Celebrating SECBC alumni
St Edmund's students Madeleine Jackson & Freya Keto celebrating 2023 Boat Race success with their Cambridge colleagues
To date 40 members of St Edmund’s have rowed for the University in the men’s Blue boat and 13 others in Goldie
(the men’s second boat). Between them, those Eddies oarsmen have won 12 gold, 8 silver and 12 bronze World Championship medals as well as 1 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze Olympic medals before, during or after their time in Cambridge.
Women’s rowing has also participated in its share of success at St Edmund’s. In 1985 Sarah Cleaveland (now Professor of Comparative Epidemiology at Glasgow, Fellow of the Royal Society and OBE) became the first St Edmund’s student to win a rowing blue and was also in a winning crew at the National Championships. Freya Keto followed in her footsteps to be part of the winning women's Blue boat in 2023, with Annie Wertheimer in the winning blue boat in 2025. A further 3 St Edmund’s students have represented the University in Blondie (the women’s second boat) and 6 in the women’s lightweights, including Madeleine Jackson in Cambridge's clean sweep of victories in 2023, 24 & 25!!!
(the men’s second boat). Between them, those Eddies oarsmen have won 12 gold, 8 silver and 12 bronze World Championship medals as well as 1 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze Olympic medals before, during or after their time in Cambridge.
Women’s rowing has also participated in its share of success at St Edmund’s. In 1985 Sarah Cleaveland (now Professor of Comparative Epidemiology at Glasgow, Fellow of the Royal Society and OBE) became the first St Edmund’s student to win a rowing blue and was also in a winning crew at the National Championships. Freya Keto followed in her footsteps to be part of the winning women's Blue boat in 2023, with Annie Wertheimer in the winning blue boat in 2025. A further 3 St Edmund’s students have represented the University in Blondie (the women’s second boat) and 6 in the women’s lightweights, including Madeleine Jackson in Cambridge's clean sweep of victories in 2023, 24 & 25!!!
*Selected for Blue Boat but prohibited from racing due to the change in rules regarding PGCE status