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2025-26 Men's Rowing Roster

Riley Putnam

  • Height 6-4
  • Weight 200
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Los Angeles, CA.
  • Highschool Loyola HS

Biography

2025-26
• Stroked the second varsity to a second-place finish against No. 1 Harvard at 5:36.825 (Apr. 28)
• Was the four seat for the second varsity’s win (5:57.972) over Boston University (Apr. 4)
• Rowed in the six seat of the third varsity, which finished third against Harvard, Washington, Brown, Stanford and Yale at the Sarasota 2K (Mar. 28)
• Was the six seat for the third varsity’s win (5:55.81) over Brown (6:01.91) and Yale (6:04.50) on Mar. 27
• Rowed in the six seat of the third varsity at Penn (Mar. 21), finishing with a time of 5:55.63

2024-25:
  • IRCA Scholar Athlete
  • Raced in Second Varsity 8 in Burk Cup in third seat 
  • Raced in Second Varsity 8 at IRA Invitational in third seat 
  • Raced in Second Varsity 8 against Brown, Yale, Harvard, Washington in third seat 
  • Raced in Second Varsity 8 in Arlett Cup in third seat 
  • Raced in Second Varsity 8 in Dreissigacker Cup in third seat 
  • Raced in Second Varsity 8 in Smith Cup in third seat 
  • Raced in Second Varsity 8 Against Dartmouth in third seat 
  • Raced in Second Varsity 8 in the EARC in third seat 

2023-24:
  • Stroked the fourth varsity eight to a time of 6:51.42 against UPenn (3/23)
  • Sat in the four seat in the third varsity eight that finished with a time of 5:49.59 at the IRA Invitational (3/30)
  • Sat in the five seat in the fourth varsity eight that had a comeback win over Harvard, crossing the line ahead of the Crimson at 6:35.2 (4/24)
  • Sat in the four seat in the fourth varsity eight that had a third-place finish in the petite final at Eastern Sprints, crossing the line at 5:57.133 (5/19)
  • Sat in the two seat in the varsity four that has a time of 6:47.351 in the D final at the IRA Championships (6/1)
Before NU: Rowed five years at Marina Aquatic Center, was captain during the last year…competed in HOCR (3rd place 2021)…raced at Youth Nationals and finished second in men’s straight 4…
 
Personal: Son of Michelle Putnam…has a brother named Jacob…
 
Why NU: Co-op…rowing team…great Mechanical Engineering program…

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    6'3" 190 lbs
  • 2024-25Sophomore

    6'3" 190 lbs
  • 2025-26Junior

    6'4" 200 lbs