2024-25 Men's Rowing Roster

Santiago Gomez Medrano

  • Class Junior
  • Hometown The Woodlands, Texas
  • High School The Woodlands
  • Prev School LMU
  • Major Finance and Real Estate

Biography

SENIOR (2024-25)             

  • Competed in six races for the Toreros
  • Recorded a third-place finish in the “A” Boat of the Head of the American Regatta (Oct. 26) 
  • Placed fourth out of 17 teams in USD’s “B” boat in the Open 8+ race of the San Diego Fall Classic (Nov. 10)
  • Logged wins in the 2V8+ races against Orange Coast College and UC Irvine in the Redwood Shores Invitational (March 1-2) as well as a win against UCLA in the California Challenge Cup (March 1)
AT LMU (2022-24)
  • Comes to USD after two years at Loyola Marymount University 
HIGH SCHOOL 
  • Attended The Woodlands High School in The Woodlands, Texas
  • Captained his rowing team in both his junior and senior seasons
  • Won the Central Youth event
PERSONAL
  • "I chose USD because I wanted to stay in Southern California coming out of LMU, and because of the strong Finance program and alumni network, along with the rowing team’s culture."
  • Born to David Gomez and Karla Medrano in Austin, Texas
  • Favorite rowing memory is competing at the Head of the Charles regatta in Boston, Mass. in the men’s collegiate 8+
  • Loves watching and rating movies
  • Favorite food is sushi, particularly enjoys all-you-can-eat sushi