall) with a time of 5:43.192 … Rowed in the five seat of the varsity eight for the IRA Championships (Jun. 3-5), helping the 1V win the petite final with a time of 5:51.020 to finish seventh overall in the nation.

2015: Competed against Penn in the second varsity eight, falling just short of the Burk Cup with a time of 6:09.5 ... Narrowly defeated Boston University in the Arlett Cup third varsity eight race ... Came home with a Dreissigacker Cup victory over Brown in the third varsity eight race ... Captured the Congram Cup with a win over Wisconsin in the varsity eight race ... Took silver in the Grand Final of the varsity eight race at the Eastern Sprints, defeating Princeton, Brown, Harvard, and Boston University ... Rowed on the first varsity eight boat at the IRA Championships, finishing sixth in the Grand Final.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    6'8" 207 lbs
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    6'9" 211 lbs
  • 2016-17Junior

    6'7" 211 lbs
  • 2017-18Senior

    6'7" 211 lbs