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2024-25 Men's Rowing Roster

Jakub Kyncl

  • Height 6-3
  • Weight 187
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Prague, Czechia
  • Highschool Charles University

Biography

2024-25:
  • IRCA Scholar Athlete
  • Raced in First Varsity 8 in Burk Cup in second seat 
  • Raced in First Varsity 8 at IRA Invitational in second seat 
  • Raced in First Varsity 8 against Brown, Yale, Harvard, Washington in second seat 
  • Raced in First Varsity 8 in Arlett Cup in second seat 
  • Raced in First Varsity 8 in Dreissigacker Cup in second seat 
  • Raced in First Varsity 8 in Smith Cup in the second seat
  • Raced in First Varsity 8 Against Dartmouth in the second seat
  • Raced in First Varsity 8 in the EARC in the second seat 
2023-24:
  • Empacher-IRCA Scholar Athlete (6/19)
  • Sat in the second seat in the first varsity eight that won its sixth-straight Burk Cup over UPenn, crossing the line ahead of the Quakers at 6:09.45 (3/23)
  • Sat in the two seat in the first varsity eight that had a fifth-place finish at the IRA Invitational ahead of Stanford (5:38.79) with a time of 5:32.20 (3/30)
  • Sat in the two seat in the first varsity eight that had an open water victory over BU, retaining the Arlett Cup with a time of 5:59.0 (4/6)
  • As two seat in the first varsity eight, crossed the line at 6:09.7 against Brown (4/13)
  • Sat in the two seat in the first varsity eight that finished with a  time of 6:06.4 against No. 1 Harvard (4/24)
  • Sat in the two seat in the first varsity eight that had a seventh place finish in the grand finals at Eastern Sprints, crossing the line at 5:39.576 (5/19)
  • Sat in the bow in the first varsity eight that had a third-place finish in the petite finals at the IRA Championships, crossing the line at 5:35.721 (6/2)
2022-23:
  • Sat in the two seat in the first varsity eight that was victorious over UPenn, retaining the Burk Cup with a time of 5:51.95, just under four seconds ahead of the Quakers. (3/26)
  • Sat in the two seat in the first varsity eight that won the Arlett Cup over BU, knocking off the Terriers by open water, crossing the line at 5:47.7. (4/1)
  • Sat in the two seat in the first varsity eight that had a close race with No. 1 Cal at on the first day of the Pac-12 Invitational, finishing with a time of 5:37.9 (4/8)
  • Sat in the two seat in the first varsity eight that had a close race with No. 13 Stanford, falling short 4.9 seconds behind the Cardinal at 5:43.9 on the final day of the Pac-12 Invitational (4/9)
  • Sat in the two seat in the first varsity eight that had a thrilling win over No. 7 Brown (Dreissigacker Cup), knocking off the Bears by .57 seconds at 6:05.40. (4/15)
  • Sat in the two seat in the first varsity eight that had a strong race vs. No. 7 Harvard, falling by 1.4 seconds in a course record time of 5:32.1 (4/29)
  • Sat in the two seat in the first varsity eight that knocked off No. 11 Wisconsin by open water, crossing the line at 5:37.1, retaining the Congram Cup (4/30)
  • Sat in the two seat in the first varsity eight that won the petite final at Eastern Sprints, crossing the line ahead of second-place BU at 5:35.020 (5/14)
  • Sat in the two seat in the first varsity eight  that finished second in their heat at IRA’s, crossing the line ahead of Stanford at 5:35.920, advancing to the A/B semifinal (6/2)
  • Sat in the two seat in the first varsity eight that knocked off Harvard for a spot in the grand final at IRA’s crossing the line ahead of the Crimson at 6:05.934 (6/3)
  • Sat in the two seat of the first varsity eight that finished sixth in the grand final at IRA’s, crossing the line at 5:43.180 (6/4)

Before NU: Stroked for Charles University during the 2021-22 season… Third place in the U19 World Rowing Championships in 2018 in the double scull… Placed fourth in the U19 Rowing Championships in the quad… Was a European Rowing U19 Champion in the quad in 2019… 

Personal: Son of Teresa and David… Brother of Emma… Majoring in International Affairs… 

Why Northeastern? Learn English…Great university…Rowing crew

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    6'3" 187 lbs
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    6'3" 187 lbs
  • 2024-25Junior

    6'3" 187 lbs