2017-18 Men's Crew Roster
Roster
Arner, Niles

Niles Arner
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Warwick, N.Y.
- High School:
- Warwick Valley
Bio
2017-18: Helped the Dragons to their sixth consecutive overall team title at the Dad Vail Regatta…sat stroke for the second varsity four that captured gold at the Dad Vail Regatta…raced at the 52nd annual Kerr Cup Regatta in the second varsity four…in the fall, started the season with a second-place finish in the second varsity eight at the Rumson Boat Race…sat 7-seat for the second varsity eight B that placed seventh of 15 boats at the Navy Day Regatta…in the second varsity eight B, finished ninth of 38 boats at the Head of Schuylkill Regatta…at the Frostbite Regatta on Mercer Lake, earned a third-place finish in the varsity eight B.
2016-17: Helped the Dragons to their fifth consecutive overall Dad Vail Regatta title…sat 7-seat in the second varsity eight that finished fourth overall at the Dad Vail Regatta…member of the second varsity eight that won the fourth final and finished of 19th overall at the IRA National Championships…helped the second varsity eight to a fifth-place finish at the 51st annual Kerr Cup Regatta…finished third with the second varsity eight at the Bergen Cup…rowed to victory with the third varsity eight in a dual against Columbia…earned a first- and a second-place finish with the second varsity eight at the George Washington Invitational…competed in the second varsity eight against Penn and Drexel’s third varsity eight…raced to a third-place finish with the second varsity eight A at the Murphy Cup Regatta...in the fall, topped a field of 14 boats in the second varsity eight A at the Navy Day Regatta…sat 2-seat in the varsity eight A’s second-place finish at the Frostbite Regatta to conclude the fall season…finished third in the second varsity eight A sitting 2-seat at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta…took eighth out of 37 boats in the second varsity eight at the Head of the Charles Regatta…rowed to a sixth-place time in the varsity four D at the Rutgers Fall Classic…sat 2-seat in the varsity eight B that finished 28th overall out of 44 boats at the Princeton Three-Mile Chase.
2015-16: Member of the Drexel team that won a fourth consecutive overall team title at the Dad Vail Regatta…sat 7-seat in the second varsity eight that won the gold medal at Dad Vails…competed in the second varsity eight that finished 18th in the country at the IRA National Championships…member of the second varsity eight that won the gold medal at the 50th annual Drexel-hosted Kerr Cup…finished second by two-tenths of a second at the Bergen Cup…beat nationally recognized Virginia in the third varsity eight at the George Washington Invitational, where the Dragons finished third overall as a team…finished second in the petite final with the second varsity eight B at the Murphy Cup…in the fall, finished 46th out of 54 varsity eight crews at the Princeton Chase…grabbed a third-place finish out of 31 second varsity eight boats at the Head of the Schuylkill…took home a third-place finish with the second varsity eight at the Navy Day Regatta.
2014-15: Member of the Dad Vail gold medal winning freshmen eight (2-seat), which helped the Dragons to their third consecutive overall title and the men’s points title for the second time in three years…finished sixth in the country at IRA National Championships…beat out boats from Drexel, Temple and Villanova at the Bergen Cup…won gold at the Kerr Cup…took home the gold medal at the Knecht Cup…grabbed first place at the Murphy Cup…finished second to Penn, the only race the freshmen eight did not win in the spring 2015 season…beat out Drexel B by less than three seconds in a dual against La Salle and Villanova…in the fall, won gold at the Frostbite Regatta…won the gold medal over a field of 32 boats at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta…finished fifth at the Navy Day Regatta with the freshmen eight B in his first collegiate race.
Background: Four-year letterwinner in rowing at Warwick Valley High School in New York…finished first in the 2012 U.S. Rowing Junior National Speed Order…won the 2013 Royal Canadian Henley Regatta…grabbed third at the New York State Scholastic Rowing Championships in 2014…finished third in the Scholastic Rowing Association of America National Championships in 2014...took first as a single (sculling) at the Independence Day Regatta in Philadelphia as a junior...advanced to Youth Nationals on Lake Natoma in the single...finished fourth as a senior in the single a the Head of the Charles Regatta.
Personal: Son of Christine and Thomas Arner…majoring in electrical engineering.
2016-17: Helped the Dragons to their fifth consecutive overall Dad Vail Regatta title…sat 7-seat in the second varsity eight that finished fourth overall at the Dad Vail Regatta…member of the second varsity eight that won the fourth final and finished of 19th overall at the IRA National Championships…helped the second varsity eight to a fifth-place finish at the 51st annual Kerr Cup Regatta…finished third with the second varsity eight at the Bergen Cup…rowed to victory with the third varsity eight in a dual against Columbia…earned a first- and a second-place finish with the second varsity eight at the George Washington Invitational…competed in the second varsity eight against Penn and Drexel’s third varsity eight…raced to a third-place finish with the second varsity eight A at the Murphy Cup Regatta...in the fall, topped a field of 14 boats in the second varsity eight A at the Navy Day Regatta…sat 2-seat in the varsity eight A’s second-place finish at the Frostbite Regatta to conclude the fall season…finished third in the second varsity eight A sitting 2-seat at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta…took eighth out of 37 boats in the second varsity eight at the Head of the Charles Regatta…rowed to a sixth-place time in the varsity four D at the Rutgers Fall Classic…sat 2-seat in the varsity eight B that finished 28th overall out of 44 boats at the Princeton Three-Mile Chase.
2015-16: Member of the Drexel team that won a fourth consecutive overall team title at the Dad Vail Regatta…sat 7-seat in the second varsity eight that won the gold medal at Dad Vails…competed in the second varsity eight that finished 18th in the country at the IRA National Championships…member of the second varsity eight that won the gold medal at the 50th annual Drexel-hosted Kerr Cup…finished second by two-tenths of a second at the Bergen Cup…beat nationally recognized Virginia in the third varsity eight at the George Washington Invitational, where the Dragons finished third overall as a team…finished second in the petite final with the second varsity eight B at the Murphy Cup…in the fall, finished 46th out of 54 varsity eight crews at the Princeton Chase…grabbed a third-place finish out of 31 second varsity eight boats at the Head of the Schuylkill…took home a third-place finish with the second varsity eight at the Navy Day Regatta.
2014-15: Member of the Dad Vail gold medal winning freshmen eight (2-seat), which helped the Dragons to their third consecutive overall title and the men’s points title for the second time in three years…finished sixth in the country at IRA National Championships…beat out boats from Drexel, Temple and Villanova at the Bergen Cup…won gold at the Kerr Cup…took home the gold medal at the Knecht Cup…grabbed first place at the Murphy Cup…finished second to Penn, the only race the freshmen eight did not win in the spring 2015 season…beat out Drexel B by less than three seconds in a dual against La Salle and Villanova…in the fall, won gold at the Frostbite Regatta…won the gold medal over a field of 32 boats at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta…finished fifth at the Navy Day Regatta with the freshmen eight B in his first collegiate race.
Background: Four-year letterwinner in rowing at Warwick Valley High School in New York…finished first in the 2012 U.S. Rowing Junior National Speed Order…won the 2013 Royal Canadian Henley Regatta…grabbed third at the New York State Scholastic Rowing Championships in 2014…finished third in the Scholastic Rowing Association of America National Championships in 2014...took first as a single (sculling) at the Independence Day Regatta in Philadelphia as a junior...advanced to Youth Nationals on Lake Natoma in the single...finished fourth as a senior in the single a the Head of the Charles Regatta.
Personal: Son of Christine and Thomas Arner…majoring in electrical engineering.
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