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Lawson Banks

2025-26:

Rowed in the 4 of the 2V at the IRA Sarasota Invitational
Rowed in the 7 of the 4V in the Blackwell Cup, defeating Columbia
Rowed in the stroke of the 3V in the Carnegie Cup against Cornell and Princeton, defeating the Big Red
Rowed in the stroke of the 3V at the Olympic Axe against Dartmouth
Rowed in the 7 of the 3V at the Eastern Sprints Championships
Rowed in the bow of the 3V at the IRA National Championship, helping the crew achieve a sixth-place national finish
Rowed in the 6 of the 3V against the Crimson at the 159th Yale-Harvard Regatta

Before Yale:

Competed in rowing, rugby, figure skating and bull riding at Shore School in North Sydney, Australia
Silver Medal U23 8+ Australian Championships 2025
Silver Medal Club M8+ Australian Championships 2024/2025
Bronze Medal U19 8+ 2023
Combined AAGPS 8+ 2023

Personal:

Son of Rachel and Wayne Banks
Enjoys surfing, was a state champion in jump rope, skateboards, can be a sommelier, reads bedtime stories and drop bear hunts
Worked six months as a laborer and moved 3,000 bricks 100m by roundbottom wheelbarrow in under three days

Why Yale? “The culture of the team. Would die for these coaches and these boys. Truly a place unlike any other.”