Orange Oar July 2016

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JULY 2016

SYRACUSE ALUMNI ROWING ASSOCIATION, INC. JULY 2016

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INSIDE THE ISSUE 03 LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT

SARA EXECUTIVE BOARD

04 Q&A WITH THE COACHES

Joseph Paduda’80 President

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Paris Daskalakis ’98 Treasurer

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Adlai Hurt ’04 Secretary

18 PHOTOS FROM MEN’S IRA

Josh Stratton ’01 Digital Director

22 THANK YOU: ENDOWMENT 26 BACKSPLASH 32 THE SENIORS

CREDITS: Editor: Jay Rhodes ’89, Hugh Duffy ’80 Art Director: Ryan Armstrong ’08 Contributors: Carolina Ratcliff ’18

If you are interested in joining the Orange Oar team, contact jayrhodes24@gmail.com

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DEAR SU ROWING ALUMS The boats are going faster. That’s the mission of SARA, and 2016 showed both the men and women winning more races and moving up the ranks of the nation’s elite crews.

DIRECTORS

ADVISORY COUNCIL

William Purdy ’79 Charles Roberts ’61 Martha Mogish Rowe ’81 Paul Dudzick ’67 Donald Plath ’68 Joseph Peter ’69 Kenneth Hutton ’69 Paul Dierkes ’79 Gerald Henwood ’80 Arthur Sibley ’80 Robert Donabella ’81 Charles Clark ’83 Sheila Roock ’85 Colin Goodale ’90 Jason Premo ’98 Adlai Hurt ’04 Erica Mahon Page ’08 Sydney Axson ’10 Ryan Patton ’10 Beth Marks ’83 Ryan Armstrong ’08 Gillian Carlucci ’14 Rebecca Soja ’15 Mark Vyzas ’10 Lena Wang ’99

Paul Irvine ’45 William Hider ’62 Edward Kakas ’64 Thomas Darling ’81 Tracy Brown ’90 James Breuer ’72 Bryan Mahon ’78 Ozzie Street ’80 Jerome Jacobi ’81 Andrew Hobbs ’83 Gordon Hull ’83 Rick Holland ’83 Barry Weiss ’83 Emme Entwistle Aronson ’85 Jeff Pesot ’90 Donald Smith ’90 Kristin Walker Bidwell ’90 Christopher Ludden ’91 Sylvester Rowe ’92 Skye Michiels ’99 Joseph Bufano’99 Aliza Seeber ’04

Congratulations to the women for an excellent year with wins in the Head of the Charles, a trip to the NCAAs, a season-ending #13 national ranking, a first-team All-American in senior Deirdre Fitzpatrick and a twelfth-place finish by the varsity at NCAAs. And, with only six seniors rowing in the three NCAA crews, the team is stocked with talented underclasswomen – a harbinger of even better things to come. Coach Moore is looking to move the women up another notch in 2017 as the next step to making Syracuse women a consistent top ten program.

Young and talented also describe Coach Reischman’s men – resilient too. A strong Cup season, 10th place at the Eastern Sprints was followed by some very tough racing at IRAs. An injury to varsity four-man (and holder of the team’s top erg time) Noah Messner during the opening half of the morning heats had the coaches shuffling lineups before the noontime reps. Freshman Matt Barni moved into the varsity and both the 2V and 3V raced with new lineups the rest of the regatta. Making no excuses, the guys focused, raced hard and rowed very well, placing third in the third-level finals in each event.

The varsity raced with three frosh and only two seniors at the IRA finals.

Couple that with Coach Justin Stangel’s success in landing both US and international recruits and we’re looking at faster crews and the successes they bring.

The Men’s Endowment has had a banner year, with broad participation and record donation levels. Thanks to all who have given, and a special THANKS to Joe Kieffer, the tireless force behind the Endowment.

If you haven’t been to SARA’s website, click on www.SARARowing.com.

Communications Director Rebecca Soja and her team are building what can only be described as the best internet presence of ANY collegiate rowing program.

Jay Rhodes ’89 Editor, Orange Oar

Have a great summer, and we’ll see you at the Evening at Ten Eyck on September 17; register at www.sararowing.com/landing.

CONTACT US Mens Coach: Dave Reischman - dreischm@syr.edu Womens Coach: Justin Moore - jmoore06@syr.edu Orange Oar Editor: Jay Rhodes - jayrhodes24@gmail.com THE ORANGE OAR

Bleed Orange!

Joe Paduda, ‘80 SARA President JULY 2016

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QUESTIONS AND

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After the 2013 spring racing season, you described the team as the “classic bubble team” trying to win an at l­ arge berth in the NCAA Championships. You added that one of the hardest things to do is get off the bubble. In 2016 you got off the bubble.

OO: What was the moment you knew in your heart that you were off the bubble?

JM: At the beginning of the spring, we set some very specific racing goals that we believed would put us on the right side of the bubble. Our primary racing targets were Harvard/Radcliffe (SU had not beaten Radcliffe since 2001); Indiana, UCLA and Notre Dame (SU had not beaten Notre Dame since 2005). We bettered Radcliffe and UCLA at the Clemson Invite. However, we lost to Indiana. IU and Notre Dame raced just before the ACC Champs and split races. When we beat Notre Dame in the 1V and 4+ at the ACC Championships, I felt that we had demonstrated that we belonged in the Show.

OO: How did the athletes react to getting a bid to the NCAA Championships?

JM: The instagram video does a better job of describing the reaction. https://www.instagram.com/p/BFh6f39qfS5/?takenby=surowing&hl=en

OO: In recent years, the finish at the ACCs has been Virginia, Notre Dame and Syracuse. This year it was Virginia, Syracuse and Duke tied for second, both ahead of Notre Dame. How did it feel to get over that hump with Notre Dame?

JM: Notre Dame was our “biggest target.” For the past couple years, losing to Radcliffe and losing to Notre Dame have been the results that kept us out of the NCAAs. I want to give appropriate credit to Coach Stone and the women of Notre Dame. They are hard working and professional. Coach Stone gets a lot out of his talent, and the women believe in themselves. After 2015, when we came to the ACC champs as a higher 6

seed and beat them in the heats in all boats, it was particularly painful to end up on the wrong side of the result in the finals. Beating Syracuse is what got Notre Dame to NCAAs in 2015 (last crew in).

This year, I feel that we used the lessons learned in 2014 and 2015 very well. The team better understood what was required of them in racing, and the coaching staff (myself in particular) paced the season better emotionally, so that we were more prepared to have our best race in the ACC finals. And the ACC finals was a great race. Had you told me that we were going to race a 6:20.5 in flat conditions and finish 5.5 back of UVA, I would have told you that we were going to take second by a length. We should give much credit to Duke. They had done a great job all season with their V4+ and 2V8+. Their 1V had the race of their lives in the ACC finals. While we would have loved to come out on the other side of the 0.04 margin, I am confident that this is a race that our women will never forget.

OO: In fall racing-the Princeton Chase, I believe – the 1V bettered Radcliffe by 12 seconds, but the 2V lost to Radcliffe by 7 seconds. How did the spring racing go against Radcliffe and other teams you felt you had to beat to impress NCAA selectors?

JM: The Princeton Chase was not the best measure of the speed of our team – in particular the 2V. We had raced 2 x 2K at the Small Boat Championships the day before and arrived at the Princeton Chase knowing that we were going to be challenged to perform. Neither the 1V nor the 2V felt that the Chase was a race the represented their best. We had a big shake-up just before the Clemson Invite, which required significant lineup changes in all of our boats. The 2V lost their stroke on Monday, and we travelled to Clemson on Thursday. The performances the women produced in Clemson were a testament to their belief in themselves and as individuals and in the strength of the team.

The 2V was consistently good in their three races. The result against Radcliffe was of particular importance to the team. We split wins with Radcliffe in the 1V8+ and V4+. It was our 2V that made clear we were the

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superior team.

OO: Sometimes teams reach “the postseason” for the first time and play like they’re “merely happy to be there.”

Others compete like they’ve already got a few appearances under their belt and surprise the competition. Where did SU fall on that spectrum?

JM: I’m glad you asked that question. Our women went to NCAAs to compete, and demonstrated that we belong in the national conversation. We had been so close in the two years prior, and we believe that the selection of USC over SU in 2015 could have gone either way. 2016 gave us the opportunity to show that our team is capable of competing and competing well at this level of regatta. Each crew matched or bettered their seed [which reflects national opinion]. The team came in seeded 15th and departed seeded 13th, getting on the other side of Duke [thanks 1V] and USC [thanks 2V]. We owed it to the women who worked so hard to transform the team into a national competitor over the last few years to race our best. I believe we did.

OO: How have alumni reacted to the team finishing second at ACCS and qualifying for NCAAs? JM: The moment we beat ND at ACCs my phoned filled with emails and texts offering congrats and well-wishes.

After our selection we received even more. My one complaint about texts is that they are non-printable.

I felt that when alumni and supporters wrote to me, that they were actually writing to the entire team. I printed every email I received and posted it on our main training board. I wanted to women to see how they had impacted their portion of “Orange Nation.”

Some women took the time to hand-write notes and send them along, and a few alumnae (completely unsolicited) wrote checks and said “This is a special moment for the team. I want to help, in some little way, to make it even more special.” Every note and

contribution made “making it” even more special.

OO: So what’s next in terms of summer rowing for current athletes and recruiting for future athletes?

JM: Hattie Taylor is back in England training with the GB U23 team. First-year Rachel Caldwell has been invited to the Australia U23 selection camp as well.

Deirdre Fitzpatrick, who was one of 22 women in the country to earn first-team All-American, is working on an organic farm in Vermont. Many women have found places to row and train this summer, and I am about to send out the summer training program. We graduated two women from each NCAA boat, and we are bringing in 12 rowers and two coxswains. This new group is an extremely physically capable one, but they do not yet know how things work at this level. Teaching them what it takes to train and race at a national top 10 level will be the goal this fall.

As for recruiting, I have just returned from my first recruiting trip of the summer. We are receiving more interest in our program than ever, and, when I visit boathouses, it is clear that both coaches and athletes are aware of the changes that are occurring in Syracuse.

We feel that we have one of the best recruited classes in the history of Syracuse women’s rowing coming in this fall. When I took over the team, I established a five-year goal of becoming one of the top 16 teams in the country and attending NCAAs. We missed that goal by one year. The next performance phase for our team is to become consistent NCAA attenders with the goal of becoming regular national top 10 team. For the past six years, the team has progressed each year. Finishing 13th in the country this year leaves us believing that the goals that we have set, while challenging, are achievable. The biggest challenge is finding the athletes who want to train and compete at this level. On July 1, we are permitted by NCAA rules to begin face-to-face conversations with the next set of prospective students.

I already have a number of home visits planned. We are excited to ask the following question: “We just finished 13th in the country, and we are looking for a group of women who want to make it their mission to bring us into the national top 10. Are you in?”

COACH REISCHMAN Q&A UP NEXT JULY 2016

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OO: While on paper, it doesn’t appear that the 2016 crew was young, was there, in fact, some inexperience in racing situations? How did they do mentally at “crunch time” in big races?

DR: In our varsity at Sprints we had two frosh, Alex Douglas and Nicholas Tavares; a sophomore, Noah Messner, who was in the 3V last spring; two seniors who were walk-ons, Aleksandr Staprans and James Schiera [one of whom was in the 3V his sophomore year and did not race his junior year to preserve a red-shirt year]; and a sophomore coxswain, Dominic Santora. That is a fairly young crew in terms of racing in the varsity at big races like Sprints and IRA. For the last three races at the IRA we had three frosh in the varsity.

The problem most crews have with big races is learning to control your nervous energy so that it does not detract from your boat speed. Rowing is an interesting combination of the aggression you need to really send the boat and the relaxation and sense of timing you need to maximize run on the recovery.

Trying too hard to go fast can kill a boat just as easily as lack of aggressiveness. The key is learning how to be aggressive in the right areas and how and when to relax in the right areas to maximize both the drive and the recovery. This is a hard concept for young athletes to master and it takes time. At our level it is a pretty subtle difference. There are somewhere around 240 strokes in a 2K race. Say you are a bit too anxious on the recovery and your timing on the catch is just off, and it causes you to lose one inch of run per stroke.

That is not much and even hard to see and feel in the boat. But over 240 strokes, that is 20 feet or about a 1/3 of a length.

right direction. I told the SARA board in January that while things can go downward in a hurry (IRA Grand Final in 2012, 3rd level in 2013), it takes time to build it back up. The build back up certainly has to do with amassing talent [recruiting] but also building the right fitness, technique, and racing mentality/instincts. We are going to have to do it step by step. In January I told them we would have to go from 4th to the 3rd level final, 3rd to lower half of the petite, etc. This process is very seldom a straight line. You get injuries, have a bad race at the wrong time, have a better than expected race-all sorts of positive and negative things can happen. We are looking for a general move in the upward direction, and we took a step in that direction this year.

OO: Overall, it sounds like this group matched the work ethic of previous teams.

Is that right?

DR: It is always difficult to rank teams in terms of work ethic. Every team in my coaching career has had a core group of guys with tremendous work ethic. I feel quite confident in saying this year’s group could match work ethic with the best of them.

OO: How much impact did this year’s firstyear rowers have, including Alex Douglas from Australia and Nick Tavares from Canada?

At the Sprints, and in a couple of races at the IRA, we were a bit too eager, and it cost us just a bit in terms of boat speed. The effort was there. There was never any question of that. It is a matter of coordinating that effort in a slightly more efficient manner.

DR: This year we had two frosh in the varsity for the entire spring season and we have never had that before.

In addition there were two more frosh that were near the top of the JV boat. At times there were up to four frosh in our third varsity. I would say that is a pretty impactful class. The key for them, as it is with all of our athletes is just to keep getting better every year.

It is a huge jump from high school to college rowing.

The amount of work and the intensity of racing are a completely different level. These guys seem to handle that change pretty well.

OO: So how would sum up the 2016 racing season?

OO: What’s the outlook for the new group that will arrive in the fall? Do you

anticipate a different level of impact?

DR: We have 12 recruited rowers and one recruited coxswain coming in this next fall. We also have two or three more coxswains and a half-dozen rowers who will go through our walk-on process. While walk-on recruiting has been tough, we will still put our full efforts into it to start off the school year. While not as consistent as we like, we have been able to get a few impact athletes from walk-ons. Of the 12 recruits in the incoming group, we have two young men from Serbia who we think can have an impact on our top two boats right away. The rest are all athletes who have the right build and athleticism and come from a nice mix of experienced programs and relatively new programs.

Coaches Stangel and Cottingham did an exceptional job recruiting this group!

OO: Have there been ongoing donations of frequent flyer miles to fuel the international recruiting effort?

DR: So far the donations of frequent flyer miles have led directly to two trips to Australia. We have concentrated our efforts there because they quite simply have more junior rowing than anywhere else in the world. It is a premier sport there. Our first two trips have led to the signing of Alex Douglas [varsity 6 seat at the IRA] and the development of some very good contacts for the future.

OO: Are there more trips planned? If so, when and where?

DR: NCAA rules prohibit us from getting too specific about our recruiting trips but, yes, we do have more trips planned. Our summer will be spent trying to cover as much junior rowing in the US as we can. We have several trips planned to the summer regatta circuit as well as to specific programs. We will send a coach to Australia at some point during our winter training [their summer and, thus, the big rowing season down there.]

Other international trips will be scheduled as needed.

We were able to sign our two Serbians with several Skype calls, but we are considering a trip to that part

of the world as it also has a lot of talented junior rowers looking for great educational opportunities.

OO: What’s your general sense of how this year’s endowment campaign has gone?

DR: Joe Kieffer and his class captains have been doing a tremendous job with this year’s endowment. The response has been outstanding!

OO: SU had three eights at the IRA. IRA varsity 8 champion Cal had four eights, including a freshman boat, and a four at the IRA. Do you see Syracuse ever growing to a point where it would enter more boats in the major regattas? (You’ve mentioned an increase in recruited athletes and a decrease in walk-ons.)

DR: The IRA is slowly moving to a model where the three boats that will count for Ten Eyck points are the 1V, 2V, and 3V. Because of this, our efforts will be concentrated first and foremost on those three boat classes. The real challenge for the IRA as an organization has been to meet the needs of the variety of programs within our membership. We have some programs that pride themselves on having a big squad and others that just don’t have the resources to travel with that many. Down the road I can see us traveling with a 4+ in addition to our other boats but we do not feel like our depth is there at this time. We view the IRA as an earned trip and our crews have to show us the work ethic and boat speed in order for us to commit the resources to make the trip.

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OFF THE BUBBLE

Carolina Ratcliff ’18 takes us inside Coach Justin Moore’s living room to experience what it was like for the women’s rowing team to watch the NCAA Selection Show and hear that Syracuse had qualified for the NCAA Championships for the first time since 2002.

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The 22 women waited to see Syracuse University pop up on the list of teams that would be competing at NCAAs. 22 women watched as Indiana and Gonzaga popped up on the screen.

“That’s not good,” muttered Moore.

Finally, the list finished with the R’s. Time for the S teams.

“We should be next,” said coxswain Sydney Rodriquez ’18. Nerves zipped through the room.

“Stanford University” came up on the screen. The room quieted, only to realize, yes, T does come before Y.

Over the next two weeks, the team completed two practices a day. Jim Lister took over coaching the 2V, Moore stayed with the 1V and Alicea Kochis continued her work with the four. Steve Sawyer, who has helped in too many ways to count this year, coached the spare pair.

Michigan and Princeton. They came in fourth in front of Jacksonville and Navy.

The team set off for California on Tuesday before competition. Landing in San Francisco, the coaches brought the team to the beach in front of the Golden Gate bridge for a picnic. Once the team had finished enjoying the opportunity of seeing the other coast, and such a magnificent landmark, it was time to get rest and get ready.

Coming down the course, they pushed through Duke, a team they lost to by .04 at ACCs. They then set their sights on Yale. Washington led the pack. Halfway through the race, they were still focused on Yale.

Fists clenched a bit tighter. Would beating Harvard for the first time in 12 years be enough? Would taking UCLA down at Clemson Invite earn us the bid? Would we never get the chance to face down Indiana again and show them the other side of our bow ball?

“Syra-” Before the words were half way out of the announcer’s mouth, screams erupted from the room.

Clapping and hugging, laughing and crying, 22 women and their three coaches felt the victory of making it to the highest level in college rowing. It took eleven years, but Syracuse Women’s Rowing would be making its first appearance at the NCAAs since 2002. Fourteen years.

All boats went to the reps. The 1V was set to race a tough semi against Washington, Yale, Duke, Northeastern, Central Florida and Navy.

“I thought at that point, like, ok maybe we can walk through them,” said junior Saydee McQuay, two seat of the V1. “I don’t know what might happen, but if these girls want to go for it, I’m going with them.”

They went for it.

In the last 1000 of the race, Syracuse went from third to second and took an open-water lead over Yale. They finished second in the repechage, putting them in the A/B semifinal. They could now rank no lower than 12th four seeds ahead of their original ranking.

The 1V line up from stern to bow was: Cox Alyssa Vasiliou, Deirdre Fitzpatrick, Arianna Lee, Kari Tomeny, Hattie Taylor, Shannon McCann, Rachael Caldwell, Saydee McQuay, and Ashley Johnson. The 2V line up from stern to bow was: Cox: Rebecca Spraggins, Lexi Gill, Christina Tobias, Sarah Konishesky, Carolina Ratcliff, Paula Hughes, Lauren Richards, Kelsey Adams, and Emma Allen. The four’s line up from stern to bow was: Cox Olivia Mennillo, Kelsey Thornton, Haley Jones, Lexie Dorner, and Alicia Warnecke. The Spare pair was Yasmine Hemida and Christine Habjan.

The 2V took fourth in their rep. Given a very tough rep, the four came up short of the semifinal taking third to Wisconsin and Brown.

The next day the 2V placed second in the C/D semifinal to take their spot in the C final. The four had a great race in their semi taking first, the only Syracuse boat to win a race in the three days of competition.

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The 1V went off against California, USC, Texas and Indiana. They finished fourth in front of Indiana.

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The four took second to Duke in their final, ranking them 14th overall, matching their original ranking.

The 2V took third in their semi to Indiana and Duke, finishing 15th - one seed above their projected ranking.

The 1V kept pace with the top crews, only missing Michigan by 1.2 to come in 12th place at the NCAA championships.

The team took 13th overall. Going into the weekend, Syracuse was supposed to take 16th. The results spoke for themselves. Syracuse is fast.

There were a lot of people that were a part of this journey. Rowers who have graduated and watched from home are not taken for granted. Anyone that has worn a Syracuse uni can take pride in knowing they were a part of this. They were a reason making NCAAs went from being a goal to reality.

As Justin Moore would say, or rather yell: “I WANT A PRIDE ON THREE. I WANT A PRIDE ON THREE!

“ONE!” “TWO” “THREE” “PRIDE!”

Top two teams from every heat on Friday would go on to the A/B Semifinal, the rest would battle it out in the repechages that night.

After eating and conversing, Moore made it clear that going to NCAAs was not the end goal. Going and proving that the team was better than 16th was the goal. With the 1V and 2V ranked 16th going in, and the A4 ranked 14th, the goal was to maintain or surpass those rankings.

As the final day of racing began, Syracuse lined up against the best teams in the country.

The 1V chose to conserve their energy for the B final.

They took last in their semi.

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recognized that rowing has prepared them for one thing in particular:

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WARNECKE

G R A D U AT E S : N O T

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ALLEN

Until May 29, Allen and Warnecke’s rowing goals were returning Syracuse to the NCAA Championships for the first time in 14 years and then racing to finish higher than they were seeded. Their long-awaited goals came to fruition.

As of May 30, it was time for Allen and Warnecke, who excelled in the classroom at SU, to turn their full attention to academics. “I am going to USC to get my PhD in Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology,” said Warnecke, who graduated with a double major in Biology and Neuroscience.

“I knew when I was a Freshman,” Warnecke said, pausing to recollect, “I was on a pre-veterinarian track, and that’s when I realized that the only classes I liked were the biology ones. From there, it’s been pretty clear to me that I want to work in the brain and specifically with how drugs work with neurotransmitters.”

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Allen completed a double major as well, in English Textual Studies and Political Science. She has been accepted into American University’s masters program in Comparative Politics.

“It shouldn’t be surprising that as a poly-sci major, I want to pursue a masters in DC,” said Allen. “Syracuse classes have made it to clear to me that I want to play a role in our government.

“Criticism. If there is one thing athletics, but specifically rowing is going to help me with it, it is undoubtedly criticism,” said Warnecke. “I mean, if I can take a coach tearing me apart for two hours every morning, I think I will be able to handle any research criticism or otherwise that comes my way.”

That thought resonates with Allen. “I mean, other than the work ethic and time management that rowing has definitely prepared me for, I’d say the constant criticism has also maybe even over-prepared me for the real world,” said Allen.

Allen explained with a smile that this is the first step to working in the government. “I want to be the Secretary of State,” she said. “I’m not kidding, though.”

Warnecke has big long-term plans as well. “There aren’t many people who want to do what I want to do in neuroscience. I want to look at the way drugs, specifically cocaine, work in the brain. I want to see how they express the neurotransmitter. This isn’t much of a focus in research nowadays, and it’s actually why I chose USC. There is a group of people there who are interested in the same research.”

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“I decided I wanted to pursue this path in a political foundations class at Syracuse. The class emphasized how important it is to be aware of your surroundings.

Even if you don’t like politics, politics is everyone’s life.

Everything is affected by it.”

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2016 STARTS WITH A NEW RECORD The 2016 SARA Endowment Campaign (April 1 – June 23) was a great success, setting several records and generated over $75,000 (a record). Simply WOW!!! For this campaign, the average donation was just over $350 (a record) with several large leadership gifts received. We received 50 contributions of $500 (a record) or more and 24 contributions of $1,000 or more (a record). 211 alumni and friends of Syracuse rowing contributed (a record) to the Endowment during this period. More impressively 59 class years participated (another record) – with 40 straight class years donating (2016 through 1977). Thank you to our oldest alum, George Richards, from the Class of 1948 and our youngest alums, Tom Johnson and James Schiera, from the Class of 2016 for their contributions.

As of June 30, the SARA Endowment has grown to over $450,000. Since its inception in 2010, over 400 people have contributed to the SARA Endowment, 250 people have contributed more than once and more than 100 people have contributed $1,000 or more. This is all possible by your continued and strong support of Syracuse rowing.

This year’s competition was particular fierce in dollars contributed and number of contributors. The Class years of 1995 – 1999 prevailed again with 35 contributors and over $16,000 raised. Congratulations to class captain Jason Premo’98 and his teams that made it happen. Below are gold, silver and bronze in each category.

Amount Donated 1995 – 1999 $16,631 1980 – 1984 $12,450 1985 – 1989 $8,510

Number of Contributions 1995 – 1999 35 2010 – 2016 28 1965 – 1969 26

On behalf of Syracuse Alumni Rowing Association and SU coaching staff, we would like to THANK YOU for contributing to the 2016 SARA Men’s Crew Endowment campaign. Your financial support ensures the long term health and competitiveness of Syracuse men’s rowing.

Joe Dave Joe Kieffer ‘88 SARA Men’s Crew Endowment - Chair

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Dave Reischman SU Men’s Crew - Head Coach

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THANK YOU Thank you for your contribution to the Men’s Crew Endowment. The Men’s Endowment was established over in the Summer 2010 and has grown to over $425,000 with over 380 alumni and friends contriburing.

Thank you again for all of support of Syracuse Men’s Rowing and keeping them fast.

Jayon Abbott ‘01 Liz Abraham ‘14* Cecil B. Adams ‘77 Allianz Global Assistance* Nick Alexander ‘04* David Altman ‘99#* Robert Angelucci ‘57#* Stephen Anthony ‘80#* Chris Amstrong P’08#* Ryan Armstrong ‘08* Brian Azeff ‘09* AXA Foundation* Axeda Corp James Bader ‘07* Michael Bagnall ‘09* Gordon Bain ‘88#* Dr. Bruce Baker ‘59#* Scott Baltazar ‘89#* Bank of America Foundation Walter Barber ‘63 Joe Barnes ‘89* Norman Barnett David Barone ‘07* Robert J. Barr ‘95* Aiden Barrett Bill Bater ‘79* Michael Beck ‘07* David Beckett ‘80* Peter Beckett Jim Behr ‘12* Bob Beier ‘57 Harold Bender ‘98* Rick Benners # IMO John Bennett Vince Berry ‘11*

Dan Berry ‘11* Andrew Berster ‘02* James Bettini ‘99#* Anna Bianco Chris Bickford ‘12* Mark Bickford ‘81* Paul Blacharski ‘72* Carl Blixt ‘57* Ken Borst ‘49 Peter Boselli ‘03 Kevin Boyle ‘03* Bresnahan Family Chartiable Fund# Jim Breuer ‘72#* Bristol Myers Squibb Co.* Tim Bristow ‘85# Matt Brocks ‘04* Thomas Brown ‘77* Tracy Brown ‘90* Tyson Bry ‘10* Stephen Buergin ‘81 Joe Bufano ‘99* Paul Buff ‘70#* Louis H. Buhrmaster ‘59#* Justin Burgess ‘05 Brian Calandro ‘85 John Campbell ‘67#* Jake Catchpole ‘96 Michael Cellucci ‘98* Bruce Chamberlain ‘41#* John H Chamberlain * George Chapman ‘73* Central New York Community Foundation Chip Chase ‘83#*

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Noah Chase ‘08* Diane Ching Scott Christian ‘99* Virgilio Ciullo ‘ 66 * Charlie Clark ‘83#* Class of 1988 John Combs ‘08* Stephen Connor ‘12* Terence J. Connors P’12* ConocoPhillips Foundation Andrew Cooley ‘05* Matthew Costigan ‘03 Stephen Coutant ‘87# Randy Cramer ‘98 Robert Curren ‘54#* John Curtain III ‘98#* Austin Curwen’91* Tom Darling ‘81#* Paris Daskalakis ‘98* Patrick Daughton ‘99* Dr. Tim Daughton Jr ‘98* Tom Davies ‘98 John Delaney ‘15 John & Beth Delaney P’15* Tom Denver ‘66* Paul Dierkes ‘79#* Michael Dietrick ‘12* Janet Donoghue Drew Doscher Paul Dudzick ‘67#* IMO Joe Dudzick IMO Alyce Dudzick Troy Duff ‘99* William Duffield ‘86* Hugh Duffy ‘80*

Charles Durham ‘01 Eli Lilly Co Foundation Dale Ellis ‘98* Brian Elsts ‘96* Martin Etem ‘09* Tom Evancie ‘78#* Mike Fegley ‘97#* Jason Ferreira ‘99* Conor Finnegan ‘14 David Fish ‘80#* Brian Fitzgerald ‘94* Jon Flynn ‘07* Tom Foote ‘99* Frank Forelle ‘80* GE Foundation IMO Jerry Fries Peter Gaines ‘79 Gary Gardner ‘62 Josh Gautreau ‘06 John Geise ‘07* Bill Gennaro P’07* Mike Gennaro ‘11* Charles Gibson ‘51* Chip Gibson ‘04* John Gilbert ‘85#* Thomas Gilbert ‘73 Steve Gladstone ‘64* Colin Goodale ‘90* IMO David Godfrey* Nathan Graff ‘96#* Jerry Grandey ‘65* Greater St. Louis Community Foundation#* Todd Green ‘56 Jay Greytok ‘87#* Tim Griffin ‘10* James Gulnac ‘67* Jim Haas ‘85* Sam Haines ‘98* Perry Hamerla ‘88* Daniel Hanavan ‘80#* Scott Hansen ‘88* Jeff Harriman ‘70#*

IHO Drew Harrison ‘68 Drew Harrison ‘68#* Joel Harrison ‘07#* James Hardie Bldg Products Jason Hegener ‘98* Rob Heinstein ‘89* Peter Henriques ‘80#* Gerry Henwood ‘80#* John Hession ‘72 Mathew Heumann ‘02#* Glenn Heyer ‘01* Bob Hick ‘54#* Duane Hickling ‘70* Alice Hidy Jason Hillebrecht ‘99* Andy Hobbs ‘83#* Steve Hobson ‘97 Randel & Susan Hockenberry P’17 Dan Hogan ‘65 Rick Holland ‘83#* Matthew Hopeck ‘11 IMO Rick Horn ‘91#* Michael Horvath ‘04 Pat Hosey ‘86 Michelle Hoskins P’15 Stephen Hoskins ‘15 Reid Howe ‘82* Jim Hubbell ‘09* Gordon Hull ‘83#* Adlai Hurt ‘04#* Ken Hutton ‘69#* Linn W Hyde ‘64 IMO Hutch Hyde Ken Hyman ‘87 IBM Coroporation Paul Irvine ‘54 Angus Jackson ‘14* Paul Jirak ‘78* Ed Johanson ‘78* Thomas Johnson P’16* Larry Jones ‘98* Ted Kakas ‘64#*

Josh Kaplan ‘98* Zennon Kapron ‘98* Philip Kaputa ‘98* Scott Kempton ‘84# Chris Kemezis ‘99* Eleanor Kenneth Fund Jim Kerr ‘67* Joe Kieffer ‘88#* Matthew Kirchhoff ‘75 Ryan Knapp ‘08* Richard Kortright ‘69#* Matt Kosboth ‘95#* Jeff Kozlowski ‘92# Jim Kries ‘59 Peter Kruse ‘10* William LaDuke ‘60* Dr. John Lambert ‘72#* Larry Laszlo#* Chris Lawrence ‘89 Mason Leasure ‘13 Brandon Lee ‘98#* Dave LeFevre ‘91 Douglas Lehmann ‘61 Chris Lenahan ‘91 Scott Leventhal ‘95 Richard Lewis ‘84* Lenovo Company Match Pete Liefeld ‘87 Steven Locke ‘90#* Marc Lopez ‘83* Tom Lotz ‘57#* IMO Tom Lotz ‘57* Lord Abbett Company Match * Tom Lowe ‘83 LPL Financial Chris Ludden ‘91 Chris Lutz ‘12* Clark Machemer ‘93#* Gary MacLachlan ‘67#* John MacLelland ‘57 Walter MacVittie ‘78* Patrick Mahardy ‘03* Tim Mambort ‘07*

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Ken Marfilius ‘11* Neita Markee Menke Douglas Markel ‘98#* Matt Marsh ‘97#* Jennifer Martens P’14 Jacob Martens ‘14* Carl Mather ‘86 Andrew Maude’95* Ruth McArdle William McCusker ‘67* Timothy McDermott ‘85 John McGhee ‘84 Michael McHarris ‘08 James McKay ‘82* Richard McNamara ‘88#* Jeff Meiselman ‘84 # Skye Michiels ‘98 #* Don Miller ‘86* Linda Miller * Charles Mills ‘60 Robert Miron ‘59# Arthur H. Mittelstaedt ‘58 Andrew Mogish ‘78* Ed Montesi ‘60 Alan More ‘69#* Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Foundation#* Matt Morrow ‘07* Brendan Murphy ‘13* Charles Murphy ‘52 John Mutty ‘10* Patrick Nalbone ‘67* John Nicholson ‘68#* John Ninos Margaret Ninos Michael O’Hara ‘96 James Olson ‘12* Richard Olson P’12* Matt O’Neill ‘03* Brian Oppenheimer ‘74 Murry Lukoff ‘77#* Dan O’Shaughnessy ‘06#* Brendan O’Sullivan P’15* Joe Paduda ‘80#*

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Taylor Page ‘06* Andrew Papp ‘78 Carl Parlato ‘65# Lynne Pascale’81* Ryan Patton ‘10* Eugene Perry ‘50* Jeff Pesot ‘90#* Joey Peter ‘69#* Thomas Petnuch ‘97#* Whitney Philbrick ‘89 Nick Pickard ‘13 Don Plath ‘68#* Andrew Powers ‘96* Jason Premo ‘98#* Bob Price ‘88#* Tom Prindville ‘65* Proctor & Gamble* Bill Purdy ‘79#* Bill Reid ‘78# Dave Reischman#* Jay Rhodes ‘89* Ashton Richards ‘82 * Henry Ridgely ‘71#* James Reilly ‘85# IHO Sean Ring Richard Ritter ‘81 Charlie Roberts ‘61#* Kyle Rogers ‘14 Steve Rogers ‘69* Peter Romano ‘03* William Rosbrook Andrew Ross ‘07* Thomas M. Rouen ‘60 IMO Thomas M Rouen ‘60 Will Russo ‘03* Paul Sanford* Bill Sanford ‘63* IHO Bill Sanford ‘63* Rich Sangillo ‘98* IHO of all past SARA Presidents Ken Schmidt ‘74* Kirk Ornstein ‘89 IMO Loren Schoel Phyllis H Schwartz

Evan Scott ‘99#* Rachael Seabrook James Segaloff ‘59* Todd Selig ‘91 John Sekas ‘84* Vince Sera ‘99* John Shamlian ‘79*# Dr. Peter Sheerin ‘83* Edward Shepard ‘53 #* IMO Edward Shepard ‘53 Art Sibley ‘80#* Matt Sisk * Richard Skomra ‘83#* Don Smith ‘90#* Kenneth Soltesz ‘85* Michael Sparta ‘14 Tom Sparta P’14* Mark Sprague ‘68#* Justin Stangel ‘07* Rob Steen ‘88 Susan Steinberg ‘90 Johnathan Stephanik ‘01* Harvey Stratton P’01* Josh Stratton ‘01#* Oswald Street ‘80#* Dirk Stribrny ‘90#* Elliot Sussin ‘77 Dave Swenton’87 #* Syracuse Alumni Rowing Association* IHO The 1874 Stewards IMO Bartosz Szczyrba ‘07* Jeremy H Tate ‘99 John Thomas ‘67 Richard J Thome ‘01 Julian Thomka-Gazdik ‘90 Mark Toomey ‘92 Tyler Toporowski ‘13* Rick Tremblay ‘78#* Tremont Street Foundation#* Danial Turner ‘11 Turner Investment Foundation# Vista Fuels LLC# Mark Vyzas ‘10*

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Kristin Walker Bidwell ‘90 Lt Col Charles Wardwell ‘40 Bill Schofield ‘88* Andrew Washburn ‘75 John Watson Thomas Weigartz ‘80 Barry Weiss ‘83#* Ray Went ‘99* Clai White ‘10* Robert White Robert Whyte ‘66* Lawrence Wiener ‘59# Terence Wilkin ‘06* Todd Wilkinson ‘96#* Bill Willson ‘70* Bruce Wilson ‘66#* Jerry Winkelstein ‘61#* Michael Wodchris ‘84 Andrew Wright ‘04 Dick Yochum ‘68* Pat Young ‘90* Jason Zajdel ‘14* Mr. Conrad Zink and Mrs. Lynda del Castillo P ‘14* MacKenzie Zink ‘14 Dennis Zutant ‘66* As of June 1, 2016

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Charitable IRA Rollovers On December 18, 2015, Congress passed the Protecting Americans From Tax Hikes Act. Included in the bill is a permanent extension of the “Charitable IRA Rollover” gift option. As before, a taxpayer older than 70­-1/2 may now make a qualified charitable distribution (QCD) of as much as $100,000 to charity in 2016 and in future years. Use of the option permits QCDs to be excluded from a taxpayer’s gross income by arranging to pay the QCD directly to charity.

The same restrictions apply as in previous years. The gift must be outright - it cannot be used to fund any life income gift plan or fund or add to a Donor Advised Fund (DAF). While the gift will be free from income tax, it will not generate a charitable income tax deduction. The gift must come from an IRA-no other retirement plans (401k, 403b, or SEP accounts). You have the freedom to support any charitable organization of your choice through this special giving opportunity.

SARA encourages you to consider a Charitable IRA Rollover to benefit SU men’s or women’s rowing, either directly through Syracuse University or the SARA Men’s Crew Endowment within the Central New York Community Foundation. No matter the organization you choose to support, the check from the IRA custodian must be made out to the charitable organization of choice.

Should you have any questions or interest, please contact your advisor and coordinate directly with either the SU Orange Club (April Maw, Assistant Director of Annual Giving and Volunteer Groups, 315­-443­-6194 or aamaw@syr.edu) or the Central New York Community Foundation (Thomas Griffith CAP®, ChFC®, Director of Gift Planning, 315­-422­-9538 or tgriffith@cnycf.org).

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ONONDAGA LAKE SOCIETY The Onondaga Lake Society was formed to recognize those individuals who have contributed to the SARA Men’s Crew Endowment for five or more consecutive years*.

The following individuals have achieved this status in 2015 or 2016. Sustainable giving provide the backbone of competitive athletic programs at the Division I level. Thank you for your support.

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4TH ANNUAL EVENING AT TEN EYCK David Altman ‘99 Bob Angeluccib’57 Stephen C. Anthony ‘80 Bruce E. Baker ‘59 Scott Baltazar ‘89 Robert J. Barr ‘95 William Bater ‘79 Michael W. Beck ‘07 Harold J. Bender ‘98 James Bettini ‘99 Jim Breuer ‘72 Tyson Bry ‘10 Joe. Bufano ‘99 Michael Cellucci ‘98 Chip Chase ‘83 Scott Christian ‘99 John Combs ‘08 Bob Curran ‘54 John J. Curtin ‘98 Tom Darling ‘81 Paris Daskalakis ‘98 Patrick Daughton ‘99 Thomas Denver ‘66 Paul Dudzick ‘67 Hugh Duffy ‘80 Dale L. Ellis ‘98 Michael Fegley ‘97 Frank Forelle ‘80 Mike Gennaro ‘11 Chip Gibson ‘04 Nathan Graff ‘96

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Daniel T. Hanavan ‘80 Jeffrey W. Harriman ‘70 Drew Harrison ‘68 Joel Harrison ‘07 Robert Heinstein ‘88 Peter G. Henriques ‘80 Gerry Henwood ‘80 Robert M. Hick ‘54 Andrew G. Hobbs ‘83 Adlai A. Hurt ‘04 Ken Hutton ‘69 Ted Kakas ‘64 Josh Kaplan ‘98 Joe Kieffer ‘88 Richard T. Kortright ‘69 Matthew D. Kosboth ‘95 Peter C. Kruse ‘10 John Y. Lambert ‘72 Chris Lutz ‘12 Gary P. MacLachlan ‘67 Skye Michiels ‘98 Alan C. More ‘69 Patrick J. Nalbone ‘67 John Nicholson ‘68 Dan O’Shaughnessy ‘06 Joseph Paduda ‘80 Ryan Patton ‘10 Joey Peter ‘69 Don Plath ‘68 Jason Premo ‘98 David Reischman

Henry Ridgely ‘71 Charlie Roberts ‘61 William E. Sanford ‘63 Evan T. Scott ‘99 Vince Sera ‘99 Peter Sheerin’83 Art Sibley ‘80 Rick Tremblay ‘78 Mark J. Vyzas ‘10 Barry S. Weiss 83 Bruce A. Wilson ‘66 Dick Yochum ‘68

EVENING AT TEN EYCK SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2016 Racing under the lights!

Get back in the boat with your old teammates!

Dinner afterward to bring back all the memories!

240 people attended last year. Don’t get left out!

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BACKSPLASH BACKSPLASH NEWS OF OUR ALUMNI

Tyler Page ’06 Stonington Conn.

[After the Final] It was incredible! So much fun. On the road back to Austin with 4 very excited kids! Dan and I are ecstatic they got to experience a game like that.

Chip Chase ’83 I am honored to have had my crew teammates Gordon Hull, Pete Sheerin, Barry Weiss, Eleanor Allen, and Coach Sanford join me for a tour of the Pentagon and my promotion ceremony to Rear Admiral last October. SU Crew was the foundation for my success and I was thrilled to have shared the day with a few of those of you who had a positive influence on me those many years ago. We spent hours after the reception reminiscing. Thank you all for the great memories.

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From the westerlysun.com: “It has been quite the journey for the Stonington High crew program — 16 years and many 2-1⁄2 drives to Lake Warmaug, northwest of Waterbury, Conn., for the state public school rowing championships. And the return trip never included a state championship boat. But all of that changed on Sunday [May 22] when the Bears made some history in a big way. Stonington came home with a pair of varsity state titles for the Varsity I and Varsity II boats — the first in program history. The performance qualified Stonington for the nationals in Philadelphia in June.”

Shannon McPhillips Oberheu ’95 Shannon McPhillips Oberheu ‘95 and her family attended the men’s Final Four in Houston, including the semifinal with SU against UNC. My kids from L to R in first photo (in the stadium): Lucy, Clare, Jack and Killian

gurt with an absurd amount of sprinkles every night also helped.) I was part of the 1997 crew that qualified Syracuse for its first NCAA championship, and these girls treated me like a legend (!!!), though I am just a mere mortal. After spending the last 9 months in nothing but hospitals and therapy tables, I am soooo grateful to the team and coaching staff for letting me be part of that world again.

Jamie Bettini ’99 Vallerie (Peck) Bettini ‘99 I’d like to offer a shout out to my wife. Val’s team from Boston­based advertising agency Arnold Worldwide won a silver Positive Change Effie for their work on SolarCity’s At Home with Ra campaign. The Positive Change Effie honors the most effective environmentally sustainable marketing efforts of the year, and recognizes those most successful in measurably shifting audience behavior. The Effie was presented at the North American Effie Awards Gala in New York City on June 2nd

Larry Laszlo Photo of ’06 - ’08 alums at Wisco race in Chicago

[Before the Final between Villanova and UNC] Driving to Houston now for the final game. Disappointed that SU isn’t playing, but my mom graduated from Villanova so we will be cheering for them.

Joan Rubinger ’99 ­­ Had the opportunity to spread the #Jojomojo to the Syracuse rowing team at NCAA Championships this weekend!

Nothing on earth makes me happier than being around the sport I love so dearly. I couldn’t stop smiling for 3 straight days. (The s’mores frozen yo-

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Isabelle Mae Curtin was born April 5th, 2016, turning me into a grandfather. Now I have to focus onliving long enough to keep all the [fill in the name of your least admirable teammate] away from her.

Jerry Winkelstein, MD ’61 I​ have been retired for 11 years and love it. My wife of 47 years, Marilyn, and I live in Maine in the summer and hike daily. We also love to travel and spent some time in the rain forest of Costa Rica this year. I look back on my 4 years on the crew with nothing but the best memories. In fact, being on the crew was the best experience of my college years. I learned all the most important life lessons from my coach, Loren Schoel, and my teammates.

Chuck Harris ’70 Whitman Magazine reports that Chuck Harris recently made a major six­figure gift commitment to the Martin J. Whitman School of Managment to help practically prepare Whitman students through participation in real­world business projects. Harris’ earmarked his gift for Consurtio, the firm created at the Whitman School where students run the internal operations of the company, as well as work on individual accounts for client businesses in Central New York and across the country. Harris’s service on the Whitman Advisory Council has provided an invaluable perspective as the School works to realize goals of reputation, influence and leadership.

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In addition, the gentleman that is here from US Rowing and heading up the practice rowing for the Olympic Trial scullers is Dan Roock, a Liverpool HS grad, Charger alum, Princeton grad and former Cornell coach for about 8 yrs...and whose sister, Sheila, in onthe SARA Board. All I can say is Syracuse is well represented all over the place. Again, small world moments.

Tom Darling ’81 That’s me on left, Dan Roock in middle and Charlie Mills on left. We are at the Olympic and Paralympic trials in Sarasota, FL. I am here as Director of Para­Rowing with the men’s and women’s Arms and Shoulder athletes, Dan, I believe is coaching one of the sculling boats and Charlie is driving a launch as a referee (I believe)

Charlie Mills ’60 I just wanted to pass on some “small world” happenings here. As I have mentioned before, I am volunteering here at Nathan Benderson Park as a launch driver for marshalling the course during Olympic Trials practice times as well as hosting referees on my launch for the races and other rowing events here.

Monday I had the pleasure of driving the referee for the quad finals whose name is Ruth MacMahon.(sp?). She is from Arlington, VA and was mentored by fraternity brother and era teammate, the late Tom Lotz (’57, I think). She was very nice to talk to. Also, she was a cox for Tony Johnson (’61, I believe) also an era teammate, in his early days in Arlington...and she rows now.

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Alumns Who Coach We have more people to add to the list we published in March of alums who are coaching rowing:

Cameron Bierwith ‘15 “Please add Cameron Bierwith, ’15, to the list of those coaching crew. Cam is the head coach of the middle school program of the Oakland Strokes (he calls them his ‘little dudes’ and loves it!).”

- Catherine Bierwith.

Beth Marks ’83 “I oversee the Nichols School crew program and coach the varsity girls. My husband, Ted (BU ’82), coaches the varsity boys. The Nichols School had a successful season this year.” – Beth

ALUMNI TACKLE THE SAN DIEGO CREW CLASSIC

“My name is Anna Kaszycki, and I am a 2015 graduate of Syracuse University and I was a member of the women’s rowing team for my four years at Syracuse.

Thank you for sharing the Orange Oar with the alumni athletes. I really enjoyed reading the magazine and it was great to hear about what the program is currently doing and the progress that has been made over this past year.

Rebecca Soja reports that the alumni boat that finished third at the San Diego Crew Classic was made up almost entirely of ’14 and ’15 grads. They are young guys who still want to race and go fast. Mac Zink was the one who proposed the idea, and Kyle Rogers was the one who rallied the troops to travel to San Diego.

I noticed that there was a section mentioning rowers turned coaches and I would like to turn myself in as one. I am the Graduate Assistant coach at St. Lawrence University for the men’s and women’s rowing teams. This is my first year there and I will be continuing for another year until I graduate from my Master’s degree next May. Thank you so much for keeping the Orange Pride alive and well.

Go CUSE!”

Syracuse won its heat in a time of 6:50.159 over UC Santa Barbara Alumni, UCLA Alumni, Lynwood Rowing Club and UC San Diego Alumni A. Brown Alumni won the final in 6:36.609, followed by Berkeley Alumni A (6:41.693) and Syracuse (6:42.048).

Photo above from Left to right: Mason Leasure ’13, Mac Zink ’14, Conor Finnegan ’14, Christian Mund ’15, Jake Martens ’14, Cam Bierwith ’15 Mike Tobin ’15 , Kyle Rogers ’13, G ’14, Pat O’Shaunessy-Hunter ’15 SEND US YOUR NEWS! WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

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2016 SENIORS

Seniors from 2016. From left to right: Conor Kelley, Political Science Bryce Vanderberg, Math, Political Science, and Economics James Schiera, Civil Engineering Jonathon Dawson, Biology Hannah Wagner, Photo Journalism Aleksandr Staprans, Information Technology David Conroy, Accounting Sam Oster, Mechanical Engineering Tom Johnson, Economics

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