The Columbia men’s heavyweight rowing team could easily be described as the epitome of a sports team, and Columbia College senior Ian Winthrop is a deserving member of such a group. The Roxbury, Conn., native rowed on the Freshman Eights his first year and has since helped bring the heavyweights to the Eastern Sprints in 2010, with numerous other accomplishments for Columbia, as a member of the Varity Eights and Fours teams.
With his final year as a Columbia Lion coming to an end, Winthrop sat down with Spectrum at answer a few questions. Want to know his pump-up playlist? Or how old he would choose to be for the rest of his life?
Need to know? Read after the jump for the latest installment of “five questions” with this larger-than-life rower.