San Diego Athletics

• 2025 IRCA Athlete Watchlist
• 2025 First Team All-WIRA (Varsity Eight)
• 2025 MPSF All-Academic
• 2024 Empacher-IRCA All-American
• 2024 First Team All-Western Sprints
• 2024 First Team All-WIRA (Varsity Eight)
• Team USA Under-23 National Team Sweep Selection Camp (July 2024)
• Program-record Erg 2K time: 5:56.1 (Feb. 23, 2024)
• 2024 IRCA DI Preseason Watchlist selection

JUNIOR (2024-25)

• 2025 IRCA Athlete Watch List – one of 30 rowers in all of DI/II
• First Team All-WIRA
• MPSF All-Academic Team
• Competed in 15 races for the Toreros 
• Rowed in the second 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)
• Began his junior campaign with a win in the collegiate 4+ race in the No. 2 position at the Head of the Charles Regatta (Oct. 18-20)
• Competed in both “A” boats in the Collegiate 4+ and the Collegiate 8+ where he finished in first and third place, in respective races at the Head of the American Regatta (Oct. 26)
• Doubled up in both “A” boats again in the Open 8+ and Open 4+ races, finishing third and second, respectively, during the San Diego Fall Classic (Nov. 10)
• Recorded 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. 
• Won a heat before a runner-finish in San Diego’s 1V8+ boat in the grand finals during the WIRA Championships (April 26-27)
• Registered a fourth-place finish in the MPSF Championships (May 17-18)
• Helped USD garner its program-best finish in the Varsity 4+ race at the IRA Championships (May 30-June 1), placing 10th out of 39 teams

• 2024 Empacher-IRCA All-American
• 2024 First Team All-Western Sprints
• 2024 First Team All-WIRA (Varsity Eight)
• Picked to the Team USA Under-23 National Team Sweep Selection Camp in July of 2024
• Set a program-record Erg 2K time of 5:56.1, achieved on Feb. 23, 2024, breaking a record previously held by Ryan Shelton (USD Class of 2009)
• Prior to the season, was one of only 20 rowers in the country named to the IRCA’s DI Preseason Watchlist
• Competed in 10 events across all eight regattas for the Toreros
• Contributed to wins in the Men’s Open 8+ at the Head of The American (Oct. 28) and the “A” entry of the Men’s Open 4+ at the San Diego Fall Classic (Nov. 12)
• Registered runner-up finishes at the Head of the Charles (Oct. 22) in the Collegiate 4, The “A” entry of the Men’s Open 8+ in the San Diego Fall Classic (Nov. 12) and the First Varsity Eight of the WIRA Championships (April 27-28)

• Competed in four races for the Toreros in the First Varsity Eight and Novice Eight

• Attended Saint Ignatius College Prep in San Francisco
• Rowed in the sixth seat, set a 2K personal record of 6:25.4
• Also held the freshman 2K school record
• Was his class' Salutatorian and a student council representative at Saint Ignatius College Prep
• Also earned a varsity letter playing football

• Son of Scott and Janna Bales, born in San Francisco
• In addition to his finance major, is minoring in theater
• Participates in USD's theater program and had a part in the 2022 fall play
• Favorite USD memory is winning the Head of the Charles
• Likes to surf San Diego's beached in the morning and then get breakfast at Kono's