History

History of Navy Lightweight Crew (1970-1979)

written and researched by Gary Lundeen

XVII: 1969 - 1970

1V, W-1 L-3, 5th Grand EARC [Won by Harvard]

2V, W-2 L-2, 3rd Grand EARC [Won by Harvard]

1F, W-2 L-1, 3rd Grand EARC [Won by Princeton] First year Plebes compete at EARC Sprints since 1957

4-4-70 Hammond HS at Annapolis, Maryland

1- Hammond

2- Navy

4-11-70 Princeton University at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V 1F

1- Princeton 1- Princeton 1- Navy

2- Navy 2- Navy 2- Princeton

4-18-70 Georgetown University at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V 1F

1- Navy 1- Navy 1- Navy

2- Georgetown 2- Georgetown 2- Georgetown

4-25-70 Harvard University (Haines Cup) at Cambridge, Massachusetts

1V 2V

1- Harvard 1- Harvard

2- Navy 2- Navy

5-2-70 University of Pennsylvania (Callow Cup) and MIT at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1V 2V

1- MIT 1- Navy

2- Navy 2-

3- Penn 3-

5-9-70 EARC Championships at Worcester, Massachusetts

1V 2V 1F

1- Harvard 6:06.7 1- Harvard 6:24.1 1- Princeton 6:28.8

2- Yale 6:15.7 2- Yale 6:30.6 2- Harvard 6:31.0

3- Princeton 6:16.3 3- Navy 6:31.1 3- Navy 32.6

5- Navy

Jope Cup: Harvard (37), Yale (30), Navy (27), MIT (22), Penn (22), Princeton (22), Cornell (17), Dartmouth (7), Rutgers (6), Columbia (4)

Coach: T. S. Althouse, LCDR, USN

Plebe Coach: Warren E. Sweetser, MAJ, USMC [USNA '60]

Officer Rep: Hubbell Young Davidson, CDR, USN [USNA '45]

Captain: R. P. Miller '70

Manager: R. J. Kimble '70

Spirit: Stephen L. Madey '70

XVIII: 1970 - 1971

1V, W-2 L-2, 5th Grand EARC [Won by Harvard]

2V, W-3 L-1, 2nd Grand EARC [Won by Harvard]

1F, W-1 L-3, 5th Grand EARC [Won by Harvard]

4-10-71 Princeton University and Rutgers University at Princeton, New Jersey

1V 2V

1- Princeton 1- Navy

2- Navy 2-

3- Rutgers

4-18-71 Georgetown University at Washington, DC (Freshman rowed 4-17-71)

1V 2V 1F

1- Navy 1- Navy 1- Navy

2- Georgetown 2- Georgetown 2- Georgetown

4-24-71 Harvard University at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V 1F

1- Harvard 1- Harvard 1- Harvard

2- Navy 2- Navy 2- Navy

4-27-71 St Andrew's HS at Annapolis, Maryland

1- St Andrew's

2- Navy

5-1-71 University of Pennsylvania (Callow Cup) and MIT at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V 1F

1- Navy 1- Navy 1- MIT

2- 2- 2- Penn

3- 3- 3- Navy

5-8-71 EARC Championships at Worcester, Massachusetts

1V 2V 1F

1- Harvard 6:39.2 1- Harvard 7:01.5 1- Harvard 7:12.2

2- Columbia 6:53.2 2- Navy 7:05.0 2- Penn 7:15.6

3- Princeton 6:55.5 3- MIT 7:07.4 3- MIT 7:17.4

5- Navy 5- Navy

Jope Cup: Harvard (38), Princeton (27), Navy (26), Penn (25), MIT (23), Columbia (19), Cornell (15), Yale (15), Rutgers (10), Dartmouth (9), Georgetown (9)

Coach: Warren E. Sweetser, MAJ, USMC [USNA '60]

Plebe Coach: Robert D. Bach, LCDR, USN

Officer Rep:

Captain:

Manager:

Spirit: William F. Comly ' 73, Richard J. Frawley '72

XIX: 1971 - 1972

5-13-72 EARC Championships at Worcester, Massachusetts

1V 2V 1F

1- Harvard 6:29.5 1- Harvard 6:29.0 1- Princeton 6:18.1

2- Princeton 6:38.7 2- Princeton 6:33.9 2- Penn 6:20.6

3- Navy 6:41.0 3- Navy 6:35.8 3- Harvard 6:24.1

- Navy

Jope Cup: Harvard (36), Princeton (34), Navy (25), Penn (22), Cornell (19), Yale (18), MIT (18), Columbia (18), Dartmouth (15), Rutgers (10), Georgetown (3)

Coach: Warren E. Sweetser, MAJ, USMC [USNA '60]

Plebe Coach: Robert Blakely, ENS, USN

Officer Rep:

Captain: Richard Frawley '72

Manager:

Spirit: William Comly '73

	1P '75	2P '75
Cox	Dave Olivera
Stroke	Jeff Ward	Kim Loll
7	Tom Hill	Scott Bauer
6	Craig Taylor	Tom Brasco
5	Dennis DiAntonio	Tim Schacherer
4	Dennis Stone	Harry Lee
3	Gary Lundeen	Steve Hall
2	Mike Keane	Bob Blase
Bow	John Cave	Fred Goodwin

TJ Reilly

Dennis Sullivan

XX: 1972 - 1973

1V, W-2 L-2, 4th Grand EARC [Won by Harvard]

2V, W-1 L-3, 4th Grand EARC [Won by Harvard]

1F, W-3 L-2, 6th Grand EARC [Won by Harvard]

4-14-73 Monsignor Bonner HS at Annapolis, Maryland

1- Navy

2- Monsignor Bonner

4-14-73 Princeton University and Rutgers University at Princeton, New Jersey

1V 2V

1- Princeton 1- Princeton

2- Navy 2- Navy

3- Rutgers 3- Rutgers

4-21-73 Georgetown University and German National Crew at Washington, DC

1V 2V 1F

1- Navy 1- 1- Navy

2- 2- Navy 2- Georgetown

3- 3-

4-24-73 St Andrew's HS at Annapolis, Maryland

1- Navy

2- St Andrew's

4-28-73 Harvard University (Haines Cup) at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V 3V 1F

1- Harvard 1- Harvard 1- Navy 1- Harvard

2- Navy 2- Navy 2- Harvard 2- Navy

5-6-73 University of Pennsylvania (Callow Cup) and MIT at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V 1F

1- Navy 1- Navy 1-

2- 2- 2- Navy

3- 3- 3-

5-12-73 EARC Championships at Worcester, Massachusetts

1V 2V 1F

1- Princeton 6:15.5 1- Harvard 7:18.2 1- Harvard 7:17.2

2- Harvard 6:19.5 2- Princeton 7:26.2 2- Penn 7:25.2

3- Penn 6:24.3 3- Penn 7:26.9 3- Princeton 7:29.0

4- Navy 4- Navy 6- Navy

Jope Cup: Harvard (36), Princeton (34), Penn (30), Navy (24), Rutgers (19), Cornell (18), MIT (17), Yale (15), Dartmouth (10), Columbia (5)

Coach: Phil Dales [Cornell '72(?)]

Plebe Coach:

Officer Rep: A. J. Casseri, LCDR, USN

Captain: William Comly '73

Manager:

Spirit: William Comly '73

	1V	2V	3V	1P
Cox	Mark Cavallo '73	Wayne Thorton '74	Fred Minier '73	Pete Ellis
Stroke	Craig Taylor '75	Bob Smith '73	Jeff Ward '75	Tom Cook
7	Steve Hall '75	Paul Ryan '73	Tom Hill '75	Keith Weaver
6	Bill Comly '73	Jim McGarrah '73		Steve Nimitz
5	Dennis DiAntonio '75	Henry Netzer '74		Matt Clarke
4	Andy Schneck '73	Bob Blase '75		Gary Harrell
3	Carl Westfall '74	Derek Offer '74	Scott Bauer '75	Ed Harper
2	Jim Snead '73	Dennis Stone '75	Mike Wahl '74	Alex Cobble
Bow	Keith Carl '75	Gary Lundeen '75		Randall Pinetti

Walt Donovan 74

Ken McBrayer 74 (d - World Trade center 9/11/01)

Bob Miller 74

Bill Morris 74

Paul Rollins 74

Larry Conrad 75

Loren Fife 75

TJ Reilly 75

Ed Seibel 75

XXI: 1973 - 1974

1V, W-2 L-3, 5th Grand EARC

2V, W-1 L-3, 3rd Grand EARC

1F, W-3 L-3, 3rd Petite EARC

2F, W-1 L-2, Did not row at EARC

3-30-74 University of Virginia at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 1F

1- Navy 1- Navy

2- Virginia 2- Virginia

4-13-74 Princeton University at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V 1F

1- Princeton 1- Princeton 1- Princeton

2- Navy 2- Navy 2- Navy

4-20-74 United States Coast Guard Academy at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V 1F

1- Navy 1- Navy 1- Navy

2- Coast Guard 2- Coast Guard 2- Coast Guard

4-23-74 St Andrew's HS at Annapolis, Maryland

1F 2F

1- St Andrew's 1- St Andrew's

2- Navy 2- Navy

4-27-74 Harvard University (Haines Cup) and St Catherine's at Cambridge, Massachusetts

1V 2V

1- Harvard 1- Harvard

2- Navy 2- Navy

3- St Catherine's 3- St Catherine's

4-28-74 Monsignor Bonner HS at Annapolis, Maryland

1F 2F

1- Monsignor Bonner 1- Monsignor Bonner

2- Navy 2- Navy

5-4-74 University of Pennsylvania (Callow Cup) and MIT at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1V 2V

1- 1-

2- 2- Navy

3- Navy 3-

5-4-74 Fort Hunt HS at Annapolis, Maryland

1F 2F

1- Navy 1- Navy

2- Fort Hunt 2- Fort Hunt

5-11-74 EARC Championships at Worcester, Massachusetts

1V 2V 1F

Grand Grand Grand

1- Harvard 6:28.2 1- Harvard 6:30.8 1- Harvard 6:26.8

2- Penn 6:31.9 2- Princeton 6:36.2 2- Rutgers 6:31.4

3- MIT 6:34.3 3- Navy 6:37.8 3- Dartmouth 6:31.6

5- Navy Petite 3- Navy

Jope Cup: Harvard (38), Rutgers (26), MIT (25), Princeton (24), Penn (23), Navy (21), Cornell (20), Dartmouth (15), Yale (13), Columbia (2)

Coach: Jon Eric VanAmringe, LT, USN [Yale '70]

Plebe Coach: Ed Ogden, CDR, USN

Officer Rep: CAPT Danis, USN

Captain: Henry Netzer '74

Manager: Gerald Burger '75

Spirit: Henry Netzer '74, John C. Scherrer '74

	1V	2V	3V
Cox	Dave Olivera '75	Wayne Thompson '74	Pete Ellis '75
Stroke	Tom Cook '76	Tom Hill '75	Bill Daley '75
7	Steve Hall '75	Bob Lundell '76	Scott Bauer '75
6	Johnny Green '76	Dennis Stone '75	Alex Cobble '76
5	Matt Clarke '76	Gary Lundeen '75	Bob Wilcox '75
4	Keith Weaver	Bob Bullock '75	Steve Nimitz '76
3	Phil Kumpis '76	Luc Memminger '76	Tim Hagen '76
2	Henry Netzer '74	Gary Harrell '76	Daniel Steward '74
Bow	Mike Wahl '74	John Scherrer '74	Derek Offer '74

Walt Donovan 74

Bob Miller 74

Bill Morris 74

Paul Rollins 74

Carl Westfall 74

Larry Conrad 75

Ray Enzenauer 75

Loren Fife 75

Ed Seibel 75

Jim Bane 76

Ed Harper 76

Bill Loeffler 76

Mark Nesselrode 76

XXII: 1974- 1975

1V, W-2 L-2, 2nd Grand EARC [Won by Harvard]

2V, W-2 L-2, 3rd Grand EARC [Won by Harvard]

1F, W-1 L-2, 4th Grand EARC [Won by

4-12-75 Princeton University and Rutgers University at Princeton, New Jersey

1V 2V

1- Princeton 1- Princeton

2- Navy 2- Navy

3- Rutgers 3- Rutgers

4-19-75 United States Coast Guard Academy at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V 1F

1- Navy 1- Navy 1- Navy

2- Coast Guard 2- Coast Guard 2- Coast Guard

4-26-75 Harvard University (Haines Cup) at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V 1F

1- Navy 1- Harvard 1- Harvard

2- Harvard 2- Navy 2- Navy

5-3-75 University of Pennsylvania (Callow Cup) and MIT at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V 1F

1- Penn 1- Navy 1-

2- Navy 2- 2- Navy

3- MIT 3- 3-

5-11-75 EARC Championships at Princeton, New Jersey

1V 2V 1F

1- Harvard 6:00.8 1- Harvard 6:04.4 1- Harvard 6:10.7

2- Navy 6:01.3 2- Rutgers 6:04.7 2- Penn 6:16.2

3- Dartmouth 6:03.2 3- Navy 6:09.9 3- Princeton 6:19.0

4- 4- 4- Navy

Jope Cup: Harvard (38), Navy (30), Penn (28), Rutgers (25), Princeton (20), MIT (18), Yale (17), Cornell (15), Dartmouth (14), Columbia (6)

Coach: Jon Eric VanAmringe, LT, USN [Yale '70]

Plebe Coach:

Officer Reps: Charles Royal Stephan, LCDR, USN [USNA '65], J. N. Peterson, MAJ, USMC

Captain: Robert A. Bullock '75

Manager: George "Skip" Wood '76

Spirit: Robert A. Bullock '75, William H. Daley '75

	1V	2V	3V	1P '78
Cox	Dave Olivera '75	Pete Ellis '76	Ray Enzenauer '75	Dave Diest
Stroke	Phil Kumpis '76	Bob Bullock '75	Bill Daley '75	Mark Vinitozzi
7	Steve Hall '75	Tom Hejl '77	Scott Bauer '75	Sean McCloskey
6	Tom Cook '76	Gary Harrell '76	Alex Cobble '76	Dave Price
5	Keith Weaver '76	Gary Lundeen '75	Bob Wilcox '75	Ty Glasgow
4	Johnny Green '76	Phil Schlaepher '77	Pete Filkens '77	Joel Bohlmann
3	Tim Hagen '76	Dennis Stone '75		Dan Richards
2	Steve Nimitz '76	Larry Becker '77		Mike Sears
Bow	Luc Memminger '74	Sean Fogarty '77		Loren Divers

Larry Conrad 75

Loren Fife 75

Jim Bane 76

Ed Harper 76

Bill Loeffler 76

Mark Nesselrode 76

XXIII: 1975 - 1976

1V, W-4 L-2, 4th Grand EARC [Won by Penn]

2V, W-4 L-2, 2nd Grand EARC [Won by Harvard]

1F, W-1 L-1, 4th Petite EARC

4-10-76 Georgetown University at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V

1- Navy 1- Navy

2- Georgetown 2- Georgetown

4-17-76 Princeton University (Smith Trophy) at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V 1F

1- Navy 1- Navy 1- Princeton

2- Princeton 2- Princeton 2- Navy

4-24-76 United States Coast Guard Academy at New London, Connecticut

1V 2V

1- Navy 1- Navy

2- Coast Guard 2- Coast Guard

4-25-76 Yale University and Trinity College at Derby, Connecticut

1V 2V

1- Navy 1- Navy

5-1-76 Harvard University (Haines Cup) and University of Massachusetts at Cambridge, Mass.

1V 2V

1- Harvard 1- Harvard

2- Navy 2- Navy

3- Massachusetts 3- Massachusetts

5-9-76 University of Pennsylvania (Callow Cup) and MIT at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1V 2V 1F

1- 1- 1- Navy

2- Navy 2- Navy 2-

3- 3- 3-

5-16-76 EARC Championships at Princeton, New Jersey

1V 2V 1F

Grand Grand Grand

1- Penn 6:25.5 1- Harvard 6:39.1 1- Yale 6:43.3

2- Harvard 6:27.5 2- Navy 6:42.8 2- Princeton 6:48.6

3- Dartmouth 6:29.6 3- Princeton 6:45.5 3- Cornell 6:51.0

4- Navy Petite

4- Navy

Jope Cup: Harvard (33), Princeton (28), Penn (27), Yale (26), Navy (22), Cornell (20), Dartmouth (18), Rutgers (14), MIT (13), Columbia (6), Coast Guard (5)

Coach: Jon Eric VanAmringe, LT, USN [Yale '70]

Plebe Coach: Michael West, LT, USN

Officer Rep: Steve Madey, LT, USN

Captain: Keith Weaver '76

Manager: George "Skip" Wood '76

Spirit: Alex Cobble '76

XXIV: 1976 - 1977

1V, W-1 L-3, 2nd Grand EARC

2V, W-0 L-4, 6th Grand EARC

1F, W-0 L-3, 4th Petite EARC

4-16-77 Princeton University at Princeton, New Jersey

1V 2V

1- Princeton 1- Princeton

2- Navy 2- Navy

4-23-77 United States Coast Guard Academy at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V 1F

1- Navy 1- Coast Guard 1- Coast Guard

2- Coast Guard 2- Navy 2- Navy (Protest)

4-30-77 Harvard University (Haines Cup) at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V 1F

1- Harvard 1- Harvard 1- Harvard

2- Navy 2- Navy 2- Navy

5-7-77 University of Pennsylvania (Callow Cup) and MIT at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V 1F

1- Penn 1- 1-

2- Navy 2- Navy 2- Navy

3- MIT 3- 3-

5-15-77 EARC Championships at Princeton, New Jersey

1V 2V 1F

Grand Grand Grand

1- Harvard 6:19.5 1- Harvard 6:49.3 1- Yale 6:46.7

2- Navy 6:23.7 2- Penn 6:51.8 2- Harvard 6:49.8

3- Penn 6:25.0 3- Princeton 6:52.9 3- Cornell 6:53.8

6- Navy Petite 4-Navy

Jope Cup: Harvard (37), Princeton (27), Yale (27), Penn (24), Cornell (23), Navy (21), Rutgers (18), Dartmouth (15), MIT (14), Columbia (6), Trinity (4)

Coach: Dirk Mosis, 1STLT, USMC [USNA '73]

Plebe Coach: Carl Ullrich

Officer Rep: Mike Malone, LT, USN

Captain: W. Philip Schlaepher '77

Manager:

Spirit: W. Philip Schlaepher '77

XXV: 1977 - 1978

1V, W-1 L-4, 3rd Petite EARC

2V, W-3 L-2, 6th Grand EARC

1F, W-4 L-1, 2nd Grand EARC

4-9-78 Columbia University at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V 1F

1- Navy 1- Navy 1- Navy

2- Columbia 2- Columbia 2- Columbia

4-15-78 Princeton University at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V 1F

1- Princeton 1- Navy 1- Navy

2- Navy 2- Princeton 2- Princeton

4-22-78 United States Coast Guard Academy at New London, Connecticut

1V 2V 1F

1- Coast Guard 1- Navy 1- Coast Guard

2- Navy 2- Coast Guard 2- Navy

4-29-78 Harvard University (Haines Cup) at Cambridge, Massachusetts

1V 2V 1F

1- Harvard 1- Harvard 1- Navy

2- Navy 2- Navy 2- Harvard

5-6-78 University of Pennsylvania (Callow Cup) and MIT at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1V 2V 1F

1- Penn 1- 1- Navy

2- MIT 2- Navy 2-

3- Navy 3- 3-

5-14-78 EARC Championships at Worcester, Massachusetts

1V 2V 1F

Grand Grand Grand

1- Harvard 6:16.5 1- Harvard 6:08.4 1- Dartmouth 6:26.0

2- Princeton 6:17.8 2- Penn 6:16.5 2- Navy 6:27.5

3- Rutgers 6:20.1 3- Cornell 6:16.8 3- Cornell 6:33.6

Petite 6- Navy

3- Navy

Jope Cup: Harvard (34), Cornell (28), Princeton (26), Penn (23), Rutgers (22), Dartmouth (21), Navy (20), MIT (17), Yale (17)

Coach: Dirk Mosis, CAPT, USMC [USNA '73]

Plebe Coach: Robert Kasper, LT, USN

Officer Rep: Mike Malone, LT, USN

Captain: Sean McCloskey '78

Manager:

Spirit: Sean McCloskey '78

XXVI: 1978 - 1979

1V, W-0 L-3, 1st Petite EARC

2V, W-2 L-1, 2nd Grand EARC

1F, W-1 L-2, 4th Grand EARC

4-14-79 Princeton University, Columbia University, Rutgers University at Princeton, New Jersey

1V 2V 1F

1- 1- Navy 1-

2- Navy 2- 2- Navy

3- 3- 3-

4- 4- 4-

4-28-79 Harvard University (Haines Cup) at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V 1F

1- Harvard 1- Harvard 1- Harvard

2- Navy 2- Navy 2- Navy

5-5-79 University of Pennsylvania at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V 1F

1- Penn 1- Navy 1- Navy

2- Navy 2- Penn 2- Penn

5-13-79 EARC Championships at Worcester, Massachusetts

1V 2V 1F

Grand Grand Grand

1- Yale 6:28.5 1- Harvard 6:48.1 1- Harvard 6:48.6

2- Princeton 6:31.6 2- Navy 6:52.5 2- Yale 6:49.6

3- Harvard 6:35.3 3- Cornell 6:55.4 3- Princeton 6:53.2

Petite 4- Navy

1- Navy

Jope Cup: Harvard (34), Yale (29), Princeton (27), Cornell (26), Navy (24), MIT (21), Penn (19), Dartmouth (18), Columbia (7), Rutgers (6)

Coach: Dirk Mosis, CAPT, USMC [USNA '73]

Plebe Coach: Robert Kasper, LT, USN

Officer Rep: Steve Willats, LT, USN

Captain: Ray Dolan '79

Manager:

Spirit: Shane Tippit '79