2018 M Rowing Roster

Martin Mackovic

  • Height 6-6
  • Weight 200
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Subotica, Serbia
  • Last School(s) Kosztolanyi Dezso Tehetseggondozo Gimnazium

Biography

As a Senior (2018):  Earned All-Pac-12 recognition at the conclusion of the season… Named to the IRA All-Academic Team...Won bronze as the 2-seat in the Bears’ varsity eight at the 2018 IRA National Championship Regatta… Helped the Bears’ varsity eight to a silver medal at the 2018 Pac-12 Championships… Earned Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention… Captured the Copley Cup with the varsity eight at the 2018 San Diego Crew Classic to open the spring season, topping defending champion Yale in both the dual and final… Helped Cal’s championship eight to victory at the Head of the Charles, setting a course record in the process

Summer 2017: Won bronze in the Serbia men’s pair at the 2017 World Rowing U23 Championships. 

As a Junior (2017): Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention…Member of the Varsity 8 that went undefeated in seven regattas during the regular season... Bowed the Varsity 8 boat that earned silver at the Pac-12 Championship, contributing to the team’s second place finish... Competed with the First Varsity 8 at the IRA Championships, contributing to the team’s overall fourth place finish.

Summer 2016: Rowed for Serbian national team at the U23 World Rowing Championships and the Senior World Rowing Championships... Won gold in the Men's Pair event at the U23 Championships

As a Sophomore (2016): A member of the Bears Varsity 8+ that took home both a Pac-12 Championship and an IRA National Championship. The Varsity performance at the IRA's helped the Bears to win the overall team national championship

Personal: Parents Stevan and Marta… Siblings Toni and Anna

National Team: Member of Serbian national team since 2013… finished in third place in the Junior World Rowing Championships in Men’s 8 (Trakai, Lithuania)… Placed first at the European Rowing Championships (Minsk, Belorussia)… Two-time bronze medalist at the U23 World Rowing Championships in the Men’s Pair (Varese, Italy & Plovdiv, Bulgaria)… Third place at the Senior World Championships in Men’s Coxed Pair (Aiguebelette, France)

Major: Sociology

Historical Player Information

  • 2015Freshman

    6'6" 195 lbs
  • 2016Sophomore

    6'6" 195 lbs
  • 2017Junior

    6'6" 200 lbs
  • 2018Senior

    6'6" 200 lbs