1V W-1 L-1 5th Grand at EARC [Won by Penn]
2V W-0 L-1
1F W-1 L-0
1955 Lightweight Crew Roster
The Navy lightweight eight that raced in the first race of 1955 against Penn.
L-R: Stroke-John Webster ’56, 7-Wally Olsen ’55, 6-Jack McNish ’55, 5-Ken Costilow ’56, 4-Darrow Kirkpatrick ’57, 3-Steve Lowe ’55, 2-Jim Copeland ’56, bow-Jack Cook ’57. Kneeling; Coach Buck Herzog ’46 and Cox John Allen ’55. Photo courtesy of Ken Costilow ’56.
4-23-55 University of Pennsylvania (Inaugural Callow Cup Race) on he Severn River at Annapolis, Maryland
| 1V | 2V | 1F |
| 1- Penn 6:47.00 | 1- Penn 7:00.00 | 1- Navy 7:20.00 |
| 2- Navy 6:48.00 | 2- Navy 7:05.00 | 2- Penn 7:29.00 |
The race was over the standard measured Henley 1 5/16 miles.
Boatings
1V: Bow- John Henry “Jack” Cook, III, ’57, 2- James Rogers “Jim” Copeland ’56, 3- Stephen Douglas “Steve” Lowe ’55, 4- James Darrow Kirkpatrick ’57, 5- Kenneth Lynn “Ken” Costilow ’56, 6- John Edward “Jack” McNish ’55, 7- Walter Edwin “Wally” Olsen ’55, Stroke- John Alden Webster, Jr. ’56, Cox- John Cary Allen ’55
2V: Bow- John Miller Yarbrough ’57, 2- David Malcolm Collins ’57, 3- Gerald Herbert Bee, Jr. ’57, 4- Robert Morgan Wellborn, Jr. ’57, 5- Robert Paul “Bob” Irons, Jr. ’55, 6- Edward John Covey ’56, 7- Ejnar Sigred Christensen, Jr. ’57, Stroke- Albert Paine Williams, Jr. ’57, Cox- John Thomas Gray ’55
1F (Class of 1958): Bow- David Jackson Harriss, 2- George Thomas Bauer, 3- Terry Richard Priebe, 4- George Dallas Peyton II, 5- Barry Jack Howard, 6- Max David Marbain, 7- Frederick Bradley Stumcke, Jr., Stroke- Gary Harold Minar, Cox- Harold Berton Russell, Jr.
5-7-55 Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Dartmouth College on the Charles River at Cambridge, Massachusetts
| 1- Navy 6:54.0 |
| 2- MIT 6:58.1 |
| 3- Harvard 6:58.2 |
| 4- Dartmouth 6:58.4 |
No 2V or 1F
The race was over the standard measured Henley 1 5/16 miles.
Boating
1V: Bow- John Henry “Jack” Cook, III, ’57, 2- James Rogers “Jim” Copeland ’56, 3- Stephen Douglas “Steve” Lowe ’55, 4- James Darrow Kirkpatrick ’57, 5- Robert Paul “Bob” Irons, Jr. ’55, 6- John Edward “Jack” McNish ’55, 7- Kenneth Lynn “Ken” Costilow ’56, Stroke- John Alden Webster, Jr. ’56, Cox- John Cary Allen ’55
5-14-55 EARC Championships on the Charles River at Cambridge, Massachusetts
| 1V | 2V | 1F |
| 1- Penn 6:42.60 | 1- Cornell 6:44.10 | 1- Yale 6:59.20 |
| 2- MIT 6:44.40 | 2- Princeton 6:51.90 | 2- Harvard 6:59.70 |
| 3- Princeton 6:45.00 | 3- Harvard 6:52.00 | 3- Princeton 7:06.00 |
| 4- Cornell 6:49.00 | 4- MIT 7:03.10 | 4- Columbia 7:07.00 |
| 5- Navy 6:52.20 | 5- | 5- |
| 6- Harvard 7:00.00 | 6- | 6- |
| No Navy 2V | No Navy 1F |
The race was over the standard measured Henley 1 5/16 miles.
Boating
1V: Bow- John Henry “Jack” Cook, III, ’57, 2- James Rogers “Jim” Copeland ’56, 3- Stephen Douglas “Steve” Lowe ’55, 4- James Darrow Kirkpatrick ’57, 5- Robert Paul “Bob” Irons, Jr. ’55, 6- John Edward “Jack” McNish ’55, 7- Kenneth Lynn “Ken” Costilow ’56, Stroke- John Alden Webster, Jr. ’56, Cox- John Cary Allen ’55
Following times Courtesy of Ken Costilow ’56.
Trials
Heat One
| 1V | 2V | 1F |
| 1- MIT 6:56.30 | 1- Cornell 6:48.70 | 1- Yale 6:52.30 |
| 2- Navy 6:58.80 | 2- MIT 7:02.00 | 2- Princeton 6:52.50 |
| 3- Harvard 7:01.40 | 3- Yale 7:12.30 | 3- Cornell 6:58.70 |
| 4- Columbia DNQ | 4- Columbia DNQ | 4- MIT DNQ |
Heat Two
| 1V | 2V | 1F |
| 1- Princeton 6:47.40 | 1- Princeton 6:52.60 | 1- Columbia 7:02.80 |
| 2- Penn 6:49.00 | 2- Penn 7:07.10 | 2- Harvard 7:08.50 |
| 3- Cornell 6:52.00 | 3- Harvard 7:09.00 | 3- Dartmouth 7:10.70 |
| 4- Dartmouth DNQ | 4- Dartmouth DNQ | 4- Penn DNQ |
| 5- Yale DNQ |
DNQ – did not qualify
Newspaper Article of Sprints Results
Photo courtesy of Ken Costilow ’56
The Second Navy Lightweight Eight at the Eastern Sprints
| Kneeling: | |
| Cox | John Cary Allen ’55 |
| L – R: | |
| Stroke | John Alden Webster, Jr. ’56 |
| 7 | Kenneth Lynn “Ken” Costilow ’56 |
| 6 | John Edward “Jack” McNish ’55 |
| 5 | Robert Paul “Bob” Irons, Jr. ’55 |
| 4 | James Darrow Kirkpatrick ’57 |
| 3 | Stephen Douglas “Steve” Lowe ’55 |
| 2 | James Rogers “Jim” Copeland ’56 |
| Bow | John Henry “Jack” Cook III ’57 |
1955 N-Winners
Photo courtesy of Ken Costilow ’56.
Coach: John James (Buck) Herzog, LT, USN [USNA ’46]
Plebe Coach:
Officer Rep:
Captain: John E. McNish ’55
Manager: Richard T. Shigley ’56