2024-25 Men's Rowing Roster
Biography
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
- 2024 First Team All-WIRA (Varsity Eight)
- 2024 Second Team All-Western Sprints
- Team USA 2024 FISU World University Rowing Championships selection
SENIOR (2024-25)
- First Team All-WIRA
- MPSF Men’s Rowing All-Conference Team
- MPSF All-Academic Team
- Competed in 15 races for the Toreros
- Rowed in the stroke seat in USD’s first-ever Henley Royal Regatta races in England, upsetting defending champs Oxford Brookes by just two feet in the first round (July 2)
- Kicked off the season with a win out of 42 schools in the Collegiate 4+ race in the stroke position during the iconic Head of the Charles Regatta (October 18-20)
- Recorded his second win in as many starts to begin the season in the Collegiate 4+ race at the Head of the American Regatta (October 26)
- Logged a third-place finish in the Collegiate 8+ during the Head of the American Regatta (October 26)
- Recorded second and third place finishes in San Diego’s “A” boats of the Open 4+ race and the Open 8+ race, respectively, during the San Diego Fall Classic (November 10)
- Registered a win in the 1V8+ boat against Santa Clara in the Redwood Shores Invitational (March 1-2)
- Logged a first-place finish in the Toreros’ 1V8+ boat in the Saturday heat of the San Diego Crew Classic (March 29-30) before a fourth-place finish in the grand finals.
- Recorded a runner-up finish at the WIRA Championships (April 26-27) after winning the heat the day before.
- Helped USD garner its program-best finish at the IRA Championships (May 30-June 1), placing 10th out of 39 teams, in the Varsity 4+ race in the stroke position
JUNIOR (2023-24)
- Selected to represent the United States at the 2024 FISU World University Rowing Championships as a part of the men's four, held in Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Competed in 11 races across all eight of USD's regattas on the season
- Logged three wins; in the Men’s Open 4+ and the Men’s Open 8+ at the Head of The American (Oct. 28) as well as in the Men’s Open 4+ of the San Diego Fall Classic (Nov. 12)
- Also contributed to three runner-up finishes at: The Head of the Charles in the Collegiate 4 where the team recorded a then program-best finish at the event, the world’s largest rowing regatta (Oct. 22), in the “A” entry of the Men’s Open 8+ of the San Diego Fall Classic (Nov. 12) and in the 1st varsity eight of the WIRA Championships (April 27-28)
SOPHOMORE (2022-2023)
- Western Sprints All-Conference Second Team
- Competed in six races for the Toreros in the 1st varsity four and 1st varsity eight
FRESHMAN (2021-2022)
- Competed in all seven of the Toreros' events in the First Varsity Eight and the Freshman/Novice Eight
HIGH SCHOOL
- Attended the Seattle Preparatory School in Seattle, Washington
- Was a member of the Adelphia Honor Society
- Played soccer and basketball
CLUB
- Competed with the Pocock Rowing Center under head coach Helen Tilghman
- Placed first in the Men’s V2 at the 2021 NW Regionals
- Placed fifth in the Men’s Youth 4x at the 2019 San Diego Crew Classic
- Placed second in the Men's Youth 1x and 4x at the 2019 Head of the Lake
- Placed 17th and 16th respectively in Men’s Youth 2x at the 2019 and 2018 Head of the Charles
- Was named Commodore of the 2020-2021 Pocock Youth Men's Rowing Team
PERSONAL
- Son of Steve Hissong and Natasha Turcinovic-Hissong
- Father rowed for Cornell University
- Hobbies include hiking, swimming, biking, and cooking
- Notes that he enjoys learning about the physiology of sports and how to improve performance and is interested in space
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