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 Fourth Varsity and Fifth Varsity eights each win gold at the Eastern Sprints, and Navy’s lightweight coxed four wins the national title at the 2017 115th Annual National IRA Regatta on Lake Natoma, California.
Spring Season
1V W-4 L-3 ; EARC- 7; IRA- 7
2V W-4 L-3 ; EARC- 3
3V W-6 L-3 ; EARC- 5
4V W-10 L-1 ; EARC- 1
5V W-6 L-4 ; EARC- 1 [rowed in 5V-6V race]
6V W-1 L-0 ; EARC- 3 [rowed in 5V-6V race]
VL4+ IRA- 1
VL4- IRA- 4
| 3/25/17 – Princeton University (Murtaugh Cup and Smith Trophy) on Lake Carnegie at Princeton, New Jersey | |||||
| 1V | 2V | 3V | 4V | 5V | |
| 1- Navy 5:57.5 | 1- Princeton 5:57.5 | 1- Princeton 6:10.0 | 1- Princeton 6:09.5 | 1- Navy 6:16.8 | |
| 2- Princeton 6:01.1 | 2- Navy 6:01.2 | 2- Navy 6:13.3 | 2- Navy 6:14.1 | 2- Princeton 6:35.9 | |
Boat Lineups Not Available
| 4/1/17 – Yale University (Eads Johnson, Jr. Cup) on Lake Carnegie at Princeton, New Jersey | |||||
| 1V | 2V | 3V | 4V | 5V | 6V (guest race) |
| 1- Yale 6:05.3 | 1- Yale 6:14.8 | 1- Yale 6:24.8 | 1- Navy 6:27.8 | No Race | 1- Navy NTT |
| 2- Navy 6:17.0 | 2- Navy 6:20.8 | 2- Navy 6:32.1 | 2- Yale 6:42.2 | 2- Princeton +7.2 sec | |
Boat Lineups Not Available
| 4/8/17 – Columbia University (WIT Cup) on the Severn River at Annapolis, Maryland | |||||
| 1V | 2V | 3V | |||
| 1- Navy 5:54.6 | 1- Navy 6:02.3 | 1- Navy4V 6:07.6 | |||
| 2- Columbia 5:56.0 | 2- Columbia 6:03.7 | 2- Navy3V 6:13.2 | |||
| 3- Navy5V 6:17.0 | |||||
| 4- Columbia 6:37.4 | |||||
Boat Lineups for Columbia Races
First Varsity 8
Bow: Anlon McGuigan ’17, 2: Matthew Shirey ’18, 3: Hank Forsythe ’18, 4: Sam Haber ’18, 5: Austin Treubert ’18, 6: Andrew Schutta ’18, 7: Noah Chaskin ’20, Stroke: Kaden Dohm ’20, Cox: Grace Albertson ’17
Second Varsity 8
Bow: Drew Bennett ’19, 2: Matthew Walsh ’17, 3: Morgan Whetstone ’19, 4: Brant McGuigan ’17, 5: Will Herbert ’17, 6: Ben Skinner ’19, 7: Patrick Watler ’19, Stroke: Clay Jackson ’19, Cox: Cullen Harper ’19
Third Varsity 8
Bow: Theo Freidenrich ’20, 2: Mitchell Bond ’17, 3: Creighton Tarrant ’20, 4: Dechlan Mercer ’20, 5: Gracen Glaubitz ’19, 6: Bryan Colasacco ’17, 7: Patrick Leech ’17, Stroke: Ian Best ’17, Cox: Christophe Theodore ’20
Fourth Varsity 8
Bow: Sean Williamson ’17, 2: Robert Woods ’17, 3: Max Gelbach ’20, 4: Dan Johnston ’19, 5: Ben Blakeslee ’19, 6: Joseph Yates ’17, 7: Ben Capannari ’20, Stroke: Brendan Philbin ’20, Cox: Tera Geoffroy ’20
Fifth Varsity 8
Bow: Alexander Wieman ’18, 2: Brent Niewoehner ’17, 3: Karl Schwarzkopf ’20, 4: Tyler Schatz ’20, 5: Leor Golan ’19, 6: Luke Robertson ’20, 7: Brendan Finn ’20, Stroke: Collin Snyder ’19, Cox: Brianna Kaufmann ’18
| 4/15/17 – Georgetown University (Forster Cup) on the Potomac River at Washington, D.C. | ||||
| 1V | 2V | 3V | 4V | |
| 1- Navy 6:01.15 | 1- Navy 6:07.03 | 1- Navy 6:12.79 | 1- Navy4V 6:11.86 | |
| 2- Georgetown 6:10.76 | 2- Georgetown 6:18.03 | 2- Georgetown 6:25.30 | 2- Navy5V 6:23.44 | |
| 3- Georgetown 6:39.28 | ||||
Boat Lineups Not Available
| 4/22/17 – Harvard University (Haines Cup and Team Trophy) and University of Delaware on the Charles River
at Boston, Massachusetts |
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| 1V | 2V | 3V | 4V | 5V |
| 1- Harvard 5:51.6 | 1- Harvard 5:51.5 | 1- Navy 5:57.2 | 1- Navy 5:57.5 | 1- Navy 6:07.2 |
| 2- Navy 5:57.5 | 2- Navy 5:53.5 | 2- Harvard 6:00.2 | 2- Harvard 6:01.6 | 2- Harvard5V 6:08.3 |
| 3- Delaware 5:57.8 | 3- Delaware 6:06.5 | 3- Delaware 6:15.7 | 3- Delaware 6:11.3 | 3- Delaware 6:24.8 |
| 4- Harvard6V 6:31.5 | ||||
Boat Lineups Not Available
| 4/29/17 – University of Pennsylvania (Callow Cup and 1919 Cup) on the Severn River at Annapolis, Maryland |
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| 1V | 2V | 3V | 4V | 4+ |
| 1- Penn 6:01.7 | 1- Navy 6:11.8 | 1- Navy 6:23.4 | 1- Navy4V 6:36.3 | 1- Navy A 7:00.2 |
| 2- Navy 6:13.5* | 2- Penn 6:16.3 | 2- Penn 6:45.0 | 2- Navy5V 6:44.0 | 2- Navy B 7:12.4 |
| 3- Penn 7:05.7 | 3- Penn 7:22.9 | |||
* At approximately the last 250m mark of the Varsity 8+ race, with Penn leading by one (1) seat, the Navy 1V progress was completely halted by a boat-stopping crab by the stroke seat.
Boat Lineups for Penn Races
First Varsity 8
Bow- Matt Shirey ’18, 2- Anlon McGuigan ’17, 3- Sam Haber ’18, 4- Hank Forsythe ’18, 5- Noah Chaskin ’20, 6- Andrew Schutta ’18, 7- Austin Treubert ’18, Stroke- Kaden Dohm ’20, Cox- Grace Albertson ’17
Second Varsity 8
Bow- Drew Bennett ’19, 2- Matthew Walsh ’17, 3- Morgan Whetstone ’19, 4- Brant McGuigan ’17, 5- Patrick Watler ’19, 6- Ben Skinner ’19, 7- Ben Capannari ’20, Stroke- Clay Jackson ’19, Cox- Cullen Harper ’19
Third Varsity 8 Bow- Sean Williamson ’17, 2- Robert Woods ’17, 3- Ben Blakeslee ’19, 4- Joseph Yates ’17, 5- Theo Freidenrich ’20, 6- Ian Best ’17, 7- Will Herbert ’17, Stroke- Brendan Philbin ’20, Cox- Tera Geoffroy ’20
Fourth Varsity 8
Bow- Mitchell Bond ’17, 2- Creighton Tarrant ’20, 3- Danny Johnston ’19, 4- Patrick Leech ’17, 5- Bryan Colasacco ’17, 6- Max Gelbach ’20, 7- Dechlan Mercer ’20, Stroke- Gracen Glaubitz ’19, Cox- Christophe Theodore ’20
Fifth Varsity 8 Bow- Brent Niewoehner ’17, 2- Joe Ellis ’17, 3- Tyler Schatz ’20, 4- Alexander Wieman ’18, 5- Collin Snyder ’19, 6- Brendan Finn ’20, 7- Luke Robertson ’20, Stroke- Leor Golan ’19, Cox- Brianna Kauffman ’18
Sixth Varsity 4 ‘A’
Bow- Taylor Porges ’19, 2- Jon Pyzdrowski ’19, 3- Colby Ko ’17, Stroke- Andrew Grothmann ’18, Cox: Brian Tat ’20
Sixth Varsity 4 ‘B’
Bow- Andrew Reinhart ’19, 2- Austin Bowman ’20, 3- Corey Onufrak ’20, Stroke- Luke Waldo ’20, Cox- Patrick Urrutia ’20
| 5/14/17 – EARC Championships on Lake Quinsigamond at Worcester, Massachusetts | |||||
| 1V | 2V | 3V | 4V | 5V/6V | |
| 1- Cornell 5:40.808 | 1- Harvard 5:46.553 | 1- Yale 5:49.542 | 1- Navy 5:51.300 | 1- Navy 5V 5:58.474 | |
| 2- Harvard 5:41.656 | 2- Yale 5:48.458 | 2- Princeton 5:51.319 | 2- Princeton 5:51.732 | 2- Harvard 5V 5:58.942 | |
| 3- Pennsylvania 5:43.064 | 3- Navy 5:48.525 | 3- Harvard 5:52.121 | 3- Cornell 5:55.285 | 3- Navy 6V 6:05.080 | |
| 4- Columbia 5:45.091 | 4- Princeton 5:51.141 | 4- Cornell 5:54.616 | 4- Harvard 5:55.362 | 4- Cornell 5V 6:08.247 | |
| 5- Princeton 5:45.210 | 5- Columbia 5:51.984 | 5- Navy 5:55.476 | 5- Yale 6:04.563 | 5- Princeton 5V 6:08.538 | |
| 6- Yale 5:47.095 | 6- Cornell 5:53.029 | 6- Columbia 6:08.001 | 6- Dartmouth 6:12.934 | 6- Harvard 6V 6:18.082 | |
| 7- Pennsylvania 6:16.944 | |||||
| Petite | |||||
| 1V | 2V | 3V | 4V | 5V/6V | |
| 1- Navy 5:48.886 | 1- Pennsylvania 5:58.146 | 1- Georgetown 6:02.048 | No Petite Final | No Petite Final | |
| 2- Georgetown 5:49.602 | 2- Dartmouth 6:01.721 | 2- Dartmouth 6:02.370 | |||
| 3- Dartmouth 5:55.984 | 3- Georgetown 6:05.544 | 3- Pennsylvania 6:25.530 | |||
| 4- MIT 6:02.003 | 4- MIT 6:12.246 | ||||
Jope Cup: 1-Harvard (35); 2-Yale (30); 3-Cornell (30); 4-Princeton (28); 5-Columbia (24); 6-Navy (23); 7-Pennsylvania (19); 8-Georgetown (13); 9-Dartmouth (12); 10- MIT (5)
Wright Trophy (1V): Cornell
Cornell Trophy (2V): Harvard
Kilpatrick Cup (3V): Yale
2017 Navy5V celebrating with their Eastern Sprints gold medals
L-R: Bow-Brent Niewoehner ’17, 2-Joe Ellis ’17, 3-Tyler Schatz ’20, 4-Alexander Wieman ’18, Cox-Brianna Kauffman ’18, 5-Collin Snyder ’19, 6-Brendan Finn ’20, 7-Luke Robertson ’20, Stroke-Leor Golan ’19
Photo courtesy of Navy Lightweight Crew
Boat Lineups for Sprints
First Varsity 8
Bow: Matthew Shirey ’18, 2: Anlon McGuigan ’17, 3: Sam Haber ’18, 4: Andrew Schutta ’18, 5: Noah Chaskin ’20, 6: Ben Skinner ’19, 7: Austin Treubert ’18, Stroke: Kaden Dohm ’20, Cox: Grace Albertson ’17
Second Varsity 8
Bow: Drew Bennett ’19, 2: Matthew Walsh ’17, 3: Hank Forsythe ’18, 4: Brant McGuigan ’17, 5: Patrick Watler ’19, 6: Ian Best ’17, 7: Ben Capannari ’20, Stroke: Clay Jackson ’19, Cox: Cullen Harper ’19
Third Varsity 8
Bow: Sean Williamson ’17, 2: Robert Woods ’17, 3: Morgan Whetstone ’19, 4: Ben Blakeslee ’19, 5: Theo Freidenrich ’20, 6: Joseph Yates ’17, 7: Will Herbert ’17, Stroke: Brendan Philbin ’20, Cox: Tera Geoffroy ’20
Fourth Varsity 8
Bow: Mitchell Bond ’17, 2: Creighton Tarrant ’20, 3: Dan Johnston ’19, 4: Patrick Leech ’17, 5: Bryan Colasacco ’17, 6: Max Gelbach ’20, 7: Dechlan Mercer ’20, Stroke: Gracen Glaubitz ’19, Cox: Christophe Theodore ’20
Fifth Varsity 8
Bow: Brent Niewoehner ’17, 2: Joe Ellis ’17, 3: Tyler Schatz ’20, 4: Alexander Wieman ’18, 5: Collin Snyder ’19, 6: Brendan Finn ’20, 7: Luke Robertson ’20, Stroke: Leor Golan ’19, Cox: Brianna Kauffman ’18
Sixth Varsity 8
Bow: Austin Bowman ’20, 2: Luke Waldo ’20, 3: Taylor Porges ’19, 4: Jon Pyzdrowski ’19, 5: Karl Schwarzkopf ’20, 6: Jesse Hall ’20, 7: Colby Ko ’17, Stroke: Andrew Grothmann ’18, Cox: Patrick Urrutia ’20
6/04/17 – IRA National Championships on Lake Natoma at Golden River, California
MVL8+ Grand (The 1922 Trophy)
1- Cornell 5:40.172
2- Pennsylvania 5:41.087
3- Yale 5:43.072
4- Harvard 5:43.321
5- Princeton 5:45.778
6- Columbia 5:45.976
MVL8+ Petite
7- Navy 5:54.299
8- Georgetown 5:56.123
MVL4+ Grand (Healy Cup)
1- Navy 6:26.595
2- Harvard 6:32.351
3- Dartmouth 6:32.587
4- Columbia 6:36.677
5- Pennsylvania 6:40.388
6- Princeton 6:46.914
MVL4+ Petite
7- Yale 6:33.689
8- Colgate 6:38.633
9- Cornell 6:41.234
10- MIT 6:41.237
11- Georgetown 6:51.818
MVL4- Grand
1- Harvard 6:06.700
2- Princeton 6:10.144
3- Cornell 6:17.729
4- Navy 6:18.104
5- Pennsylvania 6:21.925
6- Dartmouth 6:25.620
MVL4- Petite
7- Columbia 6:19.563
8- Yale 6:22.718
9- Georgetown 6:26.165
10- MIT 6:36.392
2017 Navy 4+ celebrating with their IRA gold medals
L-R: Stroke- Creighton Tarrant ’20; 3- Hank Forsythe ’18; Cox- Cullen Harper ’19, 2- Sam Haber ’18; Bow- Drew Bennett ’19; Coach James Sands
Photo courtesy of Navy Lightweight Crew
Boat Lineups for IRA
MVL8+ : Bow- Noah Chaskin ’20; 2- Anlon McGuigan ’17; 3- Matthew Shirey ’18; 4- Andrew Schutta ’18; 5- Austin Treubert ’18; 6- Kaden Dohm ’20; 7- Ben Capannari ’20; Stroke- Clay Jackson ’19; Cox- Grace Albertson ’17
MVL4+ : Bow- Drew Bennett ’19; 2- Sam Haber ’18; 3- Hank Forsythe ’18; Stroke- Creighton Tarrant ’20; Cox- Cullen Harper ’19
MVL4- : Bow- Matthew Walsh ’17; 2- Ben Skinner ’19; 3- Brant McGuigan ’17; Stroke- Ian Best ’17;
Coach: Shawn Bagnall [Washington State University 1999]
Assistant Coach: James Sands [Wisconsin 2007]
Varsity Officer Rep: Capt Andrew Lewis, USMC
Faculty Rep: LCDR Brian Connett, USN
Captain: Matthew Walsh ’17
Manager:
Spirit: Patrick Leech ’17