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Parents and Friends of Navy,

I apologize for my delay introducing myself. This summer I was appointed
the honor of coaching the Navy lightweight crew. I have had the pleasure of
teaching the men on the team more about rowing and themselves for the past
month. This weekend we begin our fall racing. I wanted to send an update
to let you know how things are proceeding.

Saturday we raced on the Hudson River in a re-row of the Poughkeepsie
Regatta forerunner of The Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National
Championship Regatta} that was held here from 1895 to 1949

The race featured many of the crews that comprised the original regatta. The
race’s original stewards – Cornell University, Columbia University and the
University of Pennsylvania – competed and were joined by Navy and Marist.
Unfortunately, Columbia had to withdraw at the last minute.

The Poughkeepsie Regatta also provided an experience that unlike any other.
Continue reading “10/3/2009 Poughkeepsie Regatta”

Folks…

Following we have assembled a number of comments and quotes on the EARC Sprints. On site reporting from Tom Weil. Comments from Blue Crew Coaches – Andy Card, Nick Baker and Rick Clothier. Comments from Brown Coach Paul Cooke — make sure you see the remarks on the depth of the Bruno squad as well as the fact that the 1V boatings were not finalized until Thursday! The entirety of a well written article from the Boston Globe. From the Daily Princetonian, good reporting on the LW 1V and 2V. Just for perspective of achieving “gold” from Columbia Sports.

Row2k featured a video of the 2009 Eastern Sprints V8 HW Grand Final. You can check it out here:

http://www.row2k.com/video/view.cfm?vid=7208

You can get a good feel for the windy conditions and there were some interesting comments about steering by Harvard in lane 2.

Sorry, Luke. I checked the usual sources and there were not any quotable comments from Cambridge.
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Continue reading “5/12/2009 – Comments on the Sprints – IRA Selection Update”

Folks…

In the HW division the early speculation was that this would be the day for the Badgers, but it ended with a sweep for the Brown Bruins in the HW 1V, 2V, and 1F taking the Rowe Cup in a dominant fashion.

Among the LWs it was once again very competitive with the Princeton 1V leading wire to wire. Yale took gold in the 2V and Cornell was first in the 1F. With medals in all three events — silver, bronze and silver — Harvard claimed the Jope Cup by 2 points over Princeton and Yale.

Winds lessened a bit in the afternoon, but there still were strong gusts with the middle 1,000 meters in the outside lanes still treacherous. Higher seeded crews from the morning heats had the advantage of the inside lanes and lee shore.

Continue reading “5/10/2009 – EARC Finals and off to the IRA for Some”

Folks…

While most of the Blue Squads were training for upcoming EARC and EAWRC Sprints, two crews wrapped up their regular season with defeats and loss of “silver”.

Navy HWs managed only one win in the 1F, while dropping the remaining two races 1V, and 2V. It rained on Lake Carnegie, but as George Pocock said — rain is good – knocks down the hills and fills in the valleys — so conditions were fair and good. With the 1V loss to Columbia, the Maxwell Stevenson Trophy will be retained by the Light Blue Lions.

You can check out details from Navy Sports below and photos at

http://www.row2k.com/gallery/gallery.cfm?action=gallery&dir=2009Spring/0503ColNavyHM&label=Columbia%20vs%20Navy,%20heavy%20men,%20May%203%202009&hi=yes

Continue reading “5/6/2009 Weekend Rowing and Off to the Sprints”

Folks…

Another excellent weekend of racing … hoping that the conditions are up to the competition of the crews:

* Haines Trophy – #5 Navy LWs vs. #2 Harvard Crimson on Charles River in Cambridge, MA. Navy defends against strong Harvard squad. GO NAVY … FLUSH THE JOHNS!
* Durand Cup – #3 Yale LWs vs. #7 Dartmouth in morning on Housatonic River at Derby, CT. Yale defends against Steve Perry’s Big Green LWs.
* Yale LWs vs. #6 Cornell Big Red in afternoon on Housatonic River at Derby, CT. Over the past three years Cornell has won 5 of 6 EARC Sprints and IRA National Championships.
* Stagg Trophy – Goes Trophy – #13 Navy HWs face off against #9 Cornell and #10 Syracuse on Lake Onondaga at Syracuse, NY.
* Blackwell Cup – #14 Yale HWs vs. #6 Columbia and un-ranked Penn on Orchard Beach Lagoon – Long Island, NY. Light Blue of Columbia defends and is having another great season.
Continue reading “4/18/09 – Blue Crews Racing this weekend”

Lightweight Alumni, Parents, and Friends,

As I write you this email, the Naval Academy Lightweight Rowing Team is less than 48 hours away from opening our spring season. I feel like I should pause for a moment for all of you former rowers and coxswains to think back to the ‘glory’ days of your youth and the many miles that you spent on the Severn River. Ok, enough about the past, let’s talk about the present!

Our lightweight team kicks off its 2009 season this weekend against Yale University in the sixth running of the Eads Johnson Jr. Cup. The race will take place on Saturday afternoon on Lake Carnegie in Princeton NJ. The races are slated to start at 1330, with the varsity race to conclude the afternoon at 1450. If you are in area, please come out to cheer on the guys as we race Yale.

Continue reading “Coach Baker’s ’09 Season Opening Note”