Cornell University Athletics

• IRA All-Academic Team (2019)

As a senior (2018-19)
• Rowed in all nine regattas on the first Varsity eight as a senior.
• Helped the first Varsity eight to victories over Georgetown and No. 12 Penn, as the team crossed the finish line first in 5:30.80 to win the Madeira Cup and lead Cornell to the James Wray Memorial Trophy.
• Assisted Cornell to a second place finish in the Petite Finals at the 2019 EARC Sprints, placing eighth overall and fifth among Ivy schools.
• Rowed the first Varsity eight to a sixth place showing in the Petite Finals and a 12th place overall finish at the 2019 IRA National Championships.

As a junior (2017-18)
• Rowed with the varsity eight throughout the 2017-18 season.
• Helped the varsity eight win the Third Level Final at the 2018 IRA National Championships, placing 13th overall.
• Led the varsity eight to a third-place finish in the Petite Final at the 2018 EARC Sprints to beat its seed with a ninth place finish overall.
• Rowed in the crew that defeated Syracuse and Navy to win the Goes Cup.
 
As a sophomore (2016-17)
• Consistent member of the varsity eight throughout his sophomore season.
• Helped the crew take a sixth-place finish in the Petite Final at the 2017 IRA National Championships, placing twelfth overall.
• Rowed the varsity eight to a solid victory in the Petite Final at the 2017 EARC Sprints with a time that would have placed them ahead of sixth-place Brown’s pace in the Grand Finals.
• Also defeated Penn, winning the Madeira Cup.

As a freshman (2015-16) 
• Helped the Big Red varsity eight defeat Syracuse and Penn to win the Goes Cup, as well as beating Penn and Dartmouth to take home the Madeira Cup. 
• At the 2016 Eastern Sprints, he helped the varsity eight to a fifth place finish, before winning the Third Level Final at the IRA National Championship for a 13th place finish overall.
• Rowed in the Cornell heavyweight 4- that competed in the Visitors’ Challenge Cup at the 177th edition of the Henley Royal Regatta.

Prior to Cornell
• Earned three varsity letters at New Trier High School.
• Won a silver medal in the second varsity eight at the 2015 SRAA Nationals, after finishing fifth overall in the varsity eight at the 2014 event.
• Earned a combined four silver medals – second varsity eight in 2015, varsity eight in 2014, second varsity eight in 2013, and novice eight in 2012 – at the Midwest Junior Rowing Championships.
• Helped his crew to a pair of top 20 finishes in the men’s youth eight at the Head of the Charles in 2013 and 2014.     
 
Personal
• Raymond Warner Weeks is the son of Robert Weeks and Leigh Thompson and he has one older brother and one younger sister.
• His brother, Samuel, is a member of the University of Wisconsin heavyweight rowing team.
• Enrolled in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.