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2014-15 Men's Crew - Lightweight

David Danko

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ithaca, N.Y.
  • High School Ithaca
  • Major Computational Biology

Biography

2014-15: IRA All-Academic Team ... competed in nine races ... was in the #6 seat in six events ... occupied the #3 seat of the Varsity 4+ that finished second in the petite final of the IRA National Championship (5/31) ... was in the #6 seat of the 2V8 that won the petite final at the EARC Sprints (5/17) ... helped the 2V4+ place fourth in the finals of the Dad Vail Regatta (5/9) ... was in the 2V8 boat that defeated Penn (4/18). [COMPLETE BOATINGS]

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

2012-13: Rowed in every race as a sophomore ... sat in the #1 seat of the Varsity 8 A boat at the Head of the Charles (10/21) ... rowed in the #1 seat of both the Varsity 8 A boat and the Varsity 4 B boat at thee Princeton Chase (10/28) ... sat in the #8 seat of the Varsity Open 8 boat at the Foot of the Charles (11/17) ... returned to the #1 seat of the Varsity 8 A boat at the Joy Cup (4/06), the regatta against Dartmouth and Harvard (4/13) and at the Dad Vail Regatta (5/11).

2011-12: Raced in the #2 seat on the MIT freshman team at Yale (4/7); against Harvard (4/14); versus Cornell (4/21) and at Penn (4/28) ... saw action in the #4 seat on the club boat at the Head of the Charles (10/22) ... competed on the MIT A team in the #4 seat at the Foot of the Charles (11/19) ... rowed in the #1 seat on the MIT varsity four boat at the IRA National Championship (6/2).

Off the Water at MIT: Majoring in computational biology ... worked on platform infrastructure as an intern at Akamai Technologies ... conducted compressive research with the Berger Group of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory ... also did research with the Human Dynamics Group at the MIT Media Lab.

High School: A 2011 graduate of Ithaca High School.

Club: Cascadilla Boat Club.

Historical Player Information

  • 2011-12First Year

    5'10"
  • 2013-14Junior

    6'"
  • 2014-15Senior

    6'"