Alumni

Peter Cipollone ’89 Colin Farrell ’01 Mike Gennaro ’07 Matt O’Donoghue ’10 Lou Lombardi ’11 Peter was the coxswain Colin is head lightweight coach Mike was a three-time Philadelphia Matt was part of the Lou was the coxswain for the for the 2004 Olympic Gold at the University of Pennsylvania. City Champion in the Men’s Lightweight Four that won 2016 US Men’s 2 at the Medal US Men’s Eight A graduate of , while at the Prep. He also won the gold medals at the 2014 World Championship in the team in Athens. A where he was inducted into the Stotesbury in 2005. Gennaro sat U23 World Championships Netherlands. A four-year V8 stroke on the Men’s Eight for three graduate of the University school’s Athletics Hall of Fame, and at the USRowing National coxswain at Penn, Lou was years. He won gold in the pair and of California-Berkeley, he Farrell was a three-time U.S. Championships. A graduate also the cox of the Junior 8 eight at the 2011 Pan American also won four World National team rower, winning of , Matt also that won gold in the Czech Games and won gold in the eight Championship Gold a Gold Medal at the 2008 medaled at the Princeton Republic in 2010, the US at the 2011 World Rowing Under Medals, including three World Championships in the U23 Men’s 8 that won Silver 23 Championships. He was an Chase and the IRA National consecutive as the lightweight eight after trips to at the 2015 U23 World alternate for the Men’s Eight in the Championship. coxswain of the Men’s Championships in Bulgaria Worlds in 2006 and 2007. 2012 Olympics. He is now the 1st and the U23 that won bronze Eight. assistant men’s rowing coach at

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CREW 2018 Varsity 8 racing at USRowing Youth National Championships (Sacramento, CA) www.sjprep.org/crew Head Coach John Fife ’98 (Pennsylvania ’02)

Coach John Fife ‘98 returns to the Prep in 2018 for his second year as head coach. He has been coaching for 18 years, including two years as assistant head coach/freshman coach at the Prep from 2006-08. Recently, for seven seasons he developed the crew team at Jesuit College Prep of Dallas from what was a small regional program into a national power. Jesuit Dallas has won several Stotesbury medals under Fife as well as many regional championships in the varsity and lightweight eights. In addition, he cultivated relationships with top-tier collegiate programs enabling strong college placement for SJP Crew At-A-Glance his rowers. In 2016, he led his varsity to finish the season as the second fastest high school in Head Coach: John Fife ‘98 the U.S. and to the quarterfinals of the prestigious Moderator: Barbara Brown , Jesuit’s first-ever Home Location: Robert M. Gillen Jr. Boathouse appearance there. 2200 Kelly Drive Philadelphia, PA Fife coached at the University of Pennsylvania and Georgetown University for four years League: Philadelphia Catholic League (PCL) combined before returning to the Prep in 2006 where he served as assistant head coach until The St. Joseph’s Prep Crew program has a long tradition of excellence dating back to its 2008. During that time, he led the freshmen inception in the 1920’s. Prep Crew competes regularly at the highest levels locally, nationally program but also helped oversee the historic and internationally. Locally, Prep Crew members are regulars on the medal stand at the sweep of the boys’ eights events at the Philadelphia Catholic League Championship and at the Philadelphia City Championship. Stotesbury Cup Regatta in 2008-a feat that has Nationally, Prep Crew has claimed numerous victories over the years at the Scholastic only happened twice in regatta history (the 1st Rowing Association of America National Championship Regatta and the US Youth Rowing time being during Fife’s time as a student in National Championship. Internationally, Prep Crew consistently competes and wins gold 1997). He then moved to Saint Joseph’s University medals at the Stotesbury Cup, the largest high school regatta in the world. The Prep is the for two years as Lightweight Coach before moving only school to ever win a sweep of all the boys’ eight-oared events at the Stotesbury Cup, to Dallas Jesuit. achieving this in 1997 & 2008. Since 1980, Prep Crew has made numerous appearances Fife holds a B.A. in Political Science from the at the elite Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames in England. The Prep has won the University of Pennsylvania and a J.D. from Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup at Henley in 2000. Rutgers University-Camden Prep Rowers have gone on to compete at every Ivy League school, Cal-Berkeley, Moderator: Georgetown, MIT, U.S. Naval Academy, and countless of other prestigious universities. Ms. Barbara Brown, Chair of Science Department Notable Achievements: 2000- 1st Place at the Henley Royal Regatta (Henley-on-Thames, England) Moderator: 1997 & 2008- Swept all eight-oared boys’ events at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta Keanan Clark ’09 (Princeton ’13) 1997 & 2007- 1st Place at the Head of the Charles Regatta (Cambridge, MA) Assistant Coaches: 4 time 1st place finishes in the Lightweight 8 at USRowing Youth Nationals Ryan Barker ’12 (Princeton ’16) 100+ Stotesbury victories Collin McKinney (Temple ’18) 39 Philadelphia Catholic League Titles John Scanlon ’08 (Princeton ’12) Patrick Scannapieco ’09 (Temple ’13)

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Head Coach: John Fife ‘98 [email protected] (215) 978-1037

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