Compiled, researched and written by Gary Lundeen ’75. Please send any additions and/or corrections and vintage photos to the NavyLights Staff Historian.
LXXIII: 2025 - 2026 1V W-1 L-6 Eastern Sprints- IRA- 2V W-4 L-4 Eastern Sprints- IRA- 3V W-6 L-5 Eastern Sprints- 4V W-9 L-4 Eastern Sprints- 5V W-0 L-10 Eastern Sprints- 4+ IRA-
| 03-21-26 Princeton University (Murtaugh Cup and Smith Trophy) on the Severn River at Annapolis, Maryland | |||||
| 1V | 2V | 3V | 4V | ||
| 1- Princeton 5:45.4 | 1- Princeton 5:55.8 | 1- Princeton 6:00.5 | 1- Navy4V 6:08.9 | ||
| 2- Navy 5:49.3 | 2- Navy 6:00.6 | 2- Navy 6:02.7 | 2- Princeton 6:14.1 | ||
| 3- Navy5V 6:33.8 | |||||
Boat Lineups
1V: Bow- Decker Moy-Jacobs ’27; 2- Samuel Rembold ’27; 3- Alexander Kaiser ’28; 4- John Michael Blake ’28; 5- Emmett Sullivan ’28; 6- Nani Veluchamy ’26; 7- Paddy McNamara ’26; Stroke- Noah Ferguson ’27; Cox- Christian Ramos ’27
2V: Bow- Jacob Harvey ’29; 2- Frank Keusenkothen ’26; 3- Charlie Conroy ’29; 4- Maximillian Gomez ’27; 5- Christopher Binney ’26; 6- Gunner Williams ’27; 7- Ben Lacuesta ’28; Stroke- Tanner Hamilton ’26; Cox- Aila Toivonen ’29
3V: Bow- Alexander Crowther ’28; 2- Chirag Chandnani ’27; 3- Thomas Kelly ’26; 4- Ryan Kennedy ’27; 5- William Seitz ’29; 6- Parker Schofield ’27; 7- B. J. Brown ’27; Stroke- George Liu ’27; Cox- Devin Ratte ’26
4V: Bow- Sam Rahm ’28; 2- Diego Zaidle ’27; 3- Hayato Majoros ’29; 4- Collin de la Garza ’28; 5- Noah Gomez ’29; 6- Nihkolai Johnson-Newman ’26; 7- Jacob MacNab ’29; Stroke- Frank Whitlock ’28; Cox- Jack Bode ’27
5V: Bow- Robert McGinley ’29; 2- Henry Davis ’29; 3- Nick Rueda ’29; 4- Michael Morris ’29; 5- Conor Parro ’29; 6- Owen Maloney ’27; 7- Stephen Cross ’29; Stroke- Will Register ’27; Cox- Alejandro Feliciano-Acevedo ’28
| 03-28-26 Yale University (Eads Johnson, Jr. Cup and VanAmringe Cup Team Trophy), University of Pennsylvania, and Princeton University on Overpeck Creek at Overpeck County Park in Leonia, New Jersey | |||||
| 1V | 2V | 3V | 4V | ||
| 1- Yale 6:28.70 | 1- Navy 6:33.60 | 1- Navy 6:57.00 | 1- Navy 6:26.72 | ||
| 2- Navy 6:33.96 | 2- Yale 6:38.01 | 2- Yale 7:08.22 | 2- Princeton 6:34.58 | ||
| 3- Penn 6:36.00 | |||||
Boat Lineups
1V: Bow- Decker Moy-Jacobs ’27; 2- Samuel Rembold ’27; 3- Emmett Sullivan ’28; 4- John Michael Blake ’28; 5- Alexander Kaiser ’28; 6- Nani Veluchamy ’26; 7- Paddy McNamara ’26; Stroke- Noah Ferguson ’27; Cox- Christian Ramos ’27
2V: Bow- Ben Lacuesta ’28; 2- Frank Keusenkothen ’26; 3- Christopher Binney ’26; 4- Maximillian Gomez ’27; 5- Charlie Conroy ’29; 6- Gunner Williams ’27; 7- Jacob Harvey ’29; Stroke- Tanner Hamilton ’26; Cox- Aila Toivonen ’29
3V: Bow- Alexander Crowther ’28; 2- Diego Zaidle ’27; 3- Thomas Kelly ’26; 4- Ryan Kennedy ’27; 5- William Seitz ’29; 6- Parker Schofield ’27; 7- Owen Maloney ’27; Stroke- George Liu ’27; Cox- Devin Ratte ’26
4V: Bow- Sam Rahm ’28; 2- Frank Whitlock ’28; 3- Hayato Majoros ’29; 4- Collin de la Garza ’28; 5- Jacob MacNab ’29; 6- Nihkolai Johnson-Newman ’26; 7- B. J. Brown ’27; Stroke- Chirag Chandnani ’27; Cox- Jack Bode ’27
| 03-28-26 Columbia University (WIT Cup) University of Pennsylvania, and Princeton University on Overpeck Creek at Overpeck County Park in Leonia, New Jersey | |||||
| 1V | 2V | 3V | 4V | ||
| 1- Navy 6:32.96 | 1- Penn 6:31.83 | 1- Penn 6:40.90 | 1- Navy 6:21.27 | ||
| 2- Columbia 6:34.95 | 2- Navy 6:35.85 | 2- Navy 6:42.71 | 1- Princeton 6:21.27 | ||
| 3- Columbia 6:58.67 | 3- Princeton 6:50.47 | 3- Penn 6:34.52 | |||
Boat Lineups
1V: Bow- Decker Moy-Jacobs ’27; 2- Samuel Rembold ’27; 3- Emmett Sullivan ’28; 4- John Michael Blake ’28; 5- Alexander Kaiser ’28; 6- Nani Veluchamy ’26; 7- Paddy McNamara ’26; Stroke- Noah Ferguson ’27; Cox- Christian Ramos ’27
2V: Bow- Ben Lacuesta ’28; 2- Frank Keusenkothen ’26; 3- Christopher Binney ’26; 4- Maximillian Gomez ’27; 5- Charlie Conroy ’29; 6- Gunner Williams ’27; 7- Jacob Harvey ’29; Stroke- Tanner Hamilton ’26; Cox- Aila Toivonen
3V: Bow- Alexander Crowther ’28; 2- Diego Zaidle ’27; 3- Thomas Kelly ’26; 4- Ryan Kennedy ’27; 5- William Seitz ’29; 6- Parker Schofield ’27; 7- Owen Maloney ’27; Stroke- George Liu ’27; Cox- Devin Ratte ’26
4V: Bow- Sam Rahm ’28; 2- Frank Whitlock ’28; 3- Hayato Majoros ’29; 4- Collin de la Garza ’28; 5- Jacob MacNab ’29; 6- Nihkolai Johnson-Newman ’26; 7- B. J. Brown ’27; Stroke- Chirag Chandnani ’27; Cox- Jack Bode ’27
5V: Bow- Robert McGinley ’29; 2- Henry Davis ’29; 3- Nick Rueda ’29; 4- Michael Morris ’29; 5- Conor Parro ’29; 6- Owen Maloney ’27; 7- Stephen Cross ’29; Stroke- Will Register ’27; Cox- Alejandro Feliciano-Acevedo ’28
| 04-11-26 Georgetown University (Forster Cup) on the Severn River at Annapolis, Maryland | |||||
| 1V | 2V | 3V | |||
| 1- Georgetown 5:58.1 | 1- Navy 6:09.5 | 1- Georgetown 6:09.5 | |||
| 2- Navy 6:03.4 | 2- Georgetown 6:10.0 | 2- Navy3V 6:10.2 | |||
| 3- Navy4V 6:12.5 | |||||
| 4- Navy5V 6:29.4 | |||||
Boat Lineups
1V: Bow-Samuel Rembold ’27; 2- Decker Moy-Jacobs ’27; 3- John Michael Blake ’28; 4- Alexander Kaiser ’28; 5- Nani Veluchamy ’26; 6- Paddy McNamara ’26; 7- Noah Ferguson ’27; Stroke- Tanner Hamilton ’26; Cox- Aila Toivonen ’29
2V: Bow- Jacob Harvey ’29; 2- Maximillian Gomez ’27; 3- Christopher Binney ’26; 4- Thomas Kelly ’26; 5- Charlie Conroy ’29; 6- Frank Keusenkothen ’26; 7- Gunner Williams ’27; Stroke- Ben Lacuesta ’28; Cox- Christian Ramos ’27
3V: Bow- Alexander Crowther ’28; 2- Diego Zaidle ’27; 3- B. J. Brown ’27; 4- Ryan Kennedy ’27; 5- William Seitz ’29; 6- Parker Schofield ’27; 7- Owen Maloney ’27; Stroke- George Liu ’27; Cox- Jack Bode ’27
4V: Bow- Sam Rahm ’28; 2- Frank Whitlock ’28; 3- Noah Gomez ’29; 4- Collin de la Garza ’28; 5- Hayato Majoros ’29; 6- Ben Fleming ’29; 7- Jacob MacNab ’29; Stroke- Chirag Chandnani ’27; Cox- Alejandro Feliciano-Acevedo ’28
5V: Bow- Robert McGinley ’29; 2- Nathan Fasano ’29; 3- Nick Rueda ’29; 4- Brady McKiernan ’29; 5- Conor Parro ’29; 6- Nihkolai Johnson-Newman ’26; 7- Stephen Cross ’29; Stroke- Will Register ’27; Cox- Colton Burton ’29
| 04-18-26 Harvard University (Haines Trophy and Paulovich Team Trophy) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the Severn River at Annapolis, Maryland | |||||
| 1V | 2V | 3V | |||
| 1- Harvard 5:51.0 | 1- Harvard 6:00.5 | 1- Harvard 6:15.8 | |||
| 2- MIT 5:55.8 | 2- Navy 6:11.6 | 2- Navy3V 6:17.9 | |||
| 3- Navy 6:05.2 | 3- MIT 6:18.7 | 3- Navy4V 6:31.8 | |||
| 4- Navy5V 6:35.4 | |||||
Boat Lineups
1V: Bow- Emmet Sullivan ’28; 2- Samuel Rembold ’27; 3- Alexander Kaiser ’28; 4- John Michael Blake ’28; 5- Paddy McNamara ’26; 6- Nani Veluchamy ’26; 7- Gunner Williams ’27; Stroke- Noah Ferguson ’27; Cox- Christian Ramos ’27
2V: Bow- Frank Keusenkothen ’26; 2- Jacob Harvey ’29; 3- Maximillian Gomez ’27; 4- Christopher Binney ’26; 5- Tanner Hamilton ’26; 6- Charlie Conroy ’29; 7- Decker Moy-Jacobs ’27; Stroke- Ben Lacuesta ’28; Cox- Aila Toivonen ’29
3V: Bow- Thomas Kelly ’26; 2- Ryan Kennedy ’27; 3- Hayato Majoros ’29; 4- Collin de la Garza ’28; 5- William Seitz ’29; 6- Parker Schofield ’27; 7- Owen Maloney ’27; Stroke- Chirag Chandnani ’27; Cox- Devin Ratte ’26
4V: Bow- Alexander Crowther ’28; 2- Frank Whitlock ’28; 3- Jacob MacNab ’29; 4- Diego Zaidle ’27; 5- Sam Rahm ’28; 6- Ben Fleming ’29; 7- B. J. Brown ’27; Stroke- George Liu ’27; Cox- Jack Bode ’27
5V: Bow- Robert McGinley ’29; 2- Will Register ’27; 3- Nick Rueda ’29; 4- Michael Morris ’29; 5- Conor Parro ’29; 6- Nathan Fasano ’29; 7- Nihkolai Johnson-Newman ’26; Stroke- Noah Gomez ’29; Cox- Alejandro Feliciano-Acevedo ’28
| 04-25 University of Pennsylvania (Callow Cup and 1919 Cup Team Trophy) on the Schuylkill River at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||||
| 1V | 2V | 3V | 4V | ||
| 1- Penn 5:39.8 | 1- Penn 5:47.6 | 1- Penn 5:54.0 | 1- Navy4V 6:06.1 | ||
| 2- Navy 5:50.8 | 2- Navy 5:56.1 | 2- Navy 5:58.4 | 2- Penn 6:12.3 | ||
| 3- Navy5V 6:13.9 | |||||
Boat Lineups
1V: Bow- Emmet Sullivan ’28; 2- Samuel Rembold ’27; 3- Alexander Kaiser ’28; 4- John Michael Blake ’28; 5- Paddy McNamara ’26; 6- Noah Ferguson ’27; 7- Nani Veluchamy ’26; Stroke- Gunner Williams ’27; Cox- Christian Ramos ’27
2V: Bow- Jacob Harvey ’29; 2- Frank Keusenkothen ’26; 3- Ryan Kennedy ’27; 4- Maximillian Gomez ’27; 5- Christopher Binney ’26; 6- Decker Moy-Jacobs ’27; 7- Ben Lacuesta ’28; Stroke- Tanner Hamilton ’26; Cox- Devin Ratte ’26
3V: Bow- Thomas Kelly ’26; 2- Diego Zaidle ’27; 3- Hayato Majoros ’29; 4- Collin de la Garza ’28; 5- William Seitz ’29; 6- Parker Schofield ’27; 7- Owen Maloney ’27; Stroke- Chirag Chandnani ’27; Cox- Aila Toivonen ’29
4V: Bow- Sam Rahm ’28; 2- Daniel Biton ’29; 3- Jacob MacNab ’29; 4- Nihkolai Johnson-Newman ’26; 5- B. J. Brown ’27; 6- Frank Whitlock ’28; 7- Alexander Crowther ’28; Stroke- George Liu ’27; Cox- Jack Bode ’27
5V: Bow- Robert McGinley ’29; 2- Will Register ’27; 3- Nick Rueda ’29; 4- Brady McKiernan ’29; 5- Conor Parro ’29; 6- Nathan Fasano ’29; 7- Stephen Cross ’29; Stroke- Noah Gomez ’29; Cox- Alejandro Feliciano-Acevedo ’28
| 05-17-26 EARC Championships on Lake Quinsigamond at Worcester, Massachusetts | |||||
| 1V | 2V | 3V | 4V | 4+ | |
| 1- | 1- | 1- | 1- | 1- | |
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| Petite | |||||
| 1V | 2V | 3V | 4V | 4+ | |
| 1- | 1- | 1- | NO PETITE | NO PETITE | |
| 2- | 2- | 2- | |||
| 3- | 3- | 3- | |||
| 4- | 4- | 4- | |||
Jope Cup (Team):
Wright Trophy (1V):
Cornell Trophy (2V):
Kilpatrick Cup (3V):
Boat Lineups
1V:
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3V:
4V:
5V:
| 29-31 May 2026 IRA Championships on Lake Natoma at Gold River, California | |||||
| 1V | 2V | 4+ | |||
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| 3- | 3- | 3- | |||
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| 5- | 5- | 5- | |||
| 6- | 6- | 6- | |||
| Petite | |||||
| 1V | 2V | 4+ | |||
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The IRA President’s Trophy:
The 1922 Trophy (1V):
The IRA President’s Cup (V4+):
Boat Lineups
1V:
2V:
4+:
IRA Spares:
Coach: Shawn Bagnall [Washington State University ‘99]
Assistant Coach: David Herrick [Washington State University ‘14]
Varsity Officer Reps: Colin Greata, LTC, SF, USA; Daniel J. Sawey, LT, JAGC, USN
Faculty Rep: Dr. Rich O’Brien PhD in Electrical & Computer Engineering (Weapons, Robotics, and Control Engineering Department)
Captain: Paddy McNamara ’26
Manager:
Spirit: