Anna Kalfaian

Biography

Kalfaian is in her fifth season with Princeton in 2026. The First Varsity ripped off a blistering time of 6:01.18 to take down No. 5 Yale (6:05.06) by 3.8 seconds in the 2025 Ivy League Grand Final. The Tigers led throughout the race, defeating Yale's previously unbeaten boat. It is the eighth consecutive victory for the 1V at Ivies and 10th in the past 11 events. Princeton earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Rowing Championships becoming one of six Ivy League schools in the field. The 2V collected a bronze medal at NCAAs while the team finished sixth overall, marking the 10th top-ten finish for the program in the last 13 NCAA regattas. The Tigers finished with four All-Americans highlighted by Katherine George being named a finalist for CRCA Athlete of the Year. Lori Dauphiny and her staff was honored as the CRCA Regional Coach of the Year in 2024. Princeton did not lose during the regular season, collecting wins over Brown, Harvard, Cornell, Rutgers, USC, Yale, Columbia, Northeastern, Notre Dame and Penn all by at least three seconds. The 1V won the Ivy League title for the Tigers. Princeton finished fourth overall at the NCAA Rowing Championships as the varsity four collected a silver medal, marking the first time Princeton has been in the top four in three consecutive seasons since 2010-13. The first varsity finished third at the NCAA Rowing Championships behind Stanford and Washington in 2023. It was the third time ever that the boat has medaled at NCAAs in consecutive ye