2025-26 Women's Rowing Roster

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Sylvia Marks

  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Manchester, Mass.
  • High School Brooks School
  • INFLCR sylvia-marks

Biography

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
CRCA Scholar-Athlete Team 2025-26
CAA Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll Spring 2025
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2024, Spring 2025

Villanova Career: Has been a mainstay on the V8 lineup in 12 events over first two seasons … Part of two CAA Boat of the Week lineups.
 
2025-26: Raced in all six events for the Wildcats … Spent most of the season racing with the V8 … Part of two CAA Boat of the Week teams with the V8 … Part of the Championship 8s boat that earned bronze (12:45.156) at the Head of the Schuylkill … Saw a second-place Grand Final finish with the V8 at the Ram Invitational, posting a time of 8:31.2 … Helped the V8 to a ninth-place finish at the Knecht Cup in 6:58.57 … Finished as high as third-place with the V8 against nationally-ranked teams in a weekend of racing at the Lake Wheeler Invitational, crossing just behind No. 15 Alabama and No. 22 North Carolina in that specific heat … Logged a fourth-place Grand Final finish at the CAA Championships in the V8’s best time of the season (6:39.809).
 
2024-25: Raced in all six events in her first season for a total of 15 races, mostly with the V8 … Had a fourth-place finish at the Head of the Schuylkill in the Championship 8s (13:02.174) … Picked up a trio of wins against Lehigh’s V8 at the Bucknell Invite to close the fall with the fastest showing in the head-to-head being a 3:01.27 … Crossed sixth in the Grand Final at the Knecht Cup in 6:48.45 … V8 saw a weekend-best time of 6:42.493 in the third round of the Lake Wheeler Invite … V8 finished fourth in the Grand Final in 6:59.222 at the CAA Championship.

Club Rowing: Participated in Ready Set Row in the summer before her senior year … Earned silver in the U23 4+ at summer nationals in summer of 2023.
 
Brooks School: Was a four-year varsity rower at the Brooks School as the port under Csilla Clark and Tote Smith, captaining her senior year … Also earned four varsity letters with field hockey and played basketball … Rowed to a silver medal in the New England Interscholastic Rowing Association regatta in 2023 … Went to nationals three times with the 4+ … Graduated Summa Cum Laude and was top five percent of class with highest honor roll … Rowed under coach Clark alongside Villanova teammate Jalyn Colon.
 
Personal: Native of Manchester, Mass., born August 30, 2005 … One of two children to Denise and Graham Marks … Has a sister, Charlotte, who played field hockey at Middlebury College … Father, Graham, was port on the Bucknell rowing team … Currently undecided on a major … “I chose to attend Villanova for the balance between rigorous academics and competitive athletics as well as the tangible sense of school spirit.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2024-25Freshman

  • 2025-26Sophomore