RYAN PAWLING

Adaptive Four with Coxswain

Hometown: Jenkintown, Pa.

Current Residence: Jenkintown, Pa.

Club Affiliations: St. Joseph’s University/Fairmount RA

Began Rowing: LaSalle College High School, 2004

Date of Birth: 2/20/89 

Height: 5’8” 

Weight: 121

High School: LaSalle College High School

Current Coaches: Karen Lewis, Drew Hill, William Ernst

International Results: Finished fifth in the adaptive four with coxswain at the 2007 FISA World Championships...Finished fifth in the adaptive four with coxswain at the 2006 FISA World Championships...Finished fifth in the junior 16 and under eight at the 2005 Canadian Henley...Finished fifth in the junior four with coxswain and eight at the 2004 Canadian Henley.

National Results: Won the adaptive four with coxswain at the 2007 USRowing National Championships...Finished second in the four with coxswain at the 2004 USRowing National Championships...Finished third in the varsity lightweight eight at the 2004 Stotesbury Cup Regatta...Won two gold medals and a bronze medal at the 2005 USRowing Masters National Championships.

Personal: Coxswain...Ryan is a two-time adaptive national team member...He enjoys golf and basketball...His most memorable time in rowing was competing for the USA in the FISA 2006 World Championships…He credits 23-year LaSalle HS coach, William Ernst, for giving him the passion that he has for the sport of rowing…He credits his supportive parents for everything else.

(updated 8/13/2007)