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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-4 L-2 2nd Grand EARC [Won by Harvard]
2V W-6 L-2 3rd Grand EARC [Won by Harvard]
3V W-3 L-3 Did not row at EARC
1F W-1 L-2 4th Grand EARC [Won by Harvard]
Fall Practice 1974
Bow-to-stern: Luke Memminger ’76, Johnny Green ’76, Phil Schlaepfer ’77, Steve Nimitz ’76, Keith Weaver ’76, Tom Cook ’76, Steve Hall ’75, Phil Kumpis ’76, Cox Ollie Oliveria ’75
4-12-75 Princeton University (Smith Trophy) and Rutgers University at Princeton, New Jersey
| 1V | 2V |
| 1- Rutgers 6:32.8 | 1- Princeton 6:41.1 |
| 2- Navy 6:34.5 | 2- Navy 6:42.8 |
| 3- Princeton 6:43.5 | 3- Rutgers 6:45.2 |
Boatings
1V: Bow- Lucien Dibell “Loush” Memminger ’76; 2- Stephen Clark “Steve” Nimitz ’76; 3- Timothy Michael “Tim” Hagen ’76; 4- Johnny Bert Green ’76; 5- Keith Thomas Weaver II ’76; 6- Thomas Phillip “Tom” Cook ’76; 7- Steven Clark “Steve” Hall ’75; Stroke- Philip Bruno “Phil” Kumpis ’76; Cox- David Kenneth “Ollie” Oliveria ’75
2V: Bow- Walter Philip “Kid” Schlaepfer ’77; 2- Gary Douglas Harrell ’76; 3- Gary Arthur Lundeen ’75; 4- Dennis Duane “Stoney” Stone ’75; 5- Peter Charles “Pete” Filkins ’77; 6- Robert Alan “Bull” Bullock ’75; 7- Francis Sean “Sean” Fogarty ’77; Stroke- Alex Young Cobble ’76; Cox- Peter Martin “Pete” Ellis ’76
4-19-75 United States Coast Guard Academy at Annapolis, Maryland
| 1V | 2V | 1F |
| 1- Navy 7:59 | 1- Navy2V 8:08 | 1- Navy 8:15.2 |
| 2- Coast Guard 8:09.5 | 2- Navy3V 8:33.5 | 2- Coast Guard 9:01.8 |
| 3- Coast Guard 8:35.2 |
Boatings
1V: Bow- Lucien Dibell “Loush” Memminger ’76; 2- Johnny Bert Green ’76; 3- Timothy Michael “Tim” Hagen ’76; 4- Stephen Clark “Steve” Nimitz ’76; 5- Keith Thomas Weaver II ’76; 6- Philip Bruno “Phil” Kumpis ’76; 7- Steven Clark “Steve” Hall ’75; Stroke- Thomas Phillip “Tom” Cook ’76; Cox- David Kenneth “Ollie” Oliveria ’75
2V: Bow- Dennis Duane “Stoney” Stone ’75; 2- Thomas Anton “Hedge” Hejl ’77; 3- Lawrence Charles “Larry” Becker ’77; 4- Walter Philip “Kid” Schlaepfer ’77; 5- Gary Arthur Lundeen ’75; 6- Gary Douglas Harrell ’76; 7- Francis Sean “Sean” Fogarty ’77; Stroke- Robert Alan “Bull” Bullock ’75; Cox- Peter Martin “Pete” Ellis ’76
3V: Boating not available
1F (Class of 1978): Bow- Alexander Bruce “Al” Hnarakis; 2- H. Scott Rodgers; 3- Michael Scott “Mike” McKinney; 4- David Eugene “Dave” Price; 5- Daniel Verne “Dan” Richards; 6- Michael Euric “Mike” Sears; 7- Ty Jeffrey Glasgow; Stroke- Richard Burton “Rich” Wren; Cox- Donald Gathany “Don” Diggs
4-26-75 Harvard University (Haines Cup) at Annapolis, Maryland
| 1V | 2V | 3V | 1F |
| 1- Navy 5:55 | 1- Harvard 6:10.6 | 1- Navy 6:17 | 1- Harvard 6:07.2 |
| 2- Harvard 5:57.6 | 2- Navy 6:16.8 | 2- Harvard 6:37.5 | 2- Navy 6:18 |
Boatings
1V: Bow- Lucien Dibell “Loush” Memminger ’76; 2- Stephen Clark “Steve” Nimitz ’76; 3- Timothy Michael “Tim” Hagen ’76; 4- Johnny Bert Green ’76; 5- Keith Thomas Weaver II ’76; 6- Thomas Phillip “Tom” Cook ’76; 7- Steven Clark “Steve” Hall ’75; Stroke- Philip Bruno “Phil” Kumpis ’76; Cox- David Kenneth “Ollie” Oliveria ’75
2V: Bow- Dennis Duane “Stoney” Stone ’75; 2- Thomas Anton “Hedge” Hejl ’77; 3- Lawrence Charles “Larry” Becker ’77; 4- Walter Philip “Kid” Schlaepfer ’77; 5- Gary Arthur Lundeen ’75; 6- Gary Douglas Harrell ’76; 7- Francis Sean “Sean” Fogarty ’77; Stroke- Robert Alan “Bull” Bullock ’75; Cox- Peter Martin “Pete” Ellis ’76
3V: Boating not available
1F (Class of 1978): Bow- Michael Gary “Mike” Matacz; 2- Joel Edward Bohlmann; 3- Alexander Bruce “Al” Hnarakis; 4- David Eugene “Dave” Price; 5- Daniel Verne “Dan” Richards; 6- Michael Euric “Mike” Sears; 7- Ty Jeffrey Glasgow; Stroke- Richard Burton “Rich” Wren; Cox- Donald Gathany “Don” Diggs
5-3-75 University of Pennsylvania (Callow Cup) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Annapolis, Maryland
| 1V | 2V | 1F |
| 1- Penn 6:37 | 1- Navy2V 6:39 | 1- Penn 6:43 |
| 2- Navy 6:41 | 2- Penn 6:47 | 2- Navy 6:49 |
| 3- MIT | 3- Navy3V 6:53 | |
| 4- MIT 7:09 |
Boatings
1V: Bow- Lucien Dibell “Loush” Memminger ’76; 2- Stephen Clark “Steve” Nimitz ’76; 3- Timothy Michael “Tim” Hagen ’76; 4- Johnny Bert Green ’76; 5- Keith Thomas Weaver II ’76; 6- Thomas Phillip “Tom” Cook ’76; 7- Steven Clark “Steve” Hall ’75; Stroke- Philip Bruno “Phil” Kumpis ’76; Cox- David Kenneth “Ollie” Oliveria ’75
2V: Bow- Dennis Duane “Stoney” Stone ’75; 2- Thomas Anton “Hedge” Hejl ’77; 3- Lawrence Charles “Larry” Becker ’77; 4- Walter Philip “Kid” Schlaepfer ’77; 5- Gary Arthur Lundeen ’75; 6- Gary Douglas Harrell ’76; 7- Francis Sean “Sean” Fogarty ’77; Stroke- Robert Alan “Bull” Bullock ’75; Cox- Peter Martin “Pete” Ellis ’76
3V: Boating not available
1F (Class of 1978): Bow- Loren Craig Divers; 2- Joel Edward Bohlmann; 3- Daniel Verne “Dan” Richards; 4- Michael Euric “Mike” Sears; 5- Ty Jeffrey Glasgow; 6- Christopher John “Chris” Davidson; 7- Sean Kevin McCloskey; Stroke- Richard Burton “Rich” Wren; Cox- Russell Ming “Rusty” Chang
5-11-75 EARC Championships at Princeton, New Jersey
| 1V | 2V | 1F |
| 1- Harvard 6:00.8 | 1- Harvard 6:04.4 | 1- Harvard 6:10.7 |
| 2- Navy 6:01.3 | 2- Rutgers 6:04.7 | 2- Penn 6:16.2 |
| 3- Dartmouth 6:03.2 | 3- Navy 6:09.9 | 3- Princeton 6:19.0 |
| 4- Penn 6:05.8 | 4- Penn 6:11.6 | 4- Navy 6:27.0 |
| 5- Rutgers 6:06.1 | 5- Yale 6:16.5 | 5- Cornell 6:27.7 |
| 6- MIT 6:15.1 | 6- MIT 6:24.4 | 6- Rutgers 6:33.3 |
Boatings
1V: Bow- Lucien Dibell “Loush” Memminger ’76; 2- Stephen Clark “Steve” Nimitz ’76; 3- Timothy Michael “Tim” Hagen ’76; 4- Johnny Bert Green ’76; 5- Keith Thomas Weaver II ’76; 6- Thomas Phillip “Tom” Cook ’76; 7- Steven Clark “Steve” Hall ’75; Stroke- Philip Bruno “Phil” Kumpis ’76; Cox- David Kenneth “Ollie” Oliveria ’75
2V: Bow- Dennis Duane “Stoney” Stone ’75; 2- Thomas Anton “Hedge” Hejl ’77; 3- Lawrence Charles “Larry” Becker ’77; 4- Walter Philip “Kid” Schlaepfer ’77; 5- Gary Arthur Lundeen ’75; 6- Gary Douglas Harrell ’76; 7- Francis Sean “Sean” Fogarty ’77; Stroke- Robert Alan “Bull” Bullock ’75; Cox- Peter Martin “Pete” Ellis ’76
1F (Class of 1978): Bow- Loren Craig Divers; 2- Michael Euric “Mike” Sears; 3- Daniel Verne “Dan” Richards; 4- Joel Edward Bohlmann; 5- Ty Jeffrey Glasgow; 6- David Eugene “Dave” Price; 7- Sean Kevin McCloskey; Stroke- Thomas Mark “Mark” Venettozzi; Cox- Donald Gathany “Don” Diggs
Jope Cup : Harvard (38), Navy (30), Penn (28), Rutgers (25), Princeton (20), MIT (18), Yale (17), Cornell (15), Dartmouth (14), Columbia (6)
Coach: Jon Eric VanAmringe , LT, USN [Yale ’70]
Plebe Coach: Edward G. Ogden, CDR, USN [USNA ’55]
Officer Reps: Charles Royal Stephan, LCDR, USN [USNA ’65], J. N. Peterson, Maj, USMC
Captain: Robert A. Bullock ’75
Manager: George L. “Skip” Wood III ’76
Spirit: Robert A. Bullock ’75, William H. Daley ’75
L-R: Stroke- Phil Kumpis ’76; 7- Steve Hall ’75; 6- Tom Cook ’76; 5- Keith Weaver ’76; 4- Johnny Green ’76; 3- Steve Nimitz ’76; 2- Tim Hagen ’76; Bow- Luc Memminger ’76
Kneeling Cox- Dave Oliveria ’75
Back L-R: Dave Oliveria ’75, Steve Nimitz ’76, Keith Weaver ’76, Tom Cook ’76, Phil Kumpis ’76
Kneeling: Luc Memminger ’76, Steve Hall ’75, Johnny Green ’76, Tim Hagen ’76
Reflections on Shells from Coach Jon Eric VanAmringe, Yale 1970
When I rowed at Yale, all Yale lightweight crews used standard heavyweight Pocock shells – with one exception.For the 1970 spring season the Y150 had a “lightweight” Pocock. Hull was standard with less draft; gunwales were standard but had grooves inside to reduce weight; bow splash guard had “windows” covered with film. In 1970 when we went to Henley Royal Regatta rowing for the “Thames Cup,” our coach opted to ship the shell with hopes of selling her in the UK as a USA special. There were no buyers, and the shell flew back on a Pan Am 747.
When I coached N150, Coach Carl Ullrich (Cornell 1950) had purchased a lightweight Pocock generally known as a “Cedar Speeder.” As before, the hull was standard but cut down to reflect lesser draft, and the gunwales were thinner and cedar rather than the standard stiffer poplar. The result was a slightly lighter boat that had lost a significant amount of stiffness. If you had the boat in slings and wiggled the bow, the whole boat swayed and the stern “wagged.” The boat also experienced some twist as well as the aforementioned yaw. Whatever stiffness she had when built rapidly deteriorated with use and age. Nonetheless, she was a very handsome shell, particularly when the hull was cleaned with a liberal coating of lemon oil.
At the time, we made an attempt to weigh the boats in Hubbard Hall – most exceeded 300lbs rigged and without the additional eight heavy wooden 12’6″ oars. The Battalion boats were heaviest as the hull had some glass reinforcement.
Wooden shells … iron men!