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TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2016
A retrospective on 2015 Fall and spring paved way for 2016 successes TOMMY ROTHMAN Sports Editor
2015 saw plenty of action in and out of the water for Penn rowing for all three teams — women’s, lightweight and heavyweight. One of the three head coaches oversaw his first spring season at the helm; the other two worked their last. The women’s team finished sixth at the Ivy League Championships in the spring of 2015. After the season, the program cut ties with coach Mike Lane following 12 years with Penn and hired Wesley Ng in his place. In October, Ng’s squad earned three gold medals and four silver medals at home in
the Head of the Schuylkill meet. The men’s heavyweights had a solid start to the spring of 2015, winning two of their first three meets. The team then hit a bit of a slide, however. The Red and Blue put up a decent showing in the Eastern Sprints Championships (ninth) and National Championships (11th), with the freshman boats finishing third in both meets, but that was not enough to save the job of coach Greg Myhr, who was replaced by Geoff Bond. The heavyweights had a strong fall, finishing second in the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta, but were undone at the Princeton Chase when an oar struck a log in the water, nearly causing the team’s boat to crash. The men’s lightweights had a good spring in 2015 under new head coach Colin Farrell,
highlighted by a win over Navy and a sixth-place finish at the National Championships. In the fall, the team placed fifth in three of its four events. “It being my first year as head coach, there was a lot of groundwork being laid, and trying to get the team understanding what we need to do, and what the standards are, and setting a framework for what our team is gonna be all about,� Farrell said. “So from that standpoint I think last year was pretty successful. From a results standpoint, I think we wanted more. Certainly them finishing the year sixth was a good start for us. “The team is looking to compete at the highest level, so from that standpoint, last year was kind of a start ... a place that we want to improve from.�
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ROWING SCHEDULES 2016 MEN’S HEAVYWEIGHT
March 26
Class Day Races
Schuylkill
April 2
Burk Cup
Schuylkill
April 9
Child’s Cup
Overpeck Park, N.J.
April 16
Blackwell Cup
Schuylkill
April 23
Adams Cup
Cambridge, Mass.
April 30
Madeira Cup
Ithaca, N.Y.
May 15
Eastern Sprints Championships
Worcester, Mass.
June 3-5
IRA Championships
Mercer, N.J.
MEN’S LIGHTWEIGHT March 25
MIT
Boston, Mass.
April 9
Matthews-Leonard Cup
Ithaca, N.Y.
April 16
Dodge Cup
Schuylkill
April 23
Wood-Hammond Cup
Princeton, N.J.
April 30
Callow Cup
Schuylkill
WOMEN’S
March 19
Saint Joseph’s/Boston College
Schuylkill
March 26
Columbia/Yale
Leonia, N.J.
April 3
Doc Hosea Invitational
Saratoga, N.Y.
April 16-17
Clemson Invitational
Clemson, S.C.
April 23
Dartmouth/Princeton/Bucknell
Princeton, N.J.
May 15
Ivy League Championships
Cherry Hill, N.J.
Penn rowing had an entirely different look at the top in 2015, but with new coaches and new recruits, they’re ready to go for 2016, as the women’s squad heads into its final two regattas before the Ivy Championships.
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powerhouse recruiting power of the Ivies, and raises the question of an international brand name. Speaking from her own experiences, Essex questions whether top rowers from Great Britain and beyond are truly aware of Penn’s offerings on the Schuylkill. On that point, Essex’s has family in the states, which she credits for her exposure to a larger gamut of collegiate options. “I think it’s the biggest thing Penn could do is making their presence known more in the UK and Europe because a lot of rowers go to Harvard or Yale or Princeton, but only because those are the names they know,� Essex said. “It’s not so much a preference of one rowing program over Penn’s, just that it’s the name they know. So I think if Penn works to get its name out there more, that would be the biggest thing they could do.� On the men’s side, sophomore Dutchman Roel Van Broekhuizen echoes the sentiments of it being a warm welcome, provided one has ample ambition. “I think it’s a pretty welcoming atmosphere. It doesn’t really matter where you’re from; it’s more like if you care about rowing and you’re dedicated then you’ll be welcomed and you’ll fit right in,� Broekhuizen said. “If you like to row and work hard, then that’s all that counts.� As the only international man on the roster, he recognizes the inherent advantage in pulling globally for forming the best boats around. “The top crews have a disproportionate number of international athletes compared to the regular student body. So recruiting is an essential aspect
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Originally from the Netherlands, sophomore Roel Van Borekhuizen of heavyweight rowing is one of Penn’s three international athletes.
to the strength of a program, so pulling from across the globe just increases your recruiting pool,� Broekhuizen said. “If you look at the top crews right now their fastest boats all have a couple of international guys. In Europe, guys will start rowing relatively early so coaches will go out of their way to recruit from outside the U.S there.� With that said, Broekhuizen concedes a squad certainly does not need to have international athletes to achieve success, but there’s no question it can help a team out. While maximizing recruiting power seems to be imperative to top teams, Essex questions the extent to which Penn can compete with some of the more established programs when it
comes to claiming global rising stars. “As far as I’m aware, Penn doesn’t have much international recruiting. The new head coach, Wesley Ng, wants to kind of broaden out a bit,� Essex said. “I think Wes knows that and is trying but you can reach out to as many people as you like, but if they don’t recognize or appreciate what you’re offering it’s not necessarily going to get much of reaction when you don’t the same brand name as a Harvard.� So while Penn rowing may keep their immediate focus on their blade work and rhythm, the best long term strategy may be to work on the global pipelines for the Quaker rowers of tomorrow.
The two first-years, hailing from opposite sides of the country, make up half of their boat. On the men’s heavyweight side, a class of eight freshmen also represents one of the program’s smallest incoming classes in recent memory. But the makeup of hometowns speaks to familiarity, as all of the rowers come from the surrounding Mid-Atlantic region. Three Pennsylvania natives and three Connecticut natives
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native is not the only first-year to have found a significant position in the team. Tess La Pat ra has been rowing in the second Varsity 8 at the six seat, and the boat has seen results as well, going 7-1 last weekend in Saratoga. Additionally, on the Varsity 4 sit two more freshmen in Victoria Korine and Abigail Scheetz.