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2014-15 Men's Crew - Lightweight

Tom Altmann

  • Height 6-2
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Burlingame, Calif.
  • Major Biological Engineering

Biography

2014-15: IRA All-Academic Team ... competed in nine races ... was in the #8 seat in eight events ... contributed to the Varsity 8 victory in the petite finals at the IRA National Championship (5/30) ... helped the Varsity 8 finish sixth in the grand final of the EARC Sprints (5/17) ... was the Varsity 8 runner up at the Dad Vail Regatta (5/8) ... generated Varsity 8 wins over Delaware (4/18) and Penn (4/18). [COMPLETE BOATINGS]

2013-14: Competed in 10 races ... sat in #8 seat of the Varsity 8 boat eight times, beginning against Boston College and Delaware (3/29) through the IRA Championships (5/31-6/1) ... rowed in #6 seat in the A boat during the Head of the Charles (10/20) ... sat in the #2 seat in the A2 boat during the Foot of the Charles (11/23).

2012-13: Competed in all but one race during his sophomore season ... rowed in the #8 seat in the Varsity 8 B boat at the Princeton Chase (10/28), the Joy Cup (4/06) and against Dartmouth and Harvard (4/13) ... sat in the #4 seat of the Varsity 4 C boat at the Foot of the Charles (11/17) ... saw action in the #4 seat of the Varsity 4 A boat at the Dad Vail Regatta (5/11), where the Engineers took first in their heat.

2011-12: Competed in five races during the season ... competed in the #5 seat on the MIT varsity team at the San Diego Crew Classic (3/31) ... saw action in the #6 seat in the MIT A boat at the Foot of the Charles (11/19) ... held the #6 seat on MIT freshman team at Yale (4/7); against Harvard (4/14); at Cornell (4/21) and at Penn (4/28).

Off the Water at MIT: Majoring in biological engineering ... was a junior analyst at venBio Venture Partners ... was a research scientist at 6SenorLabs, LLC ... was an image analyst at InviCRO, LLC ... conducted a UROP in MIT's Angela Belcher Lab where he's working with the M13 bacteriophage virus as a novel platform for use in biotemplated lithium-air battery cathodes ... is also developing noble metal nano particles for heterogeneous catalysis of industrial reactions ... president of the Alpha Theta chapter of Sigma Chi

High School: A 2011 graduate of St. Ignatius College Prep.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012-13Sophomore

    6'1"
  • 2013-14Junior

    6'2"
  • 2014-15Senior

    6'2"