2025-26 Women's Rowing Roster

Claire Cummings

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Oakland, Calif.
  • High School Deerfield Academy

Biography

2024-25: Sat in the three seat in the third varsity eight that took down Ohio State and Rutgers… Was in the three seat of the third varsity eight that defeated Syracuse and Cornell… Sat in the three seat of the third varsity eight that took down Dartmouth… Was the three seat of the third varsity eight that defeated Princeton… Sat in the three seat in the third varsity eight that took down Harvard-Radcliffe and Boston University… Was in the three seat of the third varsity eight that won a gold medal at the Ivy League Championship.

2023-24:Ā Sat in the No. 3 seat of the third varsity eight that won a bronze medal at the Ivy League Championship... Won Women's Club 8+ at the Head of the Charles sitting in 3-seat in the fall.

2022-23: Sat in the No. 3 seat of the third varsity four that finished first in the grand final at the Ivy League Championship.

Before Yale: Two-time team captain at Deerfield Academy… Recipient of the 2021 Arms-Sheldon Award for exceptional enthusiasm for, and talent in, athletics and consistent academicĀ achievement… InĀ 2018 won gold at NEIRAs in the 2v4+.
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Personal: Mother Beth Cummings rowed for UCSD in 1987… Brother Andrew Cummings rowed for MIT from 2016-2021.Ā 
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Why Yale? ā€œBecause I wanted to be a part of a program where rigorous academics and rowing excellence are not trade-offs. From early on, I knew Yale and YWC was the perfect environment for me to be challenged, learn and ultimately succeed. TheĀ team felt like home; everyone I met made me feel welcomed and excited to be a part of the unique YWC family.ā€

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23First Year

    6'1"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    6'1"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    6'1"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    6'1"
  • 2024-25Junior

    6'1"
  • 2025-26Senior

    6'1"