AVY CREW NEWSLETTER Spring/Summer www.navysports.com July 2019 In this Issue... • 150th Anniversary Banquet Navy wins Henley’s King’s Cup • Kings Cup - Henley Trip In its 150th Anniversary year, Navy land and the United States) and added two Crew participated in another milestone more (Germany and The Netherlands) to • Knoll Wins U23 Silver Medal event. The Henley Royal Regatta decided create an 8-team bracket that would race • New Jon Van Amringe Shell to commemorate the 1919 Peace Regatta during the final three days of the 2019 Re- • Montessano and ‘71 Shells at the end of World War I, when military gatta. crews from six allied countries raced off After the invitation was sent to the Joint • Spring Racing Recaps for the King’s Cup. For the 100th Anniver- Chiefs of Staff, it was agreed that the U.S. • Fall Reunion Weekends sary of the event, the Henley Stewards in- Naval Academy would represent the Unit- • Fall Racing Schedules vited the six original countries (Australia, ed States Armed Forces in this very special Canada, France, Great Britain, New Zea- King’s Cup cont’d on Page 2... Navy Crew’s 150th Anniversary Celebration On the evening of 23 February, over 650 alumni, friends and supporters of Navy Crew gathered under the arched roof of Dahlgren Hall for a celebration 150 years in the making: the Sesquicentennial of Navy Crew. As the anniversary of the oldest sport on the Yard, the evening drew the senior lead- ership of the Academy and was made spe- cial by featuring speakers from throughout the history of Navy Crew. The dinner itself capped off a day of events at Hubbard Hall, which included the unveiling of the “Let- ter Winners Wall” on the 2nd Deck and the dedication of two four-oared shells gifted by the Class of 1971. The evening at Dahlgren opened with remarks by both the Superintendent and the Director of Athletics, and then the pro- gram of speakers began with two Olympi- ans—Frank Shakespeare ’53 and Pete Bos Navy Crew 150th Anniversary Banquet in Dahlgren Hall 150th Banquet cont’d on Page 3... King’s Cup Story cont’d... event. The Henley Stewards, with the agree- ment of all militaries involved, decided the King’s Cup would be the first ever mixed- gender international race of its kind. Since women’s role in the military has changed over the last 100 years, it was fitting to show that change in the King’s Cup event as well. So, Henley mandated that each crew would have at least two men and two women row- ers...the rest of the line-up was determined by each country. valuable international experience to take Albert Challenge Cup. The USNA’s inclusion in the regatta back to USNA for their final season on After the first weekend of racing in Eng- was all kept quiet for quite a while, since the Severn. For the Henley Royal Regatta, land, the team trained for the better part the Navy athletes needed to focus on their Dawson and Vallancey-Martinson moved of two weeks in preparation for the Henley regular racing season leading up to the into the King’s Cup 8+, while Krulik and events. Despite some great racing by our IRA and NCAA Championships. At the Brackett entered the Women’s Pairs event. two pairs and coxed four, all three boats end of the college season, the coaches se- Meanwhile at Dorney, the Navy Men were knocked out in the first round of the lected 18 athletes made up from all three of were making waves of their own at the Henley Royal Regatta against some very the Navy Crew programs (Heavyweights, Marlow Regatta, racing in the Tier 2 8+ and stiff competition. Lightweights and Women) to travel over- 4+, which is the category most universities As for the King’s Cup 8+, all 8 military seas and represent Navy and the U.S. in a entered, just under the championship divi- crews participated in a time trial to seed few different races, including a women’s sion. In the men’s 8+, Navy raced a thrilling the bracket for the knock-out style format 4- at the Henley Women’s Regatta, a men’s come-from-behind victory over Oxford of Henley’s dual racing. In the first round, 8+ and men’s 4+ at the Marlow Regatta and Brookes University, while the Navy 4+ led the U.S. Armed Forces boat was matched four separate events at the Henley Royal from start to finish to win their event by up against Canada, also a student crew Regatta. open water. from their military college. The U.S. crew After a week of selection in Annapo- The men’s 8+, steered by Matt Catano- blasted off the line and pushed to open wa- lis, the Henley Squad traveled to England so, had a lightweight stern pair (Chandler ter within the first minute of the race. Af- to train, race and prepare for the Henley Washburn and Riki Gagnon), while six ter the Barrier marker on the course (600 Royal Regatta. Soon after their arrival, the heavyweights made up the remainder of meters), the U.S. lengthened out to a com- women’s four started racing at the Henley the line-up: Jake Klosowski, Jared Taintor, fortable rate and got into a good powerful Women’s Regatta, while the men trained at John Lamb, Griffin Dunne, James Pushner rhythm. By the end of the race, the Mid- the London Olympic Race Course at Dor- and Brandodn Sagawinia. Pushner and shipman crew had shifted down to 24spm ney and competed in the Marlow Regatta. Sagawinia were pulled out of the 8+ to race to conserve energy for their second round At the Henley Women’s Regatta, the the men’s pair at Henley, making room for race and came in three lengths ahead of the Navy Women raced in the Championship the two women in the King’s Cup line-up. Canadians. 4- event, winning their first two races, over The men’s 4+ was also a mixture of In the second round, Saturday’s semi- Oxford University and the Leander Club, heavyweights and lightweights, with finals, the U.S. boat raced a strong French to make it to semi-finals where they lost to heavyweight team captain Owen Fire- crew who had a tight race against Great the eventual winner of Edinburgh Univer- baugh joining lightweights Ben Skinner, Britain in the first round. France, boating sity. For the crew of Emily Krulik, Ashlyn John Schoenewolf, Drew Bennett and cox- a few National Team athletes, turned out to Dawson, Alexandria Vallancey-Martinson swain Pat Urrutia. This coxed four would be a very polished crew with quite a bit of and Raye Brackett, it was a great result and stay intact for Henley, racing for the Prince King’s Cup cont’d on Page 8.. Navy Crew Newsletter Page 2 150th Banquet Story cont’d... NCAA appearances, was addressed by a successful women’s program. The final ’60—reflecting on how they went from trio of former team captains: Kari Hughes speaker of the night, fittingly, was current walk-ons to the very pinnacle of sport at ’91, MJ Pallotta ’94, and Fiona McFarland CNO and former N150 rower ADM John the Olympics thanks to Navy Crew and ’08. On the lightweight side, former N150s Richardson, ’82, who was able to speak the great coaches Rusty Callow and Paul head coach and National Team oarsman about what “Pulling for Navy” means out Quinn. Tom Knudson ’67 recalled what Dale Hurley ’89 reminded everyone what in the Fleet, beyond the Academy. it was like to be part of the Clean Sweep rowing in the late 1980s was really like, and Between the speakers, the attendees, of 1965, and Dirk Moises ’73 spoke about James Sopko ’05, who also went on to race and the list of letter winners, the entire 150 rowing in the 1970s, which saw the growth for the USA on the National Team, recalled year history of Navy Crew was very much of lightweight rowing and the advent of how the perfect race plan helped the 2004 alive for the evening. Those in attendance Navy Women’s Crew. Dan Lyons ’81, him- N150s win the National Championship at had the chance to reflect and reminisce self an Olympian in 1988, then spoke about the IRA. not only on their own memories of their the 1980s, which brought more IRA Cham- Coach Rick Clothier was able to speak time at Hubbard Hall, but on the experi- pionships under Coach Rick Clothier. about his 38 years with the Heavyweight ences and accomplishments of all those The proud history of Women’s rowing program, a tenure which included more who came before, and after, them across at the Academy, from its start with the IRA and Ten Eyck Championships for the the full breadth of the sport’s time here at crew of 1978, through the Dad Vail and Heavies, the rise of the Lightweight pro- the Academy. Champion Regatta victories of the 1990s, gram to national prominence with full- to current run of Patriot League Titles and time coaches, and the introduction of the Hwt: Knoll Wins U23 Silver Medal The summer of medal-winning performances continued for the Navy Crew program as heavy- weight rower Andrew Knoll (Greenback, Tenn.) raced to a silver medal at the 2019 World Rowing Under-23 Championships. Competing as a member of the United States’ men’s eight boat, Knoll and his American teammates battled their way to a second-place finish behind Great Britain in the Cham- pionship Final of their respective event.