Tartan Crew

Tartan Crew Visit our website: http://www.tartancrew.org/ The team races in the fall and spring, while spending the winter season training indoors. Louis.

Tartan Crew is a competitive rowing team that allows student-athletes the opportunity to represent Carnegie Mellon University at regattas throughout the east coast, competing against hundreds of other collegiate rowing programs. Despite having only been established in 1987, the team has proved to be a true contender at large regattas such as the Dad Vails National Championship and the Head of the

Ohio (hosted every October right in Pittsburgh). The team mainly competes with schools within the University Rowing Association (URA), which contains all the schools in Carnegie Mellon's official athletic conference. These include Brandeis University, Carnegie Mellon University, Case Western Reserve University, Emory University, New York University, University of Chicago, University of Rochester, and Washington University in St. However, as the team attends various regattas, other frequent competitors include University of Pittsburgh, Duquesne, Fordham, Lehigh, Penn State, and Duke. We cross hundreds more at large regattas.

Senior Spotlight 2026! 🎓Peter has been on the team for 2 years at CMU, starting in Fall 2024. He graduated with a Master...
06/06/2026

Senior Spotlight 2026! 🎓

Peter has been on the team for 2 years at CMU, starting in Fall 2024. He graduated with a Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

• What are your post-grad plans?
updating my status from “Student” to “Unemployed” on my tax forms. I am currently back in Massachusetts living at my parent’s house lol.

• Why did you join rowing?
I had an internship at a maritime robotics company and we would go out on the water in motor boats to perform tests. I grew up next to the ocean and it reminded me how much I love being on the water, so when Mr Thomas O’Brian asked me on the cut to join crew I jumped at the opportunity to say “no thank you” and walk towards the UC before turning around to ask if they were still doing 5AM practices (they were) but this time I really wanted to be on the water so I joined anyway. Very good decision, I wish I had joined earlier.

• What made you keep showing up?
a few reasons: I loved being on the water. Rowing in the morning helped me stay focused during the day. It provided a wonderful community, I loved talking with everyone on the team. I was only able to showing up to the 5AM practices because I had to drive people. I would sleep through every single one if I was not responsible for other people.

• What’s your favorite memory on the team?
I really enjoyed driving people, it was like locking an audience in my car that had to listen to my jokes. and Camp Bob.

• What is your favorite boat to row in?
Coxing the women’s boat is great, they would let me tell jokes. The men’s boats were scary to cox frfr. For rowing, I really liked any of the boats that were well set (and then I would rush the f**k out of the slide) 🫪

• If you were given the chance, what piece of advice would you give your younger self who just joined the team?
“Join the team earlier. You already joined it too late? Bruh.”

• Anything you want your little(s) on the team to know?
Mr. Zeeshan, I hope you keep going to practice and stay in the team. This team is a really special group of people at CMU.

Congratulations Peter 🎉 Best of luck for the future ⭐️!

Senior Spotlight 2026! 🎓Yiyao has been on the team for 2 years at CMU, starting in Fall 2024. He is graduating with a ma...
05/26/2026

Senior Spotlight 2026! 🎓

Yiyao has been on the team for 2 years at CMU, starting in Fall 2024. He is graduating with a major in Information Systems, a dual degree in Psychology, and a minor in Human Computer Interaction.

• What are your post-grad plans?
i got into a fellowship at university of western ontario, i’ll be in london ontario!

• Why did you join rowing?
i like hiking and running so rowing seemed like a good combo of this, i heard about this through a friend

• What made you keep showing up?
the beautiful experience of being on the water and the erg, the sunrise, the river, and the beautiful people :)

• What’s your favorite memory on the team?
getting to know everyone and being amazed by their excellence

• What is your favorite boat to row in?
lyssy-boo

• If you were given the chance, what piece of advice would you give your younger self who just joined the team?
don’t think too much about sleeping! you can survive on 4 hours of sleep :) don’t doubt yourself!

Congratulations Yiyao 🎉 Best of luck for the future ⭐️!

Senior Spotlight 2026! 🎓Destini has been on the team for all 4 years at CMU, starting in Fall 2022. She served on our E-...
05/24/2026

Senior Spotlight 2026! 🎓

Destini has been on the team for all 4 years at CMU, starting in Fall 2022. She served on our E-Board in 2023 as Director of Outreach, and from 2024-2025 as President. She has graduated with a major in Mechanical Engineering.

• What are your post-grad plans?
I’ll be heading to Arlington, Virginia to work as an engineer with Clark Construction

• Why did you join rowing?
Freshman year I thought it was a yoga club because they hosted a yoga session during orientation, and I didn’t read the fine print (hosted my CMU Rowing). Then I got dragged to the boathouse and ended up in a mixed novice 8… obviously I stayed since

• What made you keep showing up?
It was so random, and I liked trying something new. Then the community I built here is ultimately what made me keep showing up.

• What’s your favorite memory on the team?
CAMP BOB

• What is your favorite boat to row in?
Pair😎🤙

• Anything you want your little(s) on the team to know?
Love yall! Cant wait to see everyone at HOTO!!

Senior Spotlight 2026! 🎓Kaitlyn has been on the team for all 4 years at CMU, starting in Fall 2022. She served on our E-...
05/24/2026

Senior Spotlight 2026! 🎓

Kaitlyn has been on the team for all 4 years at CMU, starting in Fall 2022. She served on our E-Board in 2023 as Treasurer, and has graduated with a Bachelors and Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

• What are your post-grad plans?
Moving to the bay area where I will work as an ASIC Engineer

• Why did you join rowing?
Wanted to be part of a team sport, rowing felt like a good community

• Why did you continue with rowing?
Freshman year the novice camaraderie, then continuing to push myself to be better

• What’s your favorite memory on the team?
All of them

• What is your favorite boat to row in?
Pair with Destini

Congratulations Kaitlyn 🎉 Best of luck in the future ⭐️!

Senior Spotlight 2026! 🎓Bryce has been on the team for all 4 years at CMU, starting in Fall 2022. He served on our E-Boa...
05/19/2026

Senior Spotlight 2026! 🎓

Bryce has been on the team for all 4 years at CMU, starting in Fall 2022. He served on our E-Board from 2024-2025 as Vice President, and is graduating with a major in Mechanical Engineering.

• What are your post-grad plans?
I’ll be working on product design for Riley Power

• Why did you join rowing?
For fitness and because I love water sports

• Why did you continue with rowing? What made you jeep showing up?
The people and the community of the team

• What’s your favorite memory on the team?
Probably racing at the Head of the Charles

• What is your favorite boat to row in?
The pair with Thomas Mclenahan

• If you were given the chance, what piece of advice would you give your younger self who just joined the team?
It’s going to be the best decision of your college career

• Anything you want your little(s) on the team to know?
I can’t wait to see yall at Hoto next year

Congratulations Bryce 🎉 Best of luck for the future ⭐️!

A look back on CMU Rowing’s 2026 Spring Banquet! 💐We’re sad to say that our seniors are now officially leaving the team ...
05/18/2026

A look back on CMU Rowing’s 2026 Spring Banquet! 💐

We’re sad to say that our seniors are now officially leaving the team with the end of the semester. Goodbyes were said 🥹, oar awards were handed out 🏆, and the personal belongings of our seniors were passed down to younger generations of rowers on the team.

While we’re sad to see our teammates and friends leave us, we believe that as one door closes another door open. We wish all of our graduating rowers success in their future endeavors and hope to see them next fall at HOTO 💪!

Thank you to our graduating seniors for all you’ve done for the team. You will all be missed 🫶.

Jefferson Dad Vail Regatta Recap!CMU Rowing has finally ended its season at Dad Vail Regatta. We’re so proud of all the ...
05/18/2026

Jefferson Dad Vail Regatta Recap!

CMU Rowing has finally ended its season at Dad Vail Regatta. We’re so proud of all the athletes who came and gave their all in the boat 💪, and thankful for the friends and family who cheered us on 🫂. Here are some of the highlights:

Our Women’s Club Varsity 4+ boat placed 5th in the time-trial and the Grand final. The hard-fought grand final row demonstrated incredible grit and endurance, and sets an example to our whole team.

The Men’s Lightweight Varsity 4+ had a strong showing this regatta, placing 4th in the time-trial as well as the Grand final. Congratulations to them for a strong start to their row in the grand final!

Our Women’s 2nd Varsity 4+ placed 10th in the time-trial, and 5th in the semi finals, and 4th in the 2nd finals. We got a great row from this boat including a great sprint in the 2nd final.

Last but not least, our Men’s 2nd Varsity 4+ boat placed 11th in the time-trial, 6th in the semi final, and 4th in the 2nd final. We saw incredible effort from this boat and love to see it pay off in the 2nd final.

Once again, thank you and congratulations to all our athletes for their great effort and attitude this season 🔥. We saw incredible improvement from the team as a whole, and we’re excited to come back next season to do it all again 💪.

GIFFORD PINCHOT RECAP❗️ CMU Rowing had a fantastic time at Gifford Pinchot Sprint Regatta this year. All of our athletes...
05/07/2026

GIFFORD PINCHOT RECAP❗️

CMU Rowing had a fantastic time at Gifford Pinchot Sprint Regatta this year. All of our athletes performed well and everyone went home with hardware 💪

Results:
🥈W2- A
🥉W2- B
🥈W1x
🥈M2-
🥈WN4+
🥇MN4+
🥉WV4+
🥈MV4+ A
🥉MV4+ B
🥉WV8+
🥈MV8+

Gifford Pinchot lineups for tomorrow’s regatta. LET’S GO TARTANS! 🔥🔥🔥
04/24/2026

Gifford Pinchot lineups for tomorrow’s regatta. LET’S GO TARTANS! 🔥🔥🔥

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