Compiled, researched and written by Gary Lundeen ’75. Please send any additions and/or corrections and vintage photos to the NavyLights Staff Historian.
Navy’s First and Second Freshmen eights take gold at the Eastern Sprints!
1V W-5 L-1 4th Grand EARC 6th Grand IRA
2V W-4 L-1 3rd Grand EARC
3V W-3 L-1 2nd Grand EARC
1F W-5 L-0 1st Grand EARC
2F W-2 L-0 1st Grand EARC
3-26-05 Princeton University (Smith Trophy) at Princeton, New Jersey
| 1V | 2V | 3V | 1F | 2F |
| 1- Navy 5:57.2 | 1- Navy 6:09.5 | 1- Princeton 6:13.3 | 1- Navy 6:06.6 | No Race |
| 2- Princeton 6:01.7 | 2- Princeton 6:13.7 | 2- Navy 6:16.7 | 2- Princeton 6:12.6 |
4-2-05 Yale University (Eads Johnson, Jr. Cup) at Mercer Lake, New Jersey
| 1V | 2V | 3V | 1F | 2F |
| 1- Navy 6:28.8 | 1- Navy 6:49.5 | 1- Navy 7:09 | 1- Navy 6:52 | No Race |
| 2- Yale 6:31.32 | 2- Yale 6:50.4 | 2- Yale 7:39 | 2- Yale 7:036 |
4-9-05 Rutgers University and Columbia University at Orchard Beach Lagoon, Pelham, New York
| 1V | 2V | 3V | 1F | 2F |
| 1- Navy 5:57.36 | 1- Navy 6:07.18 | No Race | 1- Navy 6:02.38 | 1- Navy 6:13.36 |
| 2- Rutgers 6:01.81 | 2- Rutgers 6:12.79 | 2- Columbia 6:09.42 | 2- Columbia 6:21.76 | |
| 3- Columbia 6:04.39 | 3- Columbia 6:32.06 | 3- Rutgers 6:28.04 | 3- Rutgers 6:24.33 |
4-16-05 Georgetown University at Washington, D.C.
| 1V | 2V | 3V | 1F | 2F |
| 1- Navy 6:04.6 | 1- Navy 6:03.1 | 1- Navy 6:11.6 | 1- Navy 6:05.6 | No Race |
| 2- Georgetown 6:09.5 | 2- Georgetown 6:10.5 | 2- Navy2F 6:21.0 | 2- Georgetown 6:30.9 | |
| 3- Georgetown 6:41.8 |
4-23 05 Harvard University (Haines Cup) and Boston College at Cambridge, Massachusetts
| 1V | 2V | 3V | 1F | 2F |
| 1- Harvard 5:49.3 | 1- Harvard 5:54.7 | 1- Navy 6:06.7 | 1- Navy 6:00 | 1- Navy 6:20.2 |
| 2- Navy 5:54.0 | 2- Navy 5:57.5 | 2- Harvard 6:20.9 | 2- Harvard 6:12 | 2- Harvard 6:31.3 |
| 3- Boston College 6:02.1 |
5-15-05 EARC Championships at Worcester, Massachusetts
| 1V | 2V | 3V | 1F | 2F |
| 1- Harvard 5:40.567 | 1- Harvard 5:49.289 | 1- Cornell 5:53.825 | 1- Navy 5:48.437 | 1- Navy 6:05.848 |
| 2- Yale 5:40.791 | 2- Cornell 5:50.719 | 2- Navy3V 5:55.761 | 2- Princeton 5:49.664 | 2- Columbia 6:09.966 |
| 3- Cornell 5:40.824 | 3- Navy 5:51.988 | 3- Princeton 5:55.958 | 3- Columbia 5:54.724 | 3- Delaware 6:17.100 |
| 4- Navy 5:41.529 | 4- Penn 5:55.899 | 4- Yale 6:00.941 | 4- Yale 5:55.678 | 4- Harvard 6:21.076 |
| 5- Georgetown 5:45.894 | 5- Princeton 5:58.450 | 5- Navy4V 6:07.228 | 5- Harvard 5:58.993 | 5- Cornell 6:28.627 |
| 6- Penn 5:46.885 | 6- Dartmouth 6:05.391 | 6- Georgetown 6:22.847 | 6- Dartmouth 5:59.798 |
Petite
| 1V | 2V | 3V | 1F | 2F |
| 1- Rutgers 5:48.388 | 1- Georgetown 5:54.512 | No Petite | 1- Cornell 6:01.088 | No Petite |
| 2- Columbia 5:48.989 | 2- Yale 5:56.814 | 2- Rutgers 6:04.129 | ||
| 3- Princeton 5:50.872 | 3- Rutgers 6:01.932 | 3- Delaware 6:05.981 | ||
| 4- Delaware 5:51.138 | 4- Columbia 6:07.718 | 4- Georgeown 6:08.850 | ||
| 5- Dartmouth 5:53.027 | 5- Delaware 6:17.666 | 5- Penn 6:09.651 | ||
| 6- MIT 6:11.101 | 6- MIT 6:28.811 |
Jope Cup: Harvard (35), Navy (31), Cornell (27), Yale (25), Princeton (22), Penn (18), Georgetown (16), Columbia (16), Dartmouth (15), Rutgers (13), Delaware (7), MIT (0)
5-29-05 University of Pennsylvania (Callow Cup) at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| 1V | 2V | 3V | 1F | 2F |
| 1- Navy 5:50.6 | No Race | No Race | No Race | No Race |
| 2- Penn 5:53.4 |
2-4 June 2005 IRA Championships at Cooper River Park, Camden County, New Jersey
1V
1- Yale 5:41.89
2- Cornell 5:43.39
3- Penn 5:44.71
4- Harvard 5:45.45
5- Georgetown 5:45.82
6- Navy 5:46.9
Petite
1- Rutgers 5:48.74
2- Columbia 5:53.1
3- California 5:54.55
4- Delaware 5:55.78
5- Boston College 5:56.7
6- Ohio St 6:05.1
Coach: Rob Friedrich [Rutgers ’97]
Plebe Coach: Jonathan S. (Steve) Perry [Rutgers ’99]
Officer Rep: LCDR Thomas M. Callender IV, USN [USNA ’90]
Plebe Officer Rep: Maj Stuart R. Lockhart, USMC [USNA ’91]
Faculty Rep: LCDR Gregory B. Cotten, USN [USNA ’87]
Captain: James J. Sopko ’05
Manager:
Spirit: James J. Sopko ’05