To provide information and news for the Parents, Friends, and Alumni of Andover Crew.

Some of us still use ink and paper while others use Android and iPhones to communicate. You can participate with Andover crew via this web page and the links at the top of this page to our Facebook group (800+ members), and our LinkedIn group (250+ members). You can also contact us at andovercrew@andovercrew.com. We welcome participation, comments, suggestions and especially stories and pictures of Andover rowers young and old. We are happy to help people reconnect with old boatmates.
Our LinkedIn group is our latest addition. We hope our LinkedIn group will provide the opportunity for the Andover Crew family to provide support for our younger rowers as they move into the world. Our young men and women who have maintained good grades while spending 25 to 30 hours a week on competitive rowing at the countries top colleges have already proved that would be valuable additions to any organization that wants to be successful. Membership is only open to rowers, alumni and parents.
Click on the picture to join the LinkedIn group..

A Call to Oars:
Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage;
Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,
Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit
To the full height. On, on, you noblest rowers.
Whose limbs were made in New England show us here
The mettle of your pasture; let us swear
That you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not;
For there is none of you so mean and base,
That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry 'Go for myself, my family and Andover Crew!'
(Mostly from Henry V Act 3 Scene 1)
- Apologies to Will Shakespeare.

For past years' results go to Row2k results and enter the year.

The times listed are approximate times for the first racing boat to go on the water. The teams and supporters arrive about an hour earlier to setup for the races.

Crew is a little different from other sports. All the students, boys and girls, everyone from varsity first boat to the sixth boat, train together, practice together, race together. Everyone jumps on the same bus for the bone-rattling trip to the boathouse. Everyone helps with the launches. Everyone shares the same cold wet days on the Merrimack. Everyone shares the same pain, the same pleasure. Everyone will have the same joy as the boat starts to sync and the speed increases. There is no individual effort. There is no individual glory. Only one boat, eight rowers, one coxswain, one shell. A racing boat.

Below is a multimedia section including a video of this year's (07) interschols, Michelle's call and video from Henley '06 and a documentary video about Andover crew made by Katherine Adams '06. Recently we have noticed people referring to Andover crew as a world class program. The shallow reason for such an accolade is probably the recent racing performance such as B1 with two silvers and a gold and G1 with three silvers in the last three New England Championships. We think the program is world class because of the spirit of Andover crew down through all 12 boats. We hope the videos below will help you visit again with the spirit of Andover crew.

Interschols '07 Video

Click the links below for Interschol video thanks to Jim Moroney.
Click here for Interschol video part 1
Click here for Interschol video part 2
Click here for Interschol video part 3

Abingdon Race Henley '06 - Michelle's Coxswain's Call: You can feel the spirit as you listen to this race from Henley '06. Abingdon, one of the top English schools, used their fantastic start to take an early lead of over a boat length. Lesser crews would have crumbled. Andover clawed back into the race and then pulled off a tremendous sprint to take the victory.

Click the CONE for a video combination of the coxswain's recording and the TV recording of the Abingdon-Andover race. The video will start with a photograph of the team racing at Henley. The TV footage from www.rowtv.co.uk will appear for the last 500 meters.

Andover Crew video: Katherine Adams created this Andover crew video in the Spring of '04. As you watch this movie I think you will appreciate that Andover Crew is something very special. We have split the movie into four parts to make it easier to play and download. Please click on the link and it will play using Media Player. You may also right click on each part to download the four files and then use the 'open' command under 'file' to select all four to play as a group.
Andover Crew Video Part 1
Andover Crew Video Part 2
Andover Crew Video Part 3
Andover Crew Video Part 4
Courtesy of Katherine Adams '06

Here is a video Created by two members of the Andover Crew team this year 2019.

Created by Rick Ono '19' and Sam Boshar'19

© 2019 Phillips Academy

Here is a video thanks to Neil Evans, Associate Director, Digital Communications at Andover.

An Afternoon on the Water

© 2019 Phillips Academy

Here is a video made by Oscar Tang on his retirement as President of the Board of Trustees.

An Andover Life - Andover Crew- Oscar Tang '56'

© 2019 Phillips Academy

General Information

Coaches:

Coach Taylor Washburn '03 Director of Andover Crew.

Taylor is an '03 graduate of PA. He rowed at Andover and Princeton before going on to row with the US National Lightweight Team. He comes back to Andover with coaching experience at Andover, NMH and Tabor. His 2012 Tabor B1 lost the NEIRA championship to Andover B1, coached by his father, by 0.233 of a second. We are told he has improved. :-)
Taylor is the Cluster Dean for Abbot and will be teaching math.
We welcome Taylor and his young family back to Andover.

The goal is to inspire happy rowers to learn to row in the fall and win the New England Championship in the spring. We all wish Taylor and his team every success.

Coach Kelly Evans Girls' Head Coach Andover Crew.

Kelly spent nine years as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the Radcliffe heavyweight rowing team at Harvard, where she coached the first and second eights alongside Head Coach Liz O'Leary. Prior to coaching at Harvard, she coached rowing and cross country at Noble and Greenough School.
Kelly understands the power of amazing rowing experiences. She walked-on to the Harvard Heavyweight men's team as a coxswain her freshman year and coxed for Harry Parker. In her senior year, she coxed the 1V to a Gold medal at Eastern Sprints, a win over Yale, and a win in the Ladies Plate at Henley Royal Regatta. She earned an A.B. in Neurobiology from Harvard in 2010, and an Ed.M. in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard in 2018.

Coach Dale Hurley joined us in 2006 and has been a inspiration to our young rowers ever since with his famous launch cry of "What do you do when you are not having fun?" "PULL HARDER". He came to the program with coaching experience at Blair Academy, University of Pennsylvania, University of Tennessee, and the US Naval Academy built on top of a successful rowing career that included being a 5 time member of the U.S National Lightweight Rowing team.

Coach Andy Finch learned to row at Boston University. After four years with the BU program, and upon graduation, Andy went on to row on the Lightweight US National Team for 3 years; 1994, 1995, and 1996. Coach Finch has previously coached at Brooks School, Philips Exeter, and more recently founded the rowing program at St. John's Prep in Danvers, MA. He continues to row and competes annually in the Head of the Charles Regatta which he has only missed once since his first in 1991.

Coach Amanda Foushee Instructor English. Amanda was a coxswain in her rowing life and is excited to be back on the water

Coach Jose Manuel Zorrilla Matilla Instructor Physics and supervisor of the Phillips Academy Observatory.

Coach Logan Jester Instructor in mathematics and house counselor. Logan coached at Rutgers prior to PA.

Coach Zephyr Gilmore Teaching Fellow in Mathematics. Rowed for four years at Bowdoin winning medal at ACRAs in 2025.

Coach Ei Smith Instructor in History & Social Science. Coaches Ice Hockey and Crew.

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Captain election results:
Girls' Team co-Captains '25/26:TBD
Boys' Team Captain '25/26:TBD

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up--for you the flag is flung--for you the bugle trills;
For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths--for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;

Walt Whitman

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Spring 2025 Pictures & Videos

April 26thth: Races with Hanover

Early on Saturday we all awoke to a downpour of rain. Thanks to all the parents who braved the drive north to cheer the team. We were blessed by the weather Gods who stopped the rain just as we all arrived. The river was covered by a heavy mist that faded but did not disappear all afternoon. You could hear the oars of the boats before you could see them.
The Hanover people were super friendly and welcoming. We raced upstream on the beautiful Connecticut River. This means the water speed relative to the boat is a bit faster and increases the possibility of "catching a crab". Hanover caught more than we did. We had a great day of racing. Andover won 10 of the 11 races. Coaches love boring races. Our sixth boat race was the most exciting with B6 winning by 0.3 of a seconds or about a about half a deck or about 6 or 7 feet. This was a fun racing day.

Please click buttons for the pictures.
April 26th races page 1 April 26th races page 2 April 26th races page 3

Please click for the videos. The videos are also posted in our Facebook group, Friends of Andover Crew
Thank you to Hanover for the ride in the launch to capture these videos.
Intro Hanover
B1 Race Hanover
B2 Race Hanover
B3 Race Hanover
B4 Race Hanover
B5 Race Hanover
B6 Race Hanover
G1 Race Hanover
G2 Race Hanover
G2 Race Hanover

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April 19th: Races with Deerfield, Glastonbury, CRI, St. John's Prep and BC High

This was a monster day in all respects. It was our first Raceday of the season thanks a canceled Salisbury (Illness) and a Canceled Kent (weather).
We had 11 boats with 99 athlete in total field of 40 boats and 360 athletes from 6 schools. Amazingly the races ran like clockwork, thanks especially to Coaches Hurley and Finch who were herding the starters and aligning the starters. Our boats did a great job especially since it was the first race for many of our coxswains and rowers. Thank you to all of our coaches who have trained the skill and nurtured the enthusiasm shown by all our tribe of racers on Saturday
A huge thank you to all the parents who turned out to support the tribe and the parents who ran the food table to feed the tribe. Our boats go faster when the hear the cheers from the shore and they row better if we feed them race food before and they recover better after the race with recovery food from food table.
We also welcomed the PA athletic Director, Lisa Joel, a regular guest, who rode in the safety launch with us and helped with the livestream video. Lisa brought with her, David Fricke, Sports information Director and photographer. David brought along a camera with a lens about the size of a small washing machine. His 4000 mm Canon lens dwarfs my little 200 mm Nikon and of course he is a real photographer compared my miserable amateur ability. We hope to post some of his images in the next 24 hours.

Please click buttons for the pictures.
April 19th races page 1 April 19th races page 2 April 19th races page 3

Please click for the videos. The videos are also posted in our Facebook group, Friends of Andover Crew
B1 Race Deerfield
B2 Race Deerfield
B3 Race Deerfield
G1 Race Deerfield
G2 Race Deerfield
G3 Race Deerfield
B1 Race SJP
B2 Race SJP
B3 Race SJP
G1 Race Glastonbury
G2 Race Glastonbury
G3 Race Glastonbury
B4 Race Andovber, BCH, SJP, Deerfield
G4 Race Andover, Deerfield, CRI, CRI
B5 Race Andover B5 & B6, Deerfield, SJP
G5 Race Andover, CRI

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Spring Practice at the William Brown Boathouse

April 19th - Raceday: Deerfield, Glastonbury, CRI, St. John's Prep and BC High

This was a monster day in all respects. It was our first Raceday of the season thanks a canceled Salisbury (Illness) and a Canceled Kent (weather).
We had 11 boats with 99 athlete in total field of 40 boats and 360 athletes from 6 schools. Amazingly the races ran like clockwork, thanks especially to Coaches Hurley and Finch who were herding the starters and aligning the starters. Our boats did a great job especially since it was the first race for many of our coxswains and rowers. Thank you to all of our coaches who have trained the skill and nurtured the enthusiasm shown by all our tribe of racers on Saturday
A huge thank you to all the parents who turned out to support the tribe and the parents who ran the food table to feed the tribe. Our boats go faster when the hear the cheers from the shore and they row better if we feed them race food before and they recover better after the race with recovery food from food table.
We also welcomed the PA athletic Director, Lisa Joel, a regular guest, who rode in the safety launch with us and helped with the livestream video. Lisa brought with her, David Fricke, Sports information Director and photographer. David brought along a camera with a lens about the size of a small washing machine. His 4000 mm Canon lens dwarfs my little 200 mm Nikon and of course he is a real photographer compared my miserable amateur ability. We hope to post some of his images in the next 24 hours.

Please click buttons for the pictures.
April 19th races page 1 April 19th races page 2 April 19th races page 3

Please click for the videos. The videos are also posted in our Facebook group, Friends of Andover Crew
B1 Race Deerfield
B2 Race Deerfield
B3 Race Deerfield
G1 Race Deerfield
G2 Race Deerfield
G3 Race Deerfield
B1 Race SJP
B2 Race SJP
B3 Race SJP
G1 Race Glastonbury
G2 Race Glastonbury
G3 Race Glastonbury
B4 Race Andovber, BCH, SJP, Deerfield
G4 Race Andover, Deerfield, CRI, CRI
B5 Race Andover B5 & B6, Deerfield, SJP
G5 Race Andover, CRI

Reunion Row: Saturday - June 10th Reunion Row

Bring back the Merrimack spirit.
When: Saturday June 7thth meeting 07.00 am to 9.30 pm.
Who: All the 5s and 0s plus any other Andover Crew souls brave enough to join us especially anyone who missed out during COVID.
Please email andovercrew@andovercrew.com so that we have a good idea of the numbers.
Where: William Brown Boathouse, 620 Lowell Street, Methuen.
Draft Schedule
7.00: Rowers arrive.
Sort everyone into boats.
Carry boats and oars to the dock.
7.30: launch for a gentle row on the mighty Merrimack.
Later: Refreshments in the Bill Brown Boathouse.

See you by the river! Go Blue!

Directions to Boathouse

Where: William Brown Boathouse, 620 Lowell Street, Methuen, MA
Following are the directions to the William Brown boathouse from the I-93:
The I-93 road works are now complete so we have new directions.
1. 620 Lowell Street, Methuen.(Use this address for your GPS.)
2. Take I-93 North or South to Exit 46. (Route 110/Route 113 toward Lawrence/Dracut)
3. From I-93 North Follow the exit 46B ramp to join Route 110/Route 113.
4. Move over to the far left after joining.
5. Turn left at the traffic lights to Lowell Street/Route 110.
6. From I-93 South stay to the left on the exit 46 ramp. 7. Go straight across at the traffic lights to Lowell Street/Route 110.
8. On Lowell Street/Route 110 Drive straight through the first light and continue on for 1.3 miles.
9. The boathouse is located on the left.
10. Please be careful to indicate early to turn into the boathouse so that people behind you know you are going to stop.
Click here for a Boathouse Map

Go Blue!

We have posted pictures from our fun 2015 Reunion Row. Click here 2015 reunion Row pictures.

Our dear friend, Liv Coffey '07 stroked the 2018 Cambridge Women's Boat Club to victory in The Boat Race. Liv rowed for Andover, Harvard and the US team where she won a World Championship. Someone told Liv it was impossible to complete an MBA at Cambridge and row for the University. Now they know they were wromng.
You can watch the race on YouTube here Cambridge Oxford Women's Boat Race 2018

Interschols 2007	Pre-Henley 2007

Andover Crew history

Interested in the history of Andover Crew?
We have now posted all the yearbooks to http://www.andovercrew.com/YearBook/indexYearBooks.html . Enjoy! We are still missing Yearbooks for the following years 1958, 1959, 1984,1985, 1991 and 2004.

Here are some yearbook pictures. Please see if you can guess the year and name any of the people. These are also posted on Facebook.
You can email your answers to andovercrew@andovercrew.com.

With help from Hobey Birmingham '62 Boys 1963 Standing Row: Coach Bill Brown, James Pinney '63, Jan Askman '63, James Wells '63, John Born '63, Hugh Emory '63, Dan Eubank '65, Gib Vincent '63, Gordon Hardy '63 Front Row: Paul Hoffman '63	1970s?

With help from Neil Batt '82: 1st Row: E.Roche '83, P. Tipton '83, D. Mahoney '82, M Weatherley-White '82, J Doggett '83 2nd Row: T. Lameyer '82, N. Batt '82, D. Duquette '82, S. Hochman '84	With help from Struan Robertson '83: Girls 1 and 2nd 1983 1st Row: Rachel Moscarella '83, J. Gillivray ;84, Rachel Simons '83, Carolyn McGowan '83, ? 2nd Row: Thayer Tolles '83, E Stier '83, Donna Hoitsma '83?, Betsy Biern '84 3rd Row: L.Doucette, Susannah Hill '83, E. Crowther, L. Zuckerman '83, Elizabeth McHenry '83 4th Row: P. Canfield, S. Black '83,S. Hazelwood '85, Milisa Galazzi '84.

Boys 1 and 2nd 1983 L-R, Boys First Boat: 1st Row: Max Drake '83, Patrick Tipton '83, Geoffrey Tuller '83, Alec Hugo '83, Chris Tompson '83, 2nd Row: Jeb Doggett '83, Eamon Roche '83, Steve Hochman '84 & Bruce Trask '83, 3rd Row: Boys 2nd Boat- Art Muldoon '84, Mikkel Hermann '83, (coxswain)?, John Helmers '83, Struan Robertson '83, Peter Washburn (coach) 4th Row: Dan Miller '83, ?, Fritz Reichenbach '83, Steve Blackwell '83.

1982 G1 1st Row: P. Hager, R Moscarella '83, R. Simons '83, C. Richards '82, L. Carr 2nd Row: J. Mulvihill '82, T. Tolles'83 , E. Biemann '82, M. Durham '82

For more alumni stories click here Alumi Corner
Year Books Andover Crew

We have started digging into the history of Andover Crew.
Looking for new alumni new, please send them in if you have some to share
Here are some old pictures from Henley:

Henley boat	Three of the boat are here

1959 - First Andover trip to Henley	1959 Andover vs Thames Rowing Club

1959 Boat: Bow-Bill Taylor, 2-Chris Miller, 3-Jack Allen, 4-Renny Maier, 5-Dick Masland, 6-Art Burnham, 7-Bill Sanford, stroke-Maynard Toll (Captain), cox-Patrick Cary-Barnard. (Thanks to Bill Sanford)

We have also started a web page for the rowing entries in the Year Books from 1956 when Coach Brown founded Andover Crew. Below is the first entry from 1956. We have now posted all we have on Year Books Andover Crew
We are still missing Year Books for the following years 1958, 1959, 1984,1985, 1991and 2004. If you have a Yearbook for any of these years and are willing to scan it or send it to us to scan please email us at andovercrew@andovercrew.com.

1956 Year Book