CALIFORNIA Golden Bears 2008 CALIFORNIA MEN’S CREW TABLE OF CONTENTS Quick Facts ...........................................1 Coaching Staff .................................. 2-3 Outlook ............................................. 4-5 Roster ...................................................6 Athlete Bios .................................... 7-12 2007 Season Recap ......................... 13 2007 Race Results ........................... 14 Award Winners .................................. 15 History................................................ 16 Cal Cup Results/Championships...... 17 International Bears ...................... 18-19 T. Gary Rogers Rowing Center ......... 20 Briones Resevoir/Ergometer Facility .. 21 Academic Support ............................. 22 The University .................................... 23 The Bay Area ...................................... 24 Schedule ...........................................BC GENERAL INFORMATION Location: Berkeley, Calif. Founded: 1868 CREDITS Enrollment: 34,953 The 2008 Men’s Crew Media Guide Nickname: Golden Bears was written and edited by Assistant Mascot: Oski Media Relations Director Dean Colors: Blue (282) and Gold (116) Caparaz. Layout and graphics by Se- Conference: Pacific-10 nior Publications Director John Dunbar Chancellor: Dr. Robert J Birgeneau and Publications Coordinator Evan Athletic Director: Sandy Barbour Kerr. Deputy Director of Athletics/Sport Supervisor: Steve Holton Photography provided by Michael Official Cal Athletics Web Site: www.CalBears.com Pimentel, John Todd, Evan Kerr, Sharon Cal Crew Web Site: www.CalCrew.com Collier, Richard Ersted, Doug Swanson, Dave Olson, and Nicole Younts. TEAM INFORMATION Printing by UC Printing, Berkeley, CA. 2007 IRA National Championships Finish: 5th Copies of this guide may be pur- 2007 Pac-10 Championships Finish: 2nd chased by the public at a cost of $6.00 Letterwinners: Returning/Lost: 17/11 (including postage and handling) Newcomers: 28 through the Media Relations Office. Please make checks payable to “UC COACHING STAFF Regents.” Head Coach: Steve Gladstone (20th year, Syracuse ’74) Office Phone: (510) 533-8931; E-Mail: [email protected] Office: T. Gary Rogers Boathouse, 2999 Glascock Street, Oakland, CA 94601 BEAR BACKERS Freshman Coach: Geoff Bond (510) 533-8941; [email protected] SUPPORT YOUR TEAM Assistant Varsity Coach: Luke Agnini Bear Backers are loyal Cal alumni (510) 642-3284; [email protected] and friends who provide financial Rigger/Boatman: Mike Fennelly; [email protected] support to Cal Athletics with their do- nations. Every student-athlete ben- efits from their contributions, which underwrites the scholarships, pro- grammatic needs, and academic tu- toring programs. Bear Backers also build our athletic facilities, including the Haas Pavilion. Joining Bear Back- ers is the best way to support the Cal team you care about. Call (510) 642- 2427 for more information. 2008 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS Men's Crew Media Guide 1 CALIFORNIA Golden Bears CAL CREW COACHING STAFF In 1997 and 1998, with Gladstone’s return to Cal, the Bears Stephen GLADSTONE once again stepped onto the IRA medal stand. Director of Cal Crew From 1981 to 1994 Gladstone served as the Director of Row- ing Operations at Brown University in Providence, R.I. While at Regarded as one of the premier rowing Brown, Gladstone established a program that was at the time coaches in the United States, Stephen unparalleled in collegiate rowing. His crews triumphed four times Gladstone enters the 12th season of his at the Eastern Sprints Championships, five times at the IRA Re- second stint - 20th overall - as head coach of gatta and twice at the National Collegiate Rowing Champion- California men’s crew. During the 2006 cam- ships. In both 1993 and 1994, the Brown varsity crew completed paign Gladstone led his team to a national the triple crown with victories in each of the aforementioned cham- championship at the IRA (Intercollegiate Rowing Association) pionship regattas - a feat that had never before and has never Regatta and a Pac-10 team championship sparked by victories since been accomplished. In Gladstone’s final season at Brown, in the varsity eight. In 2006 the Cal varsity eight came out on top, the men’s crew went undefeated at all levels of competition. defeating Princeton by two seconds. With this win, Gladstone is During his previous tenure at Cal from 1973 to 1980, Gladstone tied with Charles “Pop” Courtney for the most Varsity Challenge guided the Bears to three undefeated dual-race seasons, an IRA Cup Titles (IRA Varsity Eight National Championships); Courtney title and a Pac-10 championship. won 11 titles while at Cornell between 1901 and 1915. Stephen Gladstone’s name has been synonymous with suc- Wanting to give full measure to coaching, Gladstone resigned cess ever since he began coaching in 1966. After directing the as Cal’s athletic director in June of 2004, having assumed the Princeton freshmen to a pair of IRA silver medals, Gladstone took position in 2001. During his time as AD, Gladstone helped turn over as varsity lightweight coach at Harvard. He led the Crimson around Cal’s football program by naming Jeff Tedford to lead the to four straight undefeated seasons, four Eastern Sprints cham- Golden Bears on the gridiron. Despite the pressures of being pionships and, in 1972, Thames Challenge Cup and Wyfold Chal- both athletic director and head coach for men’s crew, Gladstone lenge Cup victories at the Henley Royal Regatta in England. Dur- led his team to a bronze-medal finish at the IRAs and second ing his tenure at Harvard, he served as the U.S. National Team place at the Pac-10s, a near carbon copy of the 2003 spring Coach (1969) and was a selector for the U.S. Olympic Team (1972). racing season, the exception being a gold-medal finish for the A 1964 graduate of Syracuse University, Gladstone has served junior varsity eight at the IRA and Pac-10 Championships. on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Amateur Dominance was the norm during the 1999 through 2002 sea- Oarsmen and has also been a member of the Men’s Olympic sons. The varsity eights claimed the IRA national championship Rowing Committee. In 1984, he served as ABC’s expert com- each year and set an IRA record time in 1999. Additionally the JV mentator for rowing events at the Los Angeles Olympics, and he eight won a Pac-10 title in 2002 and IRA gold in 1999, 2001 and worked in the same capacity for NBC at the Seoul Olympic Games 2002. Gladstone was recognized as Pac-10 Men’s Rowing Coach in 1988. Immediately prior to his return to Cal, Gladstone was the of the Year for five consecutive seasons from 1998 through 2002. president and director of marketing for Resolute Racing Shells. California men’s crew coach Steve Gladstone did double duty from 2001-04, when he also worked as Cal’s athletic director. 2 2008 CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS Men's Crew Media Guide CALIFORNIA Golden Bears SUPPORT STAFF Geoff BOND Luke AGNINI Assistant Coach/Novice Coach Assistant Varsity Coach Geoff Bond is a 1988 graduate of Brown Luke Agnini joined Steve Gladstone’s University where he earned a B.A. in Classi- coaching staff in 2008. Prior to coming to cal Greek and Roman History. Bond rowed Cal, Agnini rowed with the Pennsylvania Ath- in Steve Gladstone’s powerhouse Brown letic Club, winning four national champion- program, competing in the freshman, junior ships for Penn AC. He held a number of po- varsity, and varsity 8s, between 1984 and sitions in the Philadelphia, Pa., area, includ- 1988. During that period Brown won two titles at the Eastern ing the role of Assistant Director for the Masters Rowing Associa- Sprints Championships and two IRA varsity national champion- tion. ships. Agnini, who coached at Penn AC from May to September of After graduating from Brown, Bond and his wife, Hilary, spent 2007, has also coached for the United States. He coached a U.S. two years teaching and coaching at the Salisbury School in coxed pair from Penn AC that reached the 2007 World Champion- Salisbury, Conn. They then traveled to Japan where they taught ships, winning the B final to claim seventh-place overall. In addi- English for two years. Bond headed the Berkeley High School tion, Agnini coached at St. Joseph’s Preparatory School in Phila- Boys Crew Program in 1993-94 and 1995-96. When Gladstone delphia in the springs of 2004 and 2005. returned to Cal in the fall of '96, he asked Bond to join him as his A product of Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio, Agnini gradu- varsity assistant. During Bond’s three years of apprenticeship ated in 2002 with degrees in psychology and history. He com- under Gladstone, he helped develop the less experienced ath- peted at the IRA Regatta while rowing at Marietta. letes and ultimately coached the varsity 4+ at the IRA Regatta each year. In 1999 he led the Bears’ Henley Campaign which ended in a second-place finish in the Ladies’ Plate at the Henley Mike FENNELLY Royal Regatta. Rigger/Boatman Bond is currently in his eighth year at the helm of the California freshman crew. In addition to five consecutive Pac-10 wins in In his 27th year as Cal’s rigger, Mike 2003-07, his crews have collected medals at the IRA national Fennelly is regarded as one of collegiate championships in five of the last seven years. In 2004 and 2005, rowing’s finest boatmen. He not only main- the Cal freshmen were undefeated national champions, some- tains all of the program’s boats and pre- thing never done before at Cal in consecutive years. Cal also won pares them for racing, but also keeps the the 2007 IRA freshman eight title. Another first under Bond’s lead- entire boathouse in ship shape. Over the ership is the current five-year winning streak over the Washington previous 16 years, Fennelly maintained the equipment for the Cal Huskies in the annual freshman dual that dates back to 1939. women’s program as well as for the men’s.