Compiled, researched and written by Gary Lundeen ’75. Please send any additions and/or corrections and vintage photos to the NavyLights Staff Historian.
1V W-2 L-2 Three-way tie for 1st EARC [ Navy , Cornell, MIT]
2V W-2 L-2 5th Grand EARC [Won by Harvard]
1F W-1 L-2 Did not row at EARC
4-7-62 George Washington HS at Annapolis, Maryland canceled due to rough water
4-14-62 Harvard University (Haines Cup) at Cambridge, Massachusetts
| 1V | 2V |
| 1- Harvard | 1- Harvard |
| 2- Navy | 2- Navy |
4-14-62 Hammond HS at Annapolis, Maryland – canceled due to rough water
4-21-62 Princeton University at Annapolis, Maryland
| 1V | 2V | 1F |
| 1- Princeton | 1- Navy | 1- Princeton |
| 2- Navy | 2- Princeton | 2- Navy |
4-28-62 St Andrew’s HS at Annapolis, Maryland
| 1F | 2F |
| 1- St Andrew’s | 1- St Andrew’s |
| 2- Navy | 2- Navy |
5-5-62 Yale University at Annapolis, Maryland
| 1V | 2V | 1F |
| 1- Navy | 1- Navy | 1- Navy |
| 2- Yale | 2- Yale | 2- Yale |
5-12-62 University of Pennsylvania (Callow Cup) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| 1V | 2V |
| 1- Navy | 1- MIT |
| 2- MIT | 2- Navy |
| 3- Penn | 3- Penn |
5-19-62 EARC Championships at Worcester, Massachusetts
| 1V | 2V | 3V |
| 1- Navy | 1- Harvard | 1- Harvard |
| 1- Cornell | 2- Cornell | 2- MIT |
| 1- MIT | 3- MIT | 3- Cornell |
| 4- Harvard | 4- | Navy did not enter |
| 5- Princeton | 5- Navy |
Three-way dead heat MVL8 championship finish
1962 Eastern Sprints Lightweight Crew Three-Way Dead Heat Championship
Navy- near-shore; Cornell- middle; MIT- foreground
Clipping courtesy of Ernie Fischer ’62
Ernie Fischer Letter to Parents 20 May 1962
Courtesy of Ernie Fischer ’62
Baltimore Sun Article
Courtesy of Ernie Fischer ’62
The Night Before the Eastern Sprints
The night before the 1962 Eastern Sprints Championship race. Paul Harvey ’62 in the letter sweater; John LaVoo ’62 (wristwatch showing); cox Larry Yandell ’62 facing away.
Upon graduation John LaVoo was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Marines and subsequently earned his Wings of Gold. On 19 September 1968, John was killed in action over North Vietnam. John came home 31 years later. Requiescat in Pace.
Photo courtesy of Ernie Fischer ’62.
Coach: Robert B. (Bob) White, LT, USN [Columbia]
Plebe Coach: Robert W. G. Jones, Capt, USMC [USNA ’53]
Officer Rep:
Captain: Paul R. Harvey ’62
Manager: John L. Hammer III ’62