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2024-25 Men's Rowing Roster

Kendal Peter

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown New Braunfels, Texas
  • Highschool Smithson Valley

Biography

2024-25 (Fall): 5 seat Second Varsity 8+ finishing with a time of 17:30.4 at Head of the Snake… 5 seat Second Varsity finishing with a time of 15:24 at the Head of Spokane… 5 seat Second Varsity 8+ finishing with a time of 16:36.2 and Bow seat Second Varsity 4+ finishing with a time of 18:06.0 taking third in the collegiate fours at the Head of the American.  (Spring): 5 seat Third Varsity 8+ finishing first with a time of 6:30.239 at the San Diego Crew Classic Prelims…5 seat Third Varsity 8+ finishing second with a time of 6:23.219 to conclude the San Diego Crew Classics…3 seat Second Varsity 8+ finishing ahead of WSU with a time of 6:08.3 helping to retain the Fawley Cup…3 seat Second Varsity 8+ finishing with a time of 5:59.90 at Silver Lake…3 seat Second Varsity 8+ finishing fourth with a time of 6:32.086 on the first day of the MPSF Men’s Rowing Championship on Lake Natoma…3 seat Second Varsity 8+ finishing third with a time of 6:08.378 to conclude the MPSF Men’s Rowing Championship…3 seat Second Varsity 8+ finishing sixth with a time of 6:06.840 on the first day IRA National Championships on Cooper River…3 seat Second Varsity 8+ finishing sixth with a time of 6:12.520 in a the Semi-Finals…3 seat Second Varsity 8+ finishing fifth with a time of 6:02.890 in the finals of the IRA National Championship…Named to Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Men’s Rowing All Academic Team with a GPA of 3.90.


Junior (2023-24): Opened the season in the Bow position for both the V8 and 3V4+ boats at the Head of the Spokane, where the V8 boat secured first place (15:30) and the 3V4+ boat placed fifth (17:59)… Led the V8 boat to a second-place finish at the Head of the American with a time of 15:28.9… Moved to the 2V8 boat for the San Diego Fall Classic, where the crew finished sixth out of 13 boats with a time of 14:46.542… Helped the 2V8 boat to a first-place finish in its heat at the San Diego Crew Classic with a time of 6:26.702 on the first day, followed by a second-place finish with a time of 6:27.460 on the second day… Contributed to a pair of second-place finishes at the Occoquan Invitational with times of 6:05.48 and 6:10.65… Helped the 2V8 boat claim first place in its heat against Washington State with a time of 6:19.4… Concluded the season with a dominant performance at the Western Sprints, where the JV8 boat secured first place in its heat with a time of 6:15.610.

2021-22: Started the season with the Third Varsity and Novice 8 teams… Earned a time of 9:26.3 and finished fifth at the Head of the Spokane event… Moved to the Junior Varsity Team at the San Diego Classic, where he assisted the team in earning a time of 16:15.278 and a 12th place finish… Also helped the Junior Varsity 8 team finish fourth with a time of 06:31.16 at the San Diego Crew Classic event…

Personal: Son of Susan and Eric, and the brother of Kyle and Caroline… Studying mechanical engineering at Gonzaga… Participated in swimming while attending Smithson Valley High School, earning 4 varsity letters and was the captain his senior season… Also finished in top 5% of his class academically… His father, Eric, swam for 3 seasons at Central Washington University…

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

  • 2023-24Junior

  • 2024-25Senior