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2019-20 HEAVYWEIGHT ROWING 2019-20 Quick Facts & Schedule 2019 Fall Results Date Opponent Site Time/Result Oct. 12 Navy Day Regatta Philadelphia, Pa. 1st Oct. 19-20 Head of the Charles Boston, Mass. 25th Oct. 27 Princeton Chase Princeton, N.J. 8th 2020 Spring Schedule Date Opponent Site Time/Result April 4 Princeton (Navy/Princeton Cup) Annapolis, Md. TBA April 10-11 George Washington Invite Washington, D.C. TBA April 18 Cornell, Syracuse (Goes Cup) Ithaca, N.Y. TBA April 25 Harvard, Penn (Adams Cup) Philadelphia, Pa. TBA May 3 Columbia/George Washington/Hobart (Stevenson Cup) West Windsor, N.J. TBA May 17 EARC Sprints Worcester, Mass. All Day May 29-31 IRA National Championship West Windsor, N.J. All Day All times Eastern, subject to change Table of Contents Naval Academy Quick Facts 2019-20 Roster 2 Location Annapolis, Md. Coaching Staff 3-4 Founded October 10, 1845 Midshipmen Profiles 5-13 Enrollment 4,400 2019 Spring Results 14 Nickname Midshipmen, Mids Navy Rowing History 15 Colors Navy Blue and Gold Championships Teams and Boatings 16-18 Superintendent Vice Adm. Sean Buck, USN Navy Representing the U.S. National Team 19 Commandant Capt. Thomas Buchanan, USN Yearly Trophy Race Results 20-21 Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk Yearly Championship Regatta Results 22 Athletics Web Site www.navysports.com All-Time Letterwinners 23-29 Heavyweight Rowing Quick Facts 2019-20 Navy Heavyweight Rowing Head Coach Rob Friedrich Media Guide Alma Mater Rutgers ’97 The 2019-20 Navy heavyweight rowing media guide is Season as Head Coach/Season at Navy Eighth/19th a production of the Navy Sports Information office. The E-Mail [email protected] guide was written, designed and edited by Assistant Office Phone (410) 293-3636 Sports Information Director Alex Lumb. Cover design Assistant Coach John Flynn and additional layout assistance provided by Director Alma Mater Cornell ‘94 of Publications Mark Leddy. Photography provided by Season at Navy Eighth Phil Hoffmann, Mary Beth Browne, the Annapolis and E-Mail [email protected] Anne Arundel County Conference and Visitors Bureau, Office Phone (410) 293-3658 Ken Mierzejewski, Naval Academy Photo Lab and Naval Assistant Coach Matt Fluhr Academy archives. Alma Mater Navy ‘12 Season at Navy First E-Mail [email protected] Team Captain MIDN 1/C Andrew Knoll Varsity Officer Rep. LT Chris Gear, USN Faculty Rep. Robert Niewoehner Sport Administrator Michael Pauls Assoc. Dir. of Rowing & Boatman Chris Allsopp Office Phone (410) 293-5007 E-Mail [email protected] Rowing SID Alex Lumb Office Phone (410) 293-8771 E-Mail [email protected] Mailing Address Ricketts Hall 566 Brownson Rd. Annapolis, MD 21401 navysports.com H 1 2019-20 HEAVYWEIGHT ROWING 2019-20 Roster Name Cl. Hometown / High School Name Cl. Hometown / High School Dan Anthony Sr. Erie, Pa. / Cathedral Prep James Sills So. Carlisle, Mass. / Concord-Carlisle Regional Hill Atwell So. Austin, Texas / St. Stephen’s Episcopal Piper Spindle Fr. Westlake Village, Calif. / Agoura Dylan Black Fr. Merritt Island, Fla. / Edgewood Alex Sucato So. Belle Chasse, La. / Belle Chasse Harrison Bleckley Jr. Scituate, Mass. / Boston College HS Jared Taintor Sr. Storrs, Conn. / Pomfret School Francesca Browne Sr. Arlington, Va. / Washington-Lee Josey Troyer Jr. London, England / The American School Aaron Bullis Sr. Kenosha, Wis. / Lakeview Technical Academy Aidan Waits Fr. Puerto Lempira, Honduras / Homeschool Matthew Catanoso So. Seaville, N.J. / Ocean City James Walsh So. Bel Air, Md. / C. Milton Wright Alexander Coleman Fr. Midland, Mich. / Culver Military Academy Kevin Warming Fr. Newton, Mass. / Salisbury School Joseph Colley So. Lebanon, Ohio / Bishop Fenwick George Williams Jr. Aldie, Va. / Woodberry Forest Jared Cox Jr. Cincinnati, Ohio / Oak Hills Patrick Daly So. Myrtle Beach, S.C. / Carolina Forest Ian Dennis So. Annapolis, Md. / Severna Park Lakayla Deshields Jr. Moore, Okla. / Southmoore M.J. Duffy Jr. Fairfield, Conn. / Fairfield Prep William Duffy Fr. Fairfield, Conn. / Fairfield Prep Griffin Dunne So. Northfield, Ill. / New Trier Logan Edelmann So. Ovilla, Texas / Jesuit College Prep Nathaniel Erickson Fr. Toledo, Ohio / Central Catholic Peter Faber Jr. Snohomish, Wash. / Academy Northwest Robert Freimuth Fr. Dallas, Texas / Jesuit College Prep Will Geib So. Portland, Ore. / Westside Christian Jack Gill So. Easton, Md. / St. Michael’s George Gilliam Sr. Chandler, Ariz. / Hamilton Hunter Golly Fr. Orem, Utah / Timpanogos Matt Gregory Sr. Monument, Colo. / Lewis Palmer John Haffner Fr. Summerville, S.C. / Summerville Rory Hagerty Fr. Washington, D.C. / Woodrow Wilson Griffin Hamilton Jr. Wayne, Pa. / Conestoga Mason Hart So. Jefferson City, Mo. / Francis Howell Jacob Hoodenpyle Fr. Dallas, Texas / J.J. Pearce Carey Hutchens Fr. Newport News, Va. / Hampton Roads Academy Ben Johnson Jr. Dunwoody, Ga. / Wesleyand Tiffany Johnstone Jr. Marysville, Wash. / Marysville-Pilchuck James Joyce So. Leesburg, Va. / Episcopal Jake Klosowski Sr. North Potomac, Md. / Richard Montgomery Andrew Knoll Sr. Greenback, Tenn. / Maryville Vlad Korol Sr. Willow Grove, Pa. / Valley Forge Military Academy John Lamb Sr. Hong Kong / Hong Kong International Nicholas Larkin So. Snohomish, Wash. / Glacier Park Aidan Leavy Fr. Radnor, Pa. / The Haverford School William Megginson Fr. Maitland, Fla. / Winter Park Joey Merkel Sr. Dallas, Texas / Jesuit College Prep Cullen O’Dear Sr. Kansas City, Mo. / Rockhurst Mark Ostrowski Fr. Virginia Beach, Va. / Catholic Lucas Padilla Fr. Gilbert, Ariz. / Campo Verde Luke Phelan So. San Francisco, Calif. / Saint Ignatius Prep James Pushner So. Fairfield, Conn. / Fairfield Ludlowe Zane Richardson Fr. Tampa, Fla. / Strawberry Crest Evan Robertson So. Annapolis, Md. / Annapolis Area Christian School Victor Sands Sr. Carrolton, Texas / Sands Academy Reed Schilb Fr. Hingham, Mass. / Hingham Levi Schwarz Fr. Bend, Ore. / Bend Franklin Shew Jr. Jackson Township, Ohio / Jackson Zachary Shieh Fr. Bowie, Md. / DeMatha Catholic Alexander Sidhu So. Arlington, Va. / The American Int’l School of Muscat 2 H navysports.com 2019-20 HEAVYWEIGHT ROWING Coaching Staff Rob Friedrich As Navy Heavyweight Senior Associate Head Coach Head Coach • Eighth Season • 19th Year at Navy • Rutgers ‘97 In four seasons as senior associate head coach, Friedrich coached the freshman boats to a combined 66-10 record ... After posting 5-3 and 12-2 regular-season Rob Friedrich enters his eighth season as head records, respectively during his first two years, the freshman boats combined to coach of the heavyweight rowing team in 2019- go 16-1 in 2011 and 26-2 in 2012 ... Guided the top freshman boat to a fourth- 20. In total, he’s served on coaching staffs at place finish at the 2011 EARC Championships, which was the highest placing Navy since 2001-02. for a Navy plebe crew in 15 seasons. As Navy Heavyweight Head Coach As Navy Lightweight Head Coach Has coached the varsity boats in head-to-head Selected as the EARC Coach of the Year in 2004. Also garnered Navy Spring competitions to a career record of 47-29 with a Coach-of-the-Year honors in 2002 and 2004 ... During his seven years as the 7-3 mark in 2013, an 8-2 record in 2014, another Navy head lightweight coach, the varsity boat posted a combined 12-2 in its 7-3 season in 2015, a 5-6 slate in 2016 and 6-6 races for the Callow Cup (Penn) and Haines Trophy (Harvard) ... The program marks in 2017 and 2018; in 2019 Navy reached that eight-win plateau again had compiled a 2-8 record in those same races during the six years prior to with an 8-3 mark ... 2019 - Friedrich and the Mids had a strong regular season Friedrich’s arrival ... 2002 – Both freshman boats finished the regular season with eight wins. That success carried over to the postseason as the program undefeated, the second varsity crew won the Eastern Sprints and the varsity placed ninth at the Eastern Sprints and 11th at the IRA National Championship boat placed second by one foot in the IRA Grand Final ... Varsity boat defeated ... In the summer, he led the United States Armed Forces team at the 2019 Harvard for the first time in 21 years ... 2003 – The Mids totaled three medals Henley Royal Regatta in the King’s Cup competition; the mixed gender team at the Eastern Sprints, with both freshman boats winning a gold medal for with athletes from all three Navy crew programs won the King’s Cup as the the first time in school history ... The varsity boat placed seventh at the IRA top crew of military athletes, knocking off Germany in the finals... Additionally, Regatta ... 2004 – The varsity boat capped off an undefeated regular season by Andrew Knoll spent his second straight summer with the U.S. Rowing team, this winning the Eastern Sprints and the IRA National Championship, winning the time collecting silver at the Under-23 World Rowing Championships ... 2018 - former event for the first time in 42 years ... The crew would go on to reach the Friedrich continued leading Navy to a spot in the upper echelon of the nation’s semifinal round of the Henley Royal Regatta ...2005 – His varsity crew posted rowing scene as the program’s top boat won six regular season races before a 6-1 record during the regular season, placed fourth at the Eastern Sprints and finishing 13th at the IRA National Championships ... Amongst their trophy finished in sixth place at the IRAs ...2006 – Navy won the program’s first team competitions, the Mids won the Oliver T. Carr Bowl at the George Washington points title at the Eastern Sprints as each Navy entry placed first or second in Invitational and the Stevenson Cup over Columbia ... Sophomore Andrew Knoll its respective grand final. The varsity boat placed sixth at the IRA Regatta ... led the list of individual Midshipmen accolades as he raced for the United States’ 2007 – The Mids repeated as the team points champion at the Eastern Sprints, 4- at the 2018 Under-23 World Rowing Championships in Poland ..