Princeton University Men's Lightweight Crew

QUICK FACTS ON GREG HUGHES '96 • Coaching career has spanned over 28 years at Princeton with a combined record of 106-26. •Has amassed over 31 medals at Easterns and IRAs including three Eastern Sprints titles and three national champions. •Has coached 12 crews at the Senior World Championships or U-23 World Championships with six winning medals. •Assistant coach with U.S. National Team from 1999-2022 - Co-coached the men's eight to gold at the 2002 U-23 World Championships and the 4+ to gold at the 2007 World Championships. •President of the STEM to Stern and the IRCA •Men's Heavyweight Head Coach Since 2009 - 97-25 overall record with 12 IRA medals •First Varsity earned a bronze medal at 2023 IRA Championships, program's first IRA medal since 2016 •Team won the 2015, 2016 and 2024 Rowe Cup titles •Men's Lightweight Head Coach from 2005-09 - Posted a 25-7 overall record •2009 crew won Easterns, the Ivy League title, a IRA crown and the Temple Cup at Henley •The 2009 crew's victory at Henley was the first victory for Princeton Lightweights at Henley since 1973 •Freshmen coach for the Princeton Heavyweight Team from 1997-2005 - 68-15 overall record •Freshmen boats captured 13 medals including 1998, 2003 Eastern Sprints • 2003 crew won the IRA Championship and the Temple Cup at Henley, the first Henley win for Princeton since 1973 Greg Hughes '96, who once turned the Princeton men's lightweight program into the top team in the nation, has led the Tiger heavyweights back into be

Amy is the Assistant Vice President for Campus Services in the Office of the Vice President for University Services and is a Princeton Athletics Fellow for the rowing teams.

Anna is a senior lecturer in the Department of French and Italian and the Director of the Italian Language Program and is a Princeton Athletics Fellow for the rowing teams.

Clarence is a professor in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department and is a Princeton Athletics Fellow for the rowing teams.

Craig Marshall is an Assistant Director of STEM Education with the Princeton Council on Science and Technology and is a Princeton Athletics Fellow with the rowing teams.

No. 7 Women's Open Rowing Nabs Ninth Consecutive Ivy 1V Gold; Wins Sally P. Shoemaker Trophy No. 7 Women's Open Rowing Nabs Ninth Consecutive Ivy 1V Gold; Wins Sally P. Shoemaker Trophy Sunday, May 17

Erik is the Arthur Allen Patchett Professor in Organic Chemistry and is a Princeton Athletics Fellow for the rowing teams.

No. 7 Women's Open Rowing Nabs Ninth Consecutive Ivy 1V Gold; Wins Sally P. Shoemaker Trophy No. 7 Women's Open Rowing Nabs Ninth Consecutive Ivy 1V Gold; Wins Sally P. Shoemaker Trophy Sunday, May 17

Philip “Hutch” Collins - graduated from College of the Holy Cross in 2023. Having grown up in Jersey, he rowed at The Lawrenceville School and Mercer. He is beginning his coaching career here as a member of the Princeton Heavyweights coaching staff.

Jacob is an associate professor of politics and international affairs in the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and is a Princeton Athletics Fellow with the rowing and women's soccer teams.

Jason Elefant '15 finished his first season with Princeton heavyweight rowing in 2024. 2025 saw the Tigers finish fifth in the IRA Ten Eyck Standings, with t...

Kristin is the director of the office of Community and Regional Affairs at Princeton and is a Princeton Athletics Fellow for the rowing teams.

Lawrence Cheuk is an assistant professor in the physics department and is a Princeton Athletics Fellow for the men's heavyweight rowing team.

Dr. Sasha Steinlight is the Director of Athletic Medicine at Princeton University Health Services. Dr. Steinlight joined UHS in 2010 as a team physician. She treats both the student-athlete and general student population for musculoskeletal and general medical concerns. Dr. Steinlight received her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry at Indiana University. She pursued her M.S. at Rutgers Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in 2002 and subsequently her M.D. at Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School in 2006. She completed residency training in Family Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and then returned to New Jersey for a Sports Medicine Fellowship at Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson which she completed in 2010. She is board-certified in Family Medicine with a Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine. Outside of work, Dr. Steinlight loves spending time with her family and going to the beach.

Sergio Espinoza was named Assistant Coach of the Princeton University heavyweight rowing team in October 2025. Espinoza joins the Tigers after spending nine ...