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HISTORY of WASHINGTON CREW Washington’S Rowing Program, Born Almost Him HISTORY OF WASHINGTON CREW Washington’s rowing program, born almost him. The Varsity 100 years ago, is steeped in tradition. A corner- Boat Club and the stone for the Huskies’ entire athletic program, Board of Rowing Washington’s history reads like a Who’s Who Stewards were of rowing. From national championships to other innovations Olympic glory, the trademark white blades of instituted by Washington have cut through the water of race Conibear and are courses around the world. still in existence to- Rowing at Washington dates back to 1901 day. when the first Class Day race was held. The In order to bet- Class Day races still mark the end of the winter ter understand the training period and the start of the spring racing dynamics of the season for the rowers. Rowing was not consid- stroke, Conibear ered a “major” sport at the University until borrowed a skel- 1904. That year, James C. Knight, who became eton from the medi- the first crew coach in 1903, led the team to its cal department and first Pacific Coast Championship, rowing in used it to study the Seattle in four-oared shells. most effective and In 1905, Stanford and California joined safest body posi- Washington in the first triangular regatta. A year tions for rowing. later racing was abandoned when California The “Conibear sent word that its squad would be unable to Stroke” was born attend the meet because of an earthquake, and quickly ac- Women’s rowing flourished at Washington early in the 20th century. bringing the racing scene to a standstill until a cepted nationwide. revolutionary gentleman came along in the Fall His coaching abil- of 1906. ity resulted in Washington’s oarsmen rowing to 27), winning three Intercollegiate Rowing Asso- Hiram Conibear, whom some recognize as a third-place finish in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., in ciation Championships and becoming the first the founding father of Husky crew, started a 1917 against the country’s fastest crews. Tragi- west coast crew to win the Hudson River Classic. spectacular coaching career in a rather un- cally, a few months after the Poughkeepsie Under Callow, a young man named Al spectacular fashion. A one-time athletic trainer, race, Conibear passed away and the future of Ulbrickson became the varsity stroke. Follow- Conibear took over the Husky program with- Husky crew seemed uncertain. ing his graduation in 1927, Ulbrickson was out any eight-oared shells and no basic knowl- Ed Leader emerged as Conibear’s succes- hired on as an assistant coach. Courted by the edge of the dynamics of rowing. Undaunted sor and the crew program moved from its University of Pennsylvania for the head coach- by the challenges at hand, he began raising the makeshift boathouse/lighthouse to the corner ing position, Callow took the job on the east “voluntary funds” necessary to purchase two of the Montlake Cut into what is now referred coast and Ulbrickson became the fifth coach new shells. to as the Canoe House. With a new home in Washington history. Conibear converted an old lighthouse from base, and new coach, Husky crews continued Ulbrickson took his team to even greater the Alaska Exposition into the first Husky the school’s winning tradition. successes. The 1936 crew (bow-Roger Morris, shellhouse. It was not much, but it was a start. Taking over the helm upon Leader’s depar- 2-Charles Day, 3-Gordon B. Adam, 4-John G. Today, Conibear would be proud to know that ture was Russell S. (Rusty) Callow. Washington White, 5-James B. McMillin, 6-George E. Hunt, the Huskies’ current shellhouse is named after Rowing flourished during Callow’s tenure (1922- 7-Joseph Rantz, 8-Don B. Hume, cox-Robert G. Moch) competed in the Olympic trials on Lake Carnegie. In dominating fashion, the Wash- ington crew won the right to represent the United States at the Berlin Games. Coming from behind for an unprecedented victory, the crew of 1936 won the Olympic gold medal. That was not the only time Ulbrickson es- corted a crew to the Olympic Games. In 1948, the Olympics were held in London, England on the Thames River. Washington sent a coxed four that won the gold (bow-Gordon Giovanelli, 2-Bob Will, 3-Bob Martin, 4-Warren Westlund, c-Allen Morgan) and in 1952, another Wash- ington coxed four secured a bronze at the Helsinki Olympics (bow-Fil Leanderson, 2-Dick Wahlstrom, 3-Al Ulbrickson Jr., 4-Carl Lovsted, cox-Al Rossi). Ulbrickson’s 1958 crew had a new chal- lenge. They needed to go undefeated during Husky Hall of Famer Al Ulbrickson (right) coached three Olympic medal winning crews. the racing season to qualify for the prestigious 34 2 0 0 0 U N I V E R S I T Y O F W A S H I N G T O N C R E W HISTORY OF WASHINGTON CREW Henley Regatta. The team made quick order of California, Stanford, and the University of Brit- ish Columbia, to earn the right to row in England. There, a powerhouse team from the Soviet Union handed the Huskies their first defeat of the season. A scheduled side trip to Moscow set up a rematch. This time, on the Soviets’ home course, the Huskies shocked the rowing world by overpowering the juggernaut USSR team. The event, broadcast by Keith Jackson on Seattle’s KOMO Radio, is believed to be the first sporting event ever aired from behind the “Iron Curtain.” Future coach Dick Erickson was a member of the crew that played one of the biggest parts in the program’s history. Ulbrickson retired after returning to the States and Fil Leanderson became Washington’s head coach. Leanderson coached from 1959- Rowing is a tradition-rich sport at the University of Washington. Husky crews have won Olympic gold, 1967 and then stepped down, allowing Erickson national collegiate championships and rowed overseas on numerous occasions. to head up the program after coaching the Greenlake in Seattle and captured several med- ‘70s during the program’s revival, also had a freshmen for four years. als, including a silver won in the pairs by Jan stellar head coaching debut. Under Erickson’s direction, in 1977, the Harville, Washington’s current head coach. In her first season, the varsity crew dupli- Huskies won the Grand Challenge Cup and Colleen Lynch and Paula Mitchell jointly cated its performance from the year before and Visitor’s Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal coached the women from 1972-75. During won another national championship (1988). Regatta and, as a result, were invited to com- that time, Washington traveled to the national The 1989 and 1994 junior varsity crews also pete at the Nile Invitational Rowing Regatta in championships in Philadelphia where the light- captured national titles. In 1997, Harville made Cairo, Egypt. In 1984 Erickson’s varsity crew weight eight became the first women’s crew to history as her crews won the first NCAA-sanc- won his first IRA championship. win a national title. tioned championship at Lake Natoma in Sacra- Women’s rowing, virtually non-existent In 1975, women’s rowing was elevated to a mento, Calif. It was the first NCAA champion- following a short period in the early 1900s, varsity sport at the university. ship for the UW. The Huskies duplicated the eventually returned to the UW campus. In In 1977, Title IX (under the Federal Educa- feat in 1998, winning back-to-back team titles. 1969 women’s rowing sported a club team tion Act) allowed members of the women’s In the 37 years that the men’s program has with Bernie Delke at the coaching reins. In team to join the Varsity Boat Club which, until competed at the Pacific Coast/Pacific-10 Con- 1971, the women participated in their first that time, had been comprised solely of men. ference Championships, the varsity men have joint regatta with the men, the Steward’s Cup The Varsity Boat Club still provides leadership won 28 titles, including the last eight in a row. race. It was a successful debut for Washing- for the program with a membership of more The women joined the men at the competition ton. The Husky rowers placed first and sec- than 1,000 men and women. in 1976 and have been competing at the cham- ond in the women’s eight race. Bob Ernst, the freshman men’s coach and pionships for the past 21 years. They have The Husky women competed in their first Erickson’s assistant for six seasons, succeeded claimed 17 titles, including the last six. national championship regatta in 1970 on John Lind as the women’s coach in the fall of The varsity men have won a total of seven 1980. It did not take him long to put his mark national titles, including the IRA sweep last on the Husky program. year. The varsity women have won nine na- In Ernst’s first season, both the varsity and tional titles, the first in 1981 and the most junior varsity crews won national champion- recent in the second NCAA regatta last year. ships (1981) and repeated the feat for the next History is hard to miss around the Washing- five years. The 1987 season was Ernst’s last year ton crew program. There are a multitude of as head women’s coach. His varsity, junior reminders for the current Husky oarsmen and varsity, and varsity four crews swept at the women who spend endless hours training and nationals, capturing all three titles. studying at the Conibear Shellhouse.
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