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Emerson Culliss '26 Recruiting Profile
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Personal Statement
I began rowing just over a year ago
and was immediately drawn to the discipline and teamwork of rowing. I’m a former competitive long-distance runner with a 5:23 mile and a strong foundation in endurance sports. I’ve always trained as a multi-sport athlete and continue to cross-train year-round through running, biking, and swimming to build aerobic capacity.
I attend Phillips Exeter Academy and I train and race with Great Bay Rowing in Dover, New Hampshire, where I’ve found greater opportunities to pursue sculling. As a sculling club, Great Bay offers the ideal environment to race in small boats, which has helped me gain confidence sculling. As a lightweight rower (5’8” 118 lbs), I’ve focused on refining technique and maximizing efficiency in both sculling and sweep. During the 2024 fall season I won a coaches award for most improved rower and by the 2025 spring season I won the Boathouse MVP award. I’m a very versatile rower and can transition between singles, doubles, quads, fours, and eights. I love rowing and would like to compete at the highest level in college.
Last summer (2024), I attended Rowing Camps of America, in Sarasota, Florida, where I earned seats in both the top 8+ (bow) and top 4- (2 seat). Competing at that level helped me sharpen my racing mindset and adapt to different boat lineups.
Athletics
Club Information
- Seasons of Club Experience
- 3 seasons
- 2025 Great Bay Rowing
- 2025 Great Bay Rowing
- 2024 Great Bay Rowing
Events
- Camp/Event
- Granite State Sculling Championships (Hanover, NH)
- 5/24/25 to 5/24/25
- 2nd fastest 2x out of 13 boats (bow)
- Camp/Event
- Opening Day Regatta (Merrimack River, Lowell, MA)
- 4/19/25 to 4/19/25
- 1st place: 1V 8+ (2 seat port) 1st place: 1V 4x (2 seat)
- Camp/Event
- New Hampshire Championships (George Dirth Regatta) (Merrimack River, Concord, NH)
- 10/10/24 to 10/10/24
- 2nd place: 1V 2x (stroke)
- Camp/Event
- Textile River Regatta (Merrimack River, Lowell, MA)
- 10/06/24 to 10/06/24
- 4th place: 1V 2x (bow)
- Camp/Event
- Winni Chase Regatta (Lake Winnipesaukee, NH)
- 9/28/24 to 9/28/24
- 2nd place: 1V 2x (stroke)
- Camp/Event
- Rowing Camps of America
- 6/17/24 to 7/13/24
- Attended the 2k erg clinic and phases 1 & 2 of rowing on the water. Practiced rowing in singles, doubles, pairs, quads, fours, and eights! Finished the camp with the Summer Festival of Rowing regatta (7/11-7/13 2024) 1st place: 1V 8+ (bow seat starboard) 2nd place: 1V 4- (2 seat starboard)