2024-25 Women's Rowing Roster
Roster
Grimes, Caileigh
Caileigh Grimes
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Merion Mercy Academy
- Hometown:
- Ardmore, PA
Bio
At Syracuse: 2025 All-ACC Third Team ... 2024 All-ACC First Team ... 2023 and 2024 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete ... Three-time All-ACC Academic Team selection ... Three-time ACC Academic Honor Roll honoree ... Three-time Athletic Director’s Honor Roll member.
2024-25
Fall Season: Coxed the varsity eight that placed seventh among college crews at the Head of the Charles Regatta (15:54.634).
Spring Season: Coxed the first varsity eight that raced against #9 Michigan and #11 Penn in the morning (6:27.88) and # 14 Ohio State in the afternoon (6:31.0) at the B1G/ACC/Ivy Dual ... Coxed the first varsity eight to a second-place finish at the Cayuga Cup (6:56.73), finishing behind #6 Yale and ahead of Cornell ... Coxed the first varsity eight to a second-place result against #2 Stanford (6:53.40) … Coxed the first varsity eight came in second against #8 California (6:24.00) ... Coxed the first varsity eight to a third-place result (6:13.5) against #5 Tennessee and #6 Princeton ... Coxed the varsity eight to second place in its heat (6:20.879) and fourth place in the grand final (6:13.804) at the ACC Championship ... Coxed the varsity eight at the NCAA Championship where the Orange took 13th overall.
2023-24
Fall Season: Coxed for the varsity eight that finished 13th at the Head of the Charles.
Spring Season: Coxed the varsity eight that placed second behind Penn and ahead of Radcliffe and Indiana in the morning session and first in the afternoon session against Ohio State at the ACC/Big Ten/Ivy Dual ... Coxed in the varsity eight that placed second behind #5 Yale and ahead of Cornell at the Cayuga Cup in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. ... Coxed the varsity eight that placed second, ahead of #17 Oregon State and behind #4 Cal at the UVA Invitational in Lake Montichello,Va. ... Coxswain in the varsity eight that beat #11 Penn and #16 Duke on the final day of racing at the Lake Wheeler Invitational … Also at the Lake Wheeler Invite, coxswain for the varsity eight that came in third behind #5 Tennessee and #11 Penn and ahead of #18 Washington State, Boston University and Georgetown in the morning session and placed second behind #5 Tennessee in the afternoon race ... Coxed the varsity eight to ACC Championship in a championship record time (6:09.814) ... A member of the team that won the ACC Championship for the first time in program history ... Earned All-ACC First Team honors ... Coxswain for the varsity eight that placed eighth at the NCAA Championship, which matched the second-best finish in program history ... 2024 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete ... Earned All-ACC Academic Team selection ... Member of the Spring Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... Earned ACC Academic Honor Roll recognition.
2022-23
Fall Season: Coxswain for the third varsity 8 that finished 20th at the Princeton Chase.
Spring Season: Coxswain for the second varsity 8 that finished first against Radcliffe and Rutgers in the morning race and first against Iowa in the afternoon race at the Ivy-Big Ten Double Dual ... Coxswain for the second varsity 8 that finished second at the Doc Hosea Invitational ... Coxswain for the varsity 4 that finished second behind Yale and ahead of Cornell in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. ... Coxswain for the varsity 4 that finished second behind Duke at the Lake Wheeler Invitational … Coxswain for the varsity 4 that placed second behind Brown and in front of Radcliffe, Rutgers, Columbia and Northeastern at the Eastern Sprints … Coxswain for the varsity 4 that finished third behind Virginia and Duke and ahead of Notre Dame, Miami and North Carolina at the ACC Championship … Coxswain for the varsity 4 that finished 13th at the NCAA Championship ...Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete ... All-ACC Academic Team.selection ... ACC Academic Honor Roll honoree.
2021-22
Fall Season: Coxswain for the collegiate 8+ that placed third at the Head of the Fish …Coxswain for the collegiate 4+ that finished fourth at the Head of the Fish … Coxswain for the open 8+ Final 1 that placed 20th at the Princeton Chase … Coxswain for the open 4+ that placed seventh at the Princeton Chase ... Member of Fall Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
Spring Season: Coxswain for the varsity 4 that placed third in its heat at the Doc Hosea Invitational (finals where cancelled due to weather) …Coxswain for the varsity 4 that finished behind #2 Yale and ahead of Wisconsin in the morning race and beat Radcliffe in the afternoon race at the Saratoga Duels … Coxswain for the varsity 4 that placed second in the first and second rounds, and won the third would at the Lake Wheeler Invitational … Syracuse won the Pocock Cup, based on team scoring, at the 16-team regatta … Coxswain for the varsity four that finished third at the ACC Championship … Coxswain for the varsity four that finished 14th overall at the NCAA Championship ... Member of Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... Earned ACC Academic Honor Roll recognition ... Member of All-ACC Academic Team.
High School: Team Captain (Sr.) … Bronze at PSRA City Championship Coxing the Varsity8+ (Sr.) … Silver at Head of the Schuylkill Regatta Coxing the Varisty8+ (Soph.) … Gold at Head of the Christina Coxing the Varisty8+ (Jr.) … 12th out of 85 at Head of the Charles Coxing the Varsity8+ (Jr.) … Member of National Honors Society
Personal: Born in Ardmore, Pa … Daughter of Maggie and John Grimes … One sister and one brother... Majoring in graphic design in the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications.
2024-25
Fall Season: Coxed the varsity eight that placed seventh among college crews at the Head of the Charles Regatta (15:54.634).
Spring Season: Coxed the first varsity eight that raced against #9 Michigan and #11 Penn in the morning (6:27.88) and # 14 Ohio State in the afternoon (6:31.0) at the B1G/ACC/Ivy Dual ... Coxed the first varsity eight to a second-place finish at the Cayuga Cup (6:56.73), finishing behind #6 Yale and ahead of Cornell ... Coxed the first varsity eight to a second-place result against #2 Stanford (6:53.40) … Coxed the first varsity eight came in second against #8 California (6:24.00) ... Coxed the first varsity eight to a third-place result (6:13.5) against #5 Tennessee and #6 Princeton ... Coxed the varsity eight to second place in its heat (6:20.879) and fourth place in the grand final (6:13.804) at the ACC Championship ... Coxed the varsity eight at the NCAA Championship where the Orange took 13th overall.
2023-24
Fall Season: Coxed for the varsity eight that finished 13th at the Head of the Charles.
Spring Season: Coxed the varsity eight that placed second behind Penn and ahead of Radcliffe and Indiana in the morning session and first in the afternoon session against Ohio State at the ACC/Big Ten/Ivy Dual ... Coxed in the varsity eight that placed second behind #5 Yale and ahead of Cornell at the Cayuga Cup in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. ... Coxed the varsity eight that placed second, ahead of #17 Oregon State and behind #4 Cal at the UVA Invitational in Lake Montichello,Va. ... Coxswain in the varsity eight that beat #11 Penn and #16 Duke on the final day of racing at the Lake Wheeler Invitational … Also at the Lake Wheeler Invite, coxswain for the varsity eight that came in third behind #5 Tennessee and #11 Penn and ahead of #18 Washington State, Boston University and Georgetown in the morning session and placed second behind #5 Tennessee in the afternoon race ... Coxed the varsity eight to ACC Championship in a championship record time (6:09.814) ... A member of the team that won the ACC Championship for the first time in program history ... Earned All-ACC First Team honors ... Coxswain for the varsity eight that placed eighth at the NCAA Championship, which matched the second-best finish in program history ... 2024 Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete ... Earned All-ACC Academic Team selection ... Member of the Spring Athletic Director’s Honor Roll ... Earned ACC Academic Honor Roll recognition.
2022-23
Fall Season: Coxswain for the third varsity 8 that finished 20th at the Princeton Chase.
Spring Season: Coxswain for the second varsity 8 that finished first against Radcliffe and Rutgers in the morning race and first against Iowa in the afternoon race at the Ivy-Big Ten Double Dual ... Coxswain for the second varsity 8 that finished second at the Doc Hosea Invitational ... Coxswain for the varsity 4 that finished second behind Yale and ahead of Cornell in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. ... Coxswain for the varsity 4 that finished second behind Duke at the Lake Wheeler Invitational … Coxswain for the varsity 4 that placed second behind Brown and in front of Radcliffe, Rutgers, Columbia and Northeastern at the Eastern Sprints … Coxswain for the varsity 4 that finished third behind Virginia and Duke and ahead of Notre Dame, Miami and North Carolina at the ACC Championship … Coxswain for the varsity 4 that finished 13th at the NCAA Championship ...Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar-Athlete ... All-ACC Academic Team.selection ... ACC Academic Honor Roll honoree.
2021-22
Fall Season: Coxswain for the collegiate 8+ that placed third at the Head of the Fish …Coxswain for the collegiate 4+ that finished fourth at the Head of the Fish … Coxswain for the open 8+ Final 1 that placed 20th at the Princeton Chase … Coxswain for the open 4+ that placed seventh at the Princeton Chase ... Member of Fall Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
Spring Season: Coxswain for the varsity 4 that placed third in its heat at the Doc Hosea Invitational (finals where cancelled due to weather) …Coxswain for the varsity 4 that finished behind #2 Yale and ahead of Wisconsin in the morning race and beat Radcliffe in the afternoon race at the Saratoga Duels … Coxswain for the varsity 4 that placed second in the first and second rounds, and won the third would at the Lake Wheeler Invitational … Syracuse won the Pocock Cup, based on team scoring, at the 16-team regatta … Coxswain for the varsity four that finished third at the ACC Championship … Coxswain for the varsity four that finished 14th overall at the NCAA Championship ... Member of Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll ... Earned ACC Academic Honor Roll recognition ... Member of All-ACC Academic Team.
High School: Team Captain (Sr.) … Bronze at PSRA City Championship Coxing the Varsity8+ (Sr.) … Silver at Head of the Schuylkill Regatta Coxing the Varisty8+ (Soph.) … Gold at Head of the Christina Coxing the Varisty8+ (Jr.) … 12th out of 85 at Head of the Charles Coxing the Varsity8+ (Jr.) … Member of National Honors Society
Personal: Born in Ardmore, Pa … Daughter of Maggie and John Grimes … One sister and one brother... Majoring in graphic design in the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications.
Women’s Rowing NCAA Selection Show Reaction
Tuesday, May 20
Highlights | ACC Rowing Championships Prelims
Friday, May 17
Kamile Kralikaite: Olympic Qualifier
Wednesday, September 27
Highlights | Varsity 8 Grand Final - ACC Championship
Saturday, May 13