Freya Keto

Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Silver Spring, Md.
High School:
Walt Whitman

2021-22: CRCA Scholar-Athlete … Rowed with the Second Varsity 8 crew for the entire season … Rowed in the three-seat in every race before moving to the four-seat at the NCAA Championship … Helped the boat finish seventh at the NCAA Championship and second at the Ivy League Championship … Member of the winning crew at the Eastern Sprints … Rowed with the second boat in the wins over Princeton and Ohio State (Mar. 26), Radcliffe (Apr. 3), and Cornell and Dartmouth (Apr. 23).

2020-21: Earned CRCA Scholar-Athlete honors … Raced with the first varsity eight in all six races … Helped the first varsity eight place eighth at the NCAA Championships and the Bears finish eighth as a team at NCAAs … Aided the first varsity eight to a 13-5 record on the year.

2019-20: Earned CRCA Scholar-Athlete honors … Raced with the D varsity eight at the Princeton Chase (Oct. 27), placing 22^nd out of 47 entries … Spring season canceled due to novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

2018-19: Rowed with the third varsity eight for the majority of the season; served as an alternate at the NCAA Championships … Earned a bronze medal with the third varsity eight at the Ivy League Championship … Helped Brown place second as a team at the Ivy Championship and ninth as a team at the NCAA Championships … Aided the third varsity eight to a 6-2 record on the year.

Before Brown: Earned Washington Post All-Met twice … Placed second in the women’s senior eight at the 2017 Stotesbury Cup Regatta … Took bronze in the women’s senior eight at the 2018 Stotesbury Cup Regatta … Claimed silver in the U17 eight at USRowing Club Nationals in 2016 … Captured gold in the U17 four at the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta and USRowing Club Nationals in 2016 … Placed fourth in the U19 eight at the 2017 Royal Canadian Henley Regatta … Rowed for coaches Kirk Shipley and Greg King … Raced on the club level for Whitman Crew and TBC Racing.

Personal: Freya is the daughter of Sarah Borchersen and Alex Keto … Has one older brother, Angus … History concentrator.

Why Brown? “I chose Brown for the faith it places in young people to decide the course of their academic studies. This, along with the presence of a continually successful rowing team, allows me to pursue both my scholastic and athletic interests.”