2010 M Crew Roster

Rory Copus

  • Height 5-5
  • Weight 120
  • Class Freshman
  • Hometown Wallingford, United Kingdom
  • Last School(s) Abingdon

Biography

California: 2010 (Freshman): Came in second in the novice 8+ at the Pac-10 Championships... coxed Cal's victorious novice 4+ at the Big Row.

Personal: Undeclared major...recorded the fastest junior coxed 4+ while in high school at Abingdon School...earned a silver medal at the National Schools Regatta and was a finalist at the Henley Royal Regatta...coxed the men's four for Great Britain in the Junior World Rowing Championships in France last summer, placing fifth...coxed for first-place Great Britain in the 2008 European Championships in the four...school 100m record holder at 11.33...hopes to race at the Senior World Rowing Championships, and then participate in the Olym-pics...also hopes to attend Oxford University as part of his post-graduation plans...also played field hockey in his freshman and sophomore years in high school ...lists playing the drums as a hobby...parents are Christine and Martin Copus...his parents played field hockey, his father for Oxford and England, and his mother for Hong Kong...has a younger brother...born on March 27, 1991, in Singapore.