Thea Lapham

November 10, 2025: The Duke Blue Devils Rowing Studio

Photo by: Nat LeDonne / Duke Athletics

November 10, 2025: The Duke Blue Devils Rowing Headshots

Height:
5-10
Class:
Sophomore
Hometown:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
High School:
Branksome Hall

Honors:
All-ACC Academic (2025)
ACC Honor Roll (2025)

2024-2025 (Freshman): Kicked off the fall season against the Ukraine women's national team and Oxford University at the High Point Rowing Festival (10/6) … a member of the C boat that placed third against Oxford with a time of 11:12 in the afternoon session … part of the Third Varsity Eight boat that finished 28th overall at the Princeton Chase (11/3) … competed with the 3V8 and N8 boats in the annual Rivanna Romp (11/10) to close out the fall racing season … opened the spring season in the 2V4 and helped Duke complete a 10-race sweep at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational (3/15-16) … guided the 2V4 to a second-place time of 7:57.575 in the opening day of the inaugural Rocky Top Invitational (4/4-5) … followed with a winning time of 7:40.767, finishing ahead of the crews from Minnesota and Clemson, to close out the regatta … held on in a very tight 2V4 race against No. 12 Michigan and No. 18 Harvard in the Big Ten Invitational (4/18-19), claiming second after a photo finish … concluded the afternoon session with another second-place finish, beating out the crew from No. 7 Brown in the final stretch … raced as part of the 2V4 crew that helped the Blue Devils earn second place at the annual Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/25-26) for the second straight year … placed fifth in the grand final 2V4 race as Duke finished fifth overall at the 2025 ACC Championships (5/16-17).

Prior to Duke: Attended Branksome Hall in Toronto, Ontario, Canada … two-year captain for Branksome Hall’s rowing team (2022-2024) … competed for the Canadian National Team in the U19 Women’s 8+ at the 2024 World Rowing Championships, earning a sixth-place finish in the Grand Final … won the 2023 Stotesbury Cup Regatta in the Junior Girls 4+ … claimed second place at Canadian Secondary School Regatta in the Senior Women’s 8+ (2023,2024) … placed second in the Senior Women’s 4+ (2024) … recipient of “Spirit of Branksome” Award (2024) … earned International Baccalaureate French Bilingual Diploma in 2023 … her father, Andrew, rowed at Princeton … twin brother, Pierce, will be joining the Harvard men's heavyweight rowing as part of the Class of 2029 and has represented the United States at CanAmEx Regatta.