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-1 L-5 3rd Petite EARC
2V W-4 L-2 6th Grand EARC
1F W-2 L-1 2nd Grand EARC
3V W-3 L-0 (Rowing 4+)
1978 Lightweight Crew Roster
4-9-78 Columbia University at Annapolis, Maryland
| 1V | 2V | 1F |
| 1- Navy 6:45.0 | 1- Navy 6:59.9 | 1- Navy 6:36.0 |
| 2- Columbia 7:03.7 | 2- Columbia 7:37.0 | 2- Columbia 6:58.0 |
Boatings
1V: Bow- Michael Gary “Mike” Matacz ’78; 2- Shane William Tippett ’79; 3- Raymond Paul “Ray” Dolan ’79; 4- Michael Joseph “Mike” Gault ’79; 5- Sean Kevin McCloskey ’78; 6- Joel Edward Bohlmann ’78; 7- Alexander Vanleer “Alex” Sharp ’79; Stroke- Randle Lee “Lee” Yarberry ’78; Cox- Russell Ming “Rusty” Chang ’78
2V: Bow- Carl Andrew Harris ’79; 2- Steven Derwood “Steve” Kinney ’78; 3- John Leslie Woodward, Jr. ’78; 4- James Thomas “Tom” Strader ’79; 5- Carl Patrick “Pat” Dennis ’79; 6- Charles Elwin “Win” Everett, Jr. ’80; 7- Robert Stiles “Bob” Harward, Jr. ’79; Stroke- James Alan “Jim” Genter ’80; Cox- Vincent Michael “Vince” Balderrama ’78
1F (Class of 1981): Bow- Stephen Phillip Zirkle; 2- Steven Wallace “Steve” Colon; 3- Joseph C. “Joe” Adan; 4- James Matthew Gross; 5- William Holtan “Bill” Wakeley; 6- Jaime Navarro; 7- Fredrick Morley “Fred” Tettlebach II; Stroke- Donald Patterson Roane Jr.; Cox- Eric Joseph Massa
4-15-78 Princeton University (Smith Trophy) at Annapolis, Maryland
| 1V | 2V | 1F |
| 1- Princeton 6:41.0 | 1- Navy 6:47.9 | 1- Navy 6:43.1 |
| 2- Navy 6:47.8 | 2- Princeton 6:52.4 | 2- Princeton 6:46.2 |
Boatings
1V: Bow- Michael Gary “Mike” Matacz ’78; 2- James Alan “Jim” Genter ’80; 3- Raymond Paul “Ray” Dolan ’79; 4- Michael Joseph “Mike” Gault ’79; 5- Sean Kevin McCloskey ’78; 6- Joel Edward Bohlmann ’78; 7- Alexander Vanleer “Alex” Sharp ’79; Stroke- Randle Lee “Lee” Yarberry ’78; Cox- Russell Ming “Rusty” Chang ’78
2V: Bow- Carl Andrew Harris ’79; 2- Shane William Tippett ’79; 3- John Leslie Woodward, Jr. ’78; 4- Steven Derwood “Steve” Kinney ’78; 5- Carl Patrick “Pat” Dennis ’79; 6- James Thomas “Tom” Strader ’79; 7- Robert Stiles “Bob” Harward, Jr. ’79; Stroke- Charles Elwin “Win” Everett, Jr. ’80; Cox- Vincent Michael “Vince” Balderrama ’78
1F (Class of 1981): Bow- Stephen Phillip Zirkle; 2- Jaime Navarro; 3- Joseph C. “Joe” Adan; 4- Steven Wallace “Steve” Colon; 5- William Holtan “Bill” Wakeley; 6- James Matthew Gross; 7- Fredrick Morley “Fred” Tettlebach II; Stroke- Gene Rex Givan; Cox- Daniel Tyler “Dan” Pedersen
4-22-78 United States Coast Guard Academy at New London, Connecticut
| 1V | 2V | 1F |
| 1- Coast Guard 5:57.0 | 1- Navy 6:04.1 | 1- Coast Guard 6:54.4 |
| 2- Navy 6:00.0 | 2- Coast Guard 6:04.2 | 2- Navy 7:02.7 |
Boatings
1V: Bow- Michael Gary “Mike” Matacz ’78; 2- Randle Lee “Lee” Yarberry ’78; 3- Raymond Paul “Ray” Dolan ’79; 4- Michael Joseph “Mike” Gault ’79; 5- Sean Kevin McCloskey ’78; 6- Joel Edward Bohlmann ’78; 7- Alexander Vanleer “Alex” Sharp ’79; Stroke- James Alan “Jim” Genter ’80; Cox- Russell Ming “Rusty” Chang ’78
2V: Bow- Carl Andrew Harris ’79; 2- Shane William Tippett ’79; 3- John Leslie Woodward, Jr. ’78; 4- Steven Derwood “Steve” Kinney ’78; 5- Carl Patrick “Pat” Dennis ’79; 6- James Thomas “Tom” Strader ’79; 7- Robert Stiles “Bob” Harward, Jr. ’79; Stroke- Charles Elwin “Win” Everett, Jr. ’80; Cox- Vincent Michael “Vince” Balderrama ’78
3V 4+: Bow- Michael Joseph Madden ’80; 2- Michael Scott McKinney ’78; 3- Mark Bass Vaughan ’80; Stroke- Kenneth Lyle “Ken” Ritz ’79; Cox- Paul Bernard Mansfield ’78
4-29-78 Harvard University (Haines Cup) at Cambridge, Massachusetts
| 1V | 2V | 3V 4+ |
| 1- Harvard 6:34.9 | 1- Harvard 6:45.1 | 1- Navy 7:50.0 |
| 2- Navy 6:44.0 | 2- Navy 7:01.5 | 2- Harvard A 7:57.5 |
| 3- Harvard B 7:58.5 |
Boatings
1V: Bow- Michael Gary “Mike” Matacz ’78; 2- Randle Lee “Lee” Yarberry ’78; 3- Sean Kevin McCloskey ’78; 4- Joel Edward Bohlmann ’78; 5- Raymond Paul “Ray” Dolan ’79; 6- Michael Joseph “Mike” Gault ’79; 7- Alexander Vanleer “Alex” Sharp ’79; Stroke- James Alan “Jim” Genter ’80; Cox- Russell Ming “Rusty” Chang ’78
2V: Bow- Carl Andrew Harris ’79; 2- Shane William Tippett ’79; 3- John Leslie Woodward, Jr. ’78; 4- Steven Derwood “Steve” Kinney ’78; 5- Carl Patrick “Pat” Dennis ’79; 6- James Thomas “Tom” Strader ’79; 7- Robert Stiles “Bob” Harward, Jr. ’79; Stroke- Charles Elwin “Win” Everett, Jr. ’80; Cox- Vincent Michael “Vince” Balderrama ’78
3V 4+: Bow- Eugene Gerald “Gene” Huether ’80; 2- Kenneth Lyle “Ken” Ritz ’79; 3- Mark Bass Vaughan ’80; Stroke- Michael Ramsey Stewart ’79; Cox- Charles Alan “Chuck” Ward ’80
5-6-78 University of Pennsylvania (Callow Cup) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| 1V | 2V | 3V 4+ |
| 1- Penn 6:17.3 | 1- Penn 6:38.1 | 1- Navy 7:50.8 |
| 2- MIT 6:18.3 | 2- Navy 6:45.6 | 2- Penn 8:06.0 |
| 3- Navy 6:23.3 | 3- MIT 6:46.4 |
Boatings
1V: Bow- Carl Patrick “Pat” Dennis ’79; 2- Randle Lee “Lee” Yarberry ’78; 3- Sean Kevin McCloskey ’78; 4- Joel Edward Bohlmann ’78; 5- Raymond Paul “Ray” Dolan ’79; 6- Michael Joseph “Mike” Gault ’79; 7- Alexander Vanleer “Alex” Sharp ’79; Stroke- James Alan “Jim” Genter ’80; Cox- Vincent Michael “Vince” Balderrama ’78
2V: Bow- Eugene Gerald “Gene” Huether ’80; 2- Shane William Tippett ’79; 3- John Leslie Woodward, Jr. ’78; 4- Steven Derwood “Steve” Kinney ’78; 5- Michael Gary “Mike” Matacz ’78; 6- James Thomas “Tom” Strader ’79; 7- Robert Stiles “Bob” Harward, Jr. ’79; Stroke- Charles Elwin “Win” Everett, Jr. ’80; Cox- Russell Ming “Rusty” Chang ’78
3V 4+: Bow- Michael Scott McKinney ’78; 2- Kenneth Lyle “Ken” Ritz ’79; 3- Mark Bass Vaughan ’80; Stroke- M Ramsey Stewart ’79; Cox- Charles Alan “Chuck” Ward ’80
5-14-78 EARC Championships at Worcester, Massachusetts
| 1V | 2V | 1F |
| Grand | Grand | Grand |
| 1- Harvard 6:16.5 | 1- Harvard 6:08.4 | 1- Dartmouth 6:26.0 |
| 2- Princeton 6:17.8 | 2- Penn 6:16.5 | 2- Navy 6:27.5 |
| 3- Rutgers 6:20.1 | 3- Cornell 6:16.8 | 3- Cornell 6:33.6 |
| 4- | 4- Rutgers 6:23.9 | 4- Yale 6:36.0 |
| 5- | 5- Princeton 6:27.7 | 5- Harvard 6:41.1 |
| 6- | 6- Navy 6:28.2 | 6- Princeton 6:49.0 |
| Petite | ||
| 7- Yale 6:25.3 | ||
| 8- Dartmouth 6:26.3 | ||
| 9- Navy 6:26.4 |
Boatings
1V: Bow- Sean Kevin McCloskey ’78; 2- Randle Lee “Lee” Yarberry ’78; 3- Raymond Paul “Ray” Dolan ’79; 4- Joel Edward Bohlmann ’78; 5- Carl Patrick “Pat” Dennis ’79; 6- Michael Joseph “Mike” Gault ’79; 7- Alexander Vanleer “Alex” Sharp ’79; Stroke- James Alan “Jim” Genter ’80; Cox- Russell Ming “Rusty” Chang ’78
2V: Bow- Carl Andrew Harris ’79; 2- Shane William Tippett ’79; 3- Michael Gary “Mike” Matacz ’78; 4- Steven Derwood “Steve” Kinney ’78; 5- John Leslie Woodward, Jr. ’78; 6- James Thomas “Tom” Strader ’79; 7- Robert Stiles “Bob” Harward, Jr. ’79; Stroke- Charles Elwin “Win” Everett, Jr. ’80; Cox- Vincent Michael “Vince” Balderrama ’78
1F (Class of 1981): Bow- Joseph C. “Joe” Adan; 2- Jaime Navarro; 3- William Holtan “Bill” Wakeley; 4- John Edward Murphy; 5- Stephen Paul “Steve” Tyksinski; 6- Gene Rex Givan; 7- Fredrick Morley “Fred” Tettlebach II; Stroke- Steven Wallace “Steve” Colon; Cox- Daniel Tyler “Dan” Pedersen
Jope Cup: Harvard (34), Cornell (28), Princeton (26), Penn (23), Rutgers (22), Dartmouth (21), Navy (20), MIT (17), Yale (17)
Coach: P. D. (Dirk) Mosis III, Capt, USMC [USNA ’73]
Plebe Coach: Robert J. Kasper, Jr., LT, USN [Stanford ’72]
Officer Rep: Michael J. Malone, LT, USN [USNA ’69]
Captain: Sean K. McCloskey ’78
Manager: Paul B. Mansfield ’78
Spirit: Sean K. McCloskey ’78