2018-19 HEAVYWEIGHT ROWING 2018-19 Quick Facts & Schedule 2018 Fall Results Date Opponent Site Time/Result Oct. 13 Navy Day Regatta Philadelphia, Pa. 1st of 27 Oct. 21 Head of the Charles Boston, Mass. 8th of 18 Oct. 27 Head of the Schuylkill Philadelphia, Pa. 4th of 15 Nov. 3 Rutgers Fall Classic (Freshmen Only) New Brunswick, N.J. 4th of 11 2019 Spring Schedule Date Opponent Site Time/Result April 6 Princeton (Navy/Princeton Cup) Princeton, N.J. 9:00 AM April 12-13 George Washington Invite Washington, D.C. All Day April 20 Cornell, Syracuse (Goes Cup) Princeton, N.J. 3:30 PM April 27 Harvard, Penn (Adams Cup) Boston, Mass. 8:30 AM May 5 Columbia/George Washington/Hobart (Stevenson Cup) West Windsor, N.J. 12:00 PM May 19 EARC Sprints Worcester, Mass. All Day May 31 - June 2 IRA National Championship Gold River, Calif. All Day All times Eastern, subject to change Table of Contents Naval Academy Quick Facts 2018-19 Roster 2 Location Annapolis, Md. Coaching Staff 3-4 Founded October 10, 1845 Midshipmen Profiles 5-13 Enrollment 4,400 2018 Spring Results 14 Nickname Midshipmen, Mids Navy Rowing History 15 Colors Navy Blue and Gold Championships Teams and Boatings 16-18 Superintendent Vice Adm. Ted Carter, USN Navy Representing the U.S. National Team 19 Commandant Capt. Robert Chadwick II, 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 2018-19 Navy Heavyweight Rowing Head Coach Rob Friedrich Media Guide Alma Mater Rutgers ’97 The 2018-19 Navy heavyweight rowing media guide is Season as Head Coach/Season at Navy Seventh/18th 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 Seventh 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 Matthew Coughlin Academy archives. Alma Mater George Washington ‘15 Season at Navy First E-Mail [email protected] Team Captain MIDN 1/C Owen Firebaugh Varsity Officer Rep. LT Matthew Fluhr, 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 2018-19 HEAVYWEIGHT ROWING 2018-19 Roster Name Cl. Hometown / High School Name Cl. Hometown / High School Dan Anthony Jr. Erie, Pa. / Cathedral Prep James Sills Fr. Carlisle, Mass. / Concord-Carlisle Regional Anthony Atwell Fr. Austin, Texas / St. Stephen’s Episcopal Collin Snyder Sr. Vienna, Va. / Bishop O’Connell Jacob Babe So. Macomb, Mich. / De La Salle Collegiate Alex Sucato Fr. Belle Chasse, La. / Belle Chasse Luka Bakic Sr. Belgrade, Serbia / Hilton Head Island / Luke Sullivan Sr. Baltimore, Md. / Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Groton School (Conn.) Jared Taintor Jr. Storrs, Conn. / Pomfret School Cedric Bevis Sr. Gambrills, Md. / North County Josey Troyer So. London, England / The American School Harrison Bleckley So. Scituate, Mass. / Boston College HS James Walsh Fr. Bel Air, Md. / C. Milton Wright Francesca Browne Jr. Arlington, Va. / Washington-Lee Dwayne Williams Sr. Pearland, Texas / Pearland Aaron Bullis Jr. Kenosha, Wis. / Lakeview Technical Academy George Williams So. Aldie, Va. / Woodberry Forest Matt Bute Sr. Spring Hill, Fla. / F.W. Springstead Evan Camp Sr. Charleston, S.C. / Academic Magnet Matthew Catanoso Fr. Seaville, N.J. / Ocean City Joseph Colley Fr. Lebanon, Ohio / Bishop Fenwick Jared Cox So. Cincinnati, Ohio / Oak Hills John Daly Fr. Myrtle Beach, S.C. / Carolina Forest Ian Dennis Fr. Annapolis, Md. / Severna Park M.J. Duffy So. Fairfield, Conn. / Fairfield Prep Griffin Dunne Fr. Northfield, Ill. / New Trier Logan Edelmann Fr. Ovilla, Texas / Jesuit College Prep Peter Faber So. Snohomish, Wash. / Academy Northwest Owen Firebaugh Sr. Dunwoody, Ga. / Dunwoody William Geib Fr. Portland, Ore. / Westside Christian Jack Gill Fr. Easton, Md. / St. Michael’s George Gilliam Jr. Chandler, Ariz. / Hamilton Alec Gould Sr. Bethesda, Md. / Walt Whitman Matt Gregory Jr. Monument, Colo. / Lewis Palmer Griffin Hamilton So. Wayne, Pa. / Conestoga Aaron Hanko Sr. Montville, N.J. / Trinity Christian Mason Hart Fr. Jefferson City, Mo. / Francis Howell John Heropoulos Sr. Canton, Ohio / Jackson Nile Hollie Fr. Bronx, N.Y. / IN-Tech Stephen Huber Sr. Hanover, N.H. / Northfield Mount Hermon Ben Johnson So. Dunwoody, Ga. / Wesleyand Tiffany Johnstone So. Marysville, Wash. / Marysville-Pilchuck James Joyce Fr. Leesburg, Va. / Episcopal Jake Klosowski Jr. North Potomac, Md. / Richard Montgomery Andrew Knoll Jr. Greenback, Tenn. / Maryville Vlad Korol Jr. Willow Grove, Pa. / Valley Forge Military Academy John Lamb Jr. Hong Kong / Hong Kong International Nicholas Larkin Fr. Snohomish, Wash. / Glacier Park Josh Lee Sr. Seattle, Wash. / King’s Channing Martin Sr. Fort Worth, Texas / Saginaw Joey Merkel Jr. Dallas, Texas / Jesuit College Prep Michael Murphy Sr. Braintree, Mass. / Boston College High Tucker Nixon Jr. Wickenburg, Ariz. / Legacy Ben Nolt Sr. Wooster, Ohio / Wooster Cullen O’Dear Jr. Kansas City, Mo. / Rockhurst Elise Odom Sr. San Diego, Calif. / Rancho Buena Vista Michael Palaski Sr. Seven Fields, Pa. / Seneca Valley Sara Perkins Fr. Fort Myers, Fla. / Riverdale Luke Phelan Fr. San Francisco, Calif. / Saint Ignatius Prep James Pushner Fr. Fairfield, Conn. / Fairfield Ludlowe Evan Robertson Fr. Annapolis, Md. / Annapolis Area Christian School David Russell Sr. McLean, Va. / McLean Brandon Sagawinia Sr. Wichita Falls, Texas / W.T. Woodson (Va.) Victor Sands Jr. Carrolton, Texas / Sands Academy Owen Shenk Sr. Great Falls, Va. / Langley Franklin Shew So. Jackson Township, Ohio / Jackson Alexander Sidhu Fr. Arlington, Va. / The American Int’l School of Muscat 2 H navysports.com 2018-19 HEAVYWEIGHT ROWING Coaching Staff Rob Friedrich As Navy Heavyweight Senior Associate Head Coach In four seasons as senior associate head coach, Friedrich coached the freshman Head Coach • Seventh Season • 18th Year at Navy • Rutgers ‘97 boats to a combined 66-10 record ... After posting 5-3 and 12-2 regular-season records, respectively during his first two years, the freshman boats combined to Rob Friedrich enters his seventh season as head go 16-1 in 2011 and 26-2 in 2012 ... Guided the top freshman boat to a fourth- coach of the heavyweight rowing team in 2018- place finish at the 2011 EARC Championships, which was the highest placing 19. In total, he’s served on coaching staffs at for a Navy plebe crew in 15 seasons. Navy since 2001-02. As Navy Lightweight Head Coach As Navy Heavyweight Head Coach Selected as the EARC Coach of the Year in 2004. Also garnered Navy Spring Has coached the varsity boats in head-to-head Coach-of-the-Year honors in 2002 and 2004 ... During his seven years as the competitions to a career record of 39-26 with a Navy head lightweight coach, the varsity boat posted a combined 12-2 in its 7-3 mark in 2013, an 8-2 record in 2014, another races for the Callow Cup (Penn) and Haines Trophy (Harvard) ... The program 7-3 season in 2015, a 5-6 slate in 2016 and had compiled a 2-8 record in those same races during the six years prior to 6-6 marks in 2017 and 2018 ... 2018 - Friedrich continued leading Navy to a Friedrich’s arrival ... 2002 – Both freshman boats finished the regular season spot in the upper echelon of the nation’s rowing scene as the program’s top undefeated, the second varsity crew won the Eastern Sprints and the varsity boat won six regular season races before finishing 13th at the IRA National boat placed second by one foot in the IRA Grand Final ... Varsity boat defeated Championships ... Amongst their trophy competitions, the Mids won the Oliver Harvard for the first time in 21 years ... 2003 – The Mids totaled three medals T. Carr Bowl at the George Washington Invitational and the Stevenson Cup at the Eastern Sprints, with both freshman boats winning a gold medal for over Columbia ... Sophomore Andrew Knoll led the list of individual Midshipmen the first time in school history ... The varsity boat placed seventh at the IRA accolades as he raced for the United States’ 4- at the 2018 Under-23 World Regatta ... 2004 – The varsity boat capped off an undefeated regular season by Rowing Championships in Poland ... 2017 - In his fifth season at the helm of winning the Eastern Sprints and the IRA National Championship, winning the the Mids, led the team to six regular season wins with a perfect showing at the former event for the first time in 42 years ... The crew would go on to reach the Goes Trophy competition versus Syracuse and Cornell highlighting the spring; semifinal round of the Henley Royal Regatta ...2005 – His varsity crew posted the clean sweep of V8 through 4V8 action gave the Mids the Stagg Cup, as a 6-1 record during the regular season, placed fourth at the Eastern Sprints and well ... The program finished 13th overall in the Ten Eyck standings at the IRA finished in sixth place at the IRAs ...2006 – Navy won the program’s first team National Championships ... 2016 - Led Navy to a perfect 8-0 competitive mark points title at the Eastern Sprints as each Navy entry placed first or second in at the George Washington Invitational as the Mids once again took home the its respective grand final.