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2025-26 Men's Rowing Roster

Luke Hickling

  • Height 6-1
  • Weight 188
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Christchurch, New Zealand
  • Highschool St Bedes College

Biography

2025-26
• Rowed in the bow seat of the first varsity, which finished second in the Smith Cup against No. 4 Harvard at 5:31.145 (Apr. 28)
• Was the bow seat for the first varsity’s win over No. 12 Boston University (Apr. 4) to capture the Arlett Cup (5:50.699)
• Rowed in the bow seat of the first varsity, which finished fifth (5:56.05) against No. 1 Washington, No. 2 Harvard, No. 6 Brown, No. 8 Stanford and No. 10 Yale at the Sarasota 2K (Mar. 28)
• Was in the bow seat for the first varsity’s win over No. 6 Brown (Mar. 27) to capture the Dreissigacker Cup (5:42.04)
• Rowed in the bow seat of the first varsity in a win at No. 11 Penn (Mar. 21) to win the Burk Cup at 5:48.57

2024-25:
  • Raced in Second Varsity 8 in Burk Cup in stroke seat 
  • Raced in Second Varsity 8 at IRA Invitational in stroke seat 
  • Raced in Second Varsity 8 against Brown, Yale, Harvard, Washington in stroke seat 
  • Raced in Second Varsity 8 in Arlett Cup in stroke seat 
  • Raced in Second Varsity 8 in Dreissigacker Cup in stroke seat 
  • Raced in Second Varsity 8 in Smith Cup in fourth seat 
  • Raced in Second Varsity 8 Against Dartmouth in fourth seat 
  • Raced in Second Varsity 8 in the EARC in stroke seat 
Before NU: Rowed for St. Bedes College Rowing under head coach Dale Maher for four seasons, captain for two of them…Won 2023 Maadi Cup in the U18 2-, U18 4+, and U18 8+…Rowed for New Zealand at 2024 U19 World Championships in St. Catharines, Canada…
 
Personal: Son of Tracy Hickling and Bryan Hickling…Has two siblings, Adam and Zac…
 
Why NU: Good environment...Great coaching staff…

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

    6'1" 187 lbs
  • 2025-26Sophomore

    6'1" 188 lbs