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2020-21 MIT Men's Heavyweight Crew Roster

Darius Chan

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Junior
  • Hometown Vancouver, British Columbia
  • High School St. George's School
  • Major Mechanical Engineering

Biography

2020-21
- Did not compete as the season was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic

2019-20 [COMPLETE BOATINGS]
- Appeared in two events
- Was the #6 seat of the Club 8+ that finished 12th at the Head of the Charles (10/19)
- Was the #8 seat of the 2V8+ that finished first at the Head of the Fish (10/26)

2018-19: [COMPLETE BOATINGS]
- Appeared in six events
- Was the #4 seat of the 2V8+ that finished third in the Grand Final at the Dad Vail Regatta (5/11)
- Was the #4 seat of the Collegiate 8+ that finished third at the Head of the Charles (10/21)

Favorite Sports Memory:
- My favorite memory was when I was competing for Canada at the CanAmMex regatta in Mexico and earned a silver and bronze medal!

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete:
- My favorite moment was in my freshman fall when we crossed the finish line at the Head of the Charles and heard that we came in third.

Off the Water at MIT:
- Majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in business management and a concentration in economics
- Was a global product organization intern at Orbotech
- Was also an intern at Labby
- UROP with J. Kim Vandiver on tuned spring mass dampers
- Conducted research in the LISS Labs on developing concrete with Martian soil
- Amphibious Achievement director of achiever relations
- Zeta Psi corresponding secretary
- MIT FSAE

High School:
- Was a member of the crew team at St. George’s School
- Canadian Secondary School Rowing Association Senior Heavyweight Coxed Four Gold medalist
- Senior Heavyweight Eight Gold medalist and Calder Cleland Memorial Trophy winner
- Senior Heavyweight Pair Bronze medalist, Senior Heavyweight Eight Bronze medalist
- Voted Best Oarsman on the team - Kiran van Rijn Rowing Scholarship
- Top 20 in Junior Men’s Lightweight at CRASH-B's Junior Men Lightweight
- Part of world record for million meters on the erg by a large high school men's group
- Represented Canada at the International CanAmMex Regatta, placing second in Coxed Eight and third in Men’s Pair
- AP Canadian National Scholar, AP Scholar with Distinction
- Graduated Honors with Distinction
- Dogwood District Scholarship for Athletics
- Creative Writing Book prize - Art Pin in recognition of painting
- Placed in the top percent of over 4000 contestants in the 2017 National Avogadro Chemistry Contest
- Destination Imagination regional competition winner and British Columbia representative at the global competition
- Alto saxophone in the concert band, GPACS, Debate Team, University Ambassador, Student Government Environmental Stewardship Committee, Nobel Science Club vice president

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19First Year

    6'1"
  • 2019-20Sophomore

    6'1"
  • 2020-21Junior

    6'1"