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To provide information and news for the Parents, Friends, and Alumni of Andover Crew.
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Rowing has been a strong program at Andover since the 1950s. We owe our program to the Coach Brown and the first intrepid souls who dared to master the Merrimack. Every generation since then has done their bit to support and grow the program to the amazing experience available to today's young rowers and coxswains. As parents, friends and alumni we should give thanks for the passion shared. Now it is our turn to plan forward for the students not yet infected with the rowing passion. We must build for their future.

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Alumni boat, BIG BLUE in the Head of the Charles

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This fall the Friends of Andover Crew aka BIG BLUE will be racing in the Head of the Charles Regatta. Chris Maietta '74 and Maggie Klarberg Kennedy '96 applied for Men’s and Women’s racing entries for the Alumni event at the HoCR. In the lottery we were not awarded a place for the women but we do have an entry for the men.
Our BIG BLUE boat of alumni will race on Saturday 22nd at 10.55 am. We will celebrate with lunch at the Andover tent in the Reunion Village afterwards. We will start a page on this website for the Alumni team.
The team so far is Tom Boyle '74, Forty Conklin "79, Dave Lippold '74, John Pawlowski '74, Carl Taeusch "63, Randy Tagg '73, Hunter Washburn "00 and Sarah Sherman "04. There is still space for one more rower, preferably a starboard.
All traditions have to start somewhere and we hope this will be the start of a new tradition of entering both men’s and women’s boats in the alumni event. Click on the picture for the Facebook event.

  Chris Maietta
Chris Maietta

Player Profile
Class:
1974
Hometown:
Wayland, Mass.
High School:
Phillips Academy
Height / Weight:
Yes / defintely
Position:
Team Manager

Biographical Note:
College rowing:TBD

Personal note:

Founder of several rowing programs including Wayland Weston.



  Maggie Klarberg Kennedy
Maggie Klarberg

Player Profile
Class:
1996
Hometown:
New York
High School:
Phillips Academy
Height / Weight:
Tall/ yes
Position:
Team Manger

Biographical Note:
College rowing:U. Penn

Personal note:

TBD

  Tom Boyle
Tom Boyle

Player Profile
Class:
1974
Hometown:
North Andover, Mass.
High School:
Eramus Smith
Height / Weight:
Yes/ Light
Position:
Social media

Biographical Note:
College rowing:Brown

Personal note:

After rowing for Mr Brown at PA I ended up rowing first heavyweights at Brown in ’76 & ’77, including the Eastern Sprints and IRA’s each year. Our effort at the Head in ’77 was handicapped by our breaking a rigger in the first 1 mile – so only 7 rowing the last 2 miles but we managed to finish ahead of three other entries. I chose not to row my senior year at Brown. My rowing thereafter has been spotty. I now row occasionally on weekends at Saugatuck Rowing Club in Westport, CT in a single – still in reasonably good shape - although 3 miles seems a long haul!



  Forty Conklin
Michelle Darby

Player Profile
Class:
1979
Hometown:
Norwood, NJ
High School:
Phillips Academy
Height / Weight:
5-4 / 100
Position:
2 seat

Biographical Note:
College rowing:Yale

Personal note:

As far as ancient history goes, I rowed at PA for Mr. Brown from 1970-1974. At Yale, I rowed for 4 years on the Lightweight squad, when most boats and oars were wooden. In total, I rowed the Head of the Charles 8 times, but never learned the course. I bought a Concept 2 (again wooden handle and stretcher) and have been a dry land rower ever since. I did the CRASH-B's last year and did not tip over. So, in summary I think I will finish this race and will not cause the boat to sink.



  Dave Lippold
Dave Lippold

Player Profile
Class:
1974
Hometown:
Bethesda, MD
High School:
Phillips Academy
Height / Weight:
Tall/Yes
Position:
Seat 3

High School Sports: Rowing.
Major at Washington: Pre-Engineering

Husky Rowing Experience:

Personal: After graduating from Andover in 1974, I was a member of Cornell’s heavyweight freshman team and then transitioned to the varsity lightweight team for my remaining three years at Cornell. While on the lightweight team, I alternated rowing between the JV and 3V boats. To this day I still question my sanity for become a “lightweight” as I did not enjoy losing the 10 pounds every week I would gain after each weigh-in for next week’s race.
I then moved to the Washington, D.C. area and joined the Potomac Boat Club. I raced competitively for several years after which time with the arrival of children I became an inactive member. Within the past five years I reactivated my Potomac membership and became more serious about rowing when my daughter started rowing for her high school. The last time I rowed on the water on a daily basis was three years ago. As an alternative, I purchased an erg (which has the fishing game on it which I still do not know how to use) and like John, have participated in the Crash B sprints over the past several years. In lieu of rowing on the water, I decided to follow rowing regattas by becoming a referee (does not require as much effort as actually rowing) and rowing on land.
The last time I was at the HOC was two years ago when I watched my daughter row while it was snowing.



  John Pawlowski
Michelle Darby

Player Profile
Class:
11974
Hometown:
Lexington, Mass.
High School:
Phillips Academy
Height / Weight:
Tall/Yes
Position:
Seat 4

High School Sports: Rowing.
Major at Washington: Pre-Engineering

Husky Rowing Experience:

Personal:



  Michelle Darby
Michelle Darby

Player Profile
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
North Andover, Mass.
High School:
Phillips Academy
Height / Weight:
5-4 / 100
Position:
Coxswain

High School Sports: Rowing.
Major at Washington: Pre-Engineering

Husky Rowing Experience: 2009 (Sophomore) - Coxed the second varsity eight to gold medals at the Pac-10 conference championships and the IRA National Championship. 2008 (Freshman) - Coxed the men's freshman four that won a gold medal and set a course record at the IRA Championships in Cherry Hill, NJ.

Personal: Daughter of Samuel and Rosy Darby ... Both parents are engineers.



  Michelle Darby
Michelle Darby

Player Profile
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
North Andover, Mass.
High School:
Phillips Academy
Height / Weight:
5-4 / 100
Position:
Coxswain

High School Sports: Rowing.
Major at Washington: Pre-Engineering

Husky Rowing Experience: 2009 (Sophomore) - Coxed the second varsity eight to gold medals at the Pac-10 conference championships and the IRA National Championship. 2008 (Freshman) - Coxed the men's freshman four that won a gold medal and set a course record at the IRA Championships in Cherry Hill, NJ.

Personal: Daughter of Samuel and Rosy Darby ... Both parents are engineers.



  Michelle Darby
Michelle Darby

Player Profile
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
North Andover, Mass.
High School:
Phillips Academy
Height / Weight:
5-4 / 100
Position:
Coxswain

High School Sports: Rowing.
Major at Washington: Pre-Engineering

Husky Rowing Experience: 2009 (Sophomore) - Coxed the second varsity eight to gold medals at the Pac-10 conference championships and the IRA National Championship. 2008 (Freshman) - Coxed the men's freshman four that won a gold medal and set a course record at the IRA Championships in Cherry Hill, NJ.

Personal: Daughter of Samuel and Rosy Darby ... Both parents are engineers.



  Michelle Darby
Michelle Darby

Player Profile
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
North Andover, Mass.
High School:
Phillips Academy
Height / Weight:
5-4 / 100
Position:
Coxswain

High School Sports: Rowing.
Major at Washington: Pre-Engineering

Husky Rowing Experience: 2009 (Sophomore) - Coxed the second varsity eight to gold medals at the Pac-10 conference championships and the IRA National Championship. 2008 (Freshman) - Coxed the men's freshman four that won a gold medal and set a course record at the IRA Championships in Cherry Hill, NJ.

Personal: Daughter of Samuel and Rosy Darby ... Both parents are engineers.



  Michelle Darby
Michelle Darby

Player Profile
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
North Andover, Mass.
High School:
Phillips Academy
Height / Weight:
5-4 / 100
Position:
Coxswain

High School Sports: Rowing.
Major at Washington: Pre-Engineering

Husky Rowing Experience: 2009 (Sophomore) - Coxed the second varsity eight to gold medals at the Pac-10 conference championships and the IRA National Championship. 2008 (Freshman) - Coxed the men's freshman four that won a gold medal and set a course record at the IRA Championships in Cherry Hill, NJ.

Personal: Daughter of Samuel and Rosy Darby ... Both parents are engineers.



  Michelle Darby
Michelle Darby

Player Profile
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
North Andover, Mass.
High School:
Phillips Academy
Height / Weight:
5-4 / 100
Position:
Coxswain

High School Sports: Rowing.
Major at Washington: Pre-Engineering

Husky Rowing Experience: 2009 (Sophomore) - Coxed the second varsity eight to gold medals at the Pac-10 conference championships and the IRA National Championship. 2008 (Freshman) - Coxed the men's freshman four that won a gold medal and set a course record at the IRA Championships in Cherry Hill, NJ.

Personal: Daughter of Samuel and Rosy Darby ... Both parents are engineers.



  Michelle Darby
Michelle Darby

Player Profile
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
North Andover, Mass.
High School:
Phillips Academy
Height / Weight:
5-4 / 100
Position:
Coxswain

High School Sports: Rowing.
Major at Washington: Pre-Engineering

Husky Rowing Experience: 2009 (Sophomore) - Coxed the second varsity eight to gold medals at the Pac-10 conference championships and the IRA National Championship. 2008 (Freshman) - Coxed the men's freshman four that won a gold medal and set a course record at the IRA Championships in Cherry Hill, NJ.

Personal: Daughter of Samuel and Rosy Darby ... Both parents are engineers.



New Boathouse

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We have made good progress on the boathouse funding but we still have a ways to go. We need help from people who are willing to organize groups of donors from their year or their boat or their geographical region or in honor of a special individual or cause. We can help with contact information and boathouse material. If you can help us please contact Ann Harris at aharris@andover.edu and 978-749- 4312 or Sam Darby at anovercrew@andovercrew.net and 978-975-4152. If anyone would like to visit the proposed site for the new boathouse, please contact us and we will arrange a guided tour.
If we are successful at raising the funds, this may be the last year in our current home. Those of you who might want to make a sentimental visit to the current boathouse or the previous boathouse that is a short walk downriver should plan on coming down this fall or the coming spring. Click on the picture for the Boathouse page.

Andover Crew Community

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Some of us still use ink and paper while others use Blackberries 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 Guest book, our Facebook group, our Twitter feed and our LinkedIn group. You can also sign-up for our email newsletter by contacting us at andovercrew@andovercrew.net. 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..

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The Spirit of Andover Crew

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

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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.

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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


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Training and Fun

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Some guidance for the art of erging with skill and style. Read and inwardly digest this guidance and then do the complete opposite and you will have perfection!

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Now that the crews are on the water, some people will be catching crabs. If you are going to do something, you might as well excel at it. Here are instructions for catching a really good crab!

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For a video of a real-life ejector crab from the MIT website, thanks to Kit H. Click here You will need a mp4 player such as QuickTime or DIV/X.

Catching a crab can be a race stopping event. Check out the youtube video from San Diego at 1 min 24 secs. Click Ejection crab

Diet is very important for all of us. Strenuous sports such as Crew add an extra dimension to diet planning. Eating properly is essential for good health. Some useful advice for rowers and parents bringing food to races can be found in this Training diet guide link. Staying healthy should be the first priority.

Crew first day on the water

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Crew after a week with the coaches - see technique instruction

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Spring Schedule

By popular demand a best guess at the 2011 Spring Race Schedule.

To live is to row, to row is to race, to race is to test the limits. NEIRA beckons.

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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.


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Directions:

For direction to all of our racing venues click here

Directions to racing venues

Directions to the boathouse (from Andover) for the Andover crew races.:

Directions to parking for the Andover Boathouse

Alternate NEIRA regatta directions to Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester


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Alumni Corner

New Alum Stories

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.net or post them in the guest book. See the "guestbook" icon on the top of this page.

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A day at the office with big sister.

In recent times it has become popular to bring sons and daughter to work for a day. Well Olivia Coffey '07 had the opportunity to spend a day with her big sister Lt. Cmdr. Laurie Coffey '95. There is only room for two in her office but at least she isn't interrupted by the phone. The "office" in questions is a US Navy F18. It is about the same length as a Vespoli V1 but it weighs a little more and you definitely do not want to be anywhere near the wake. We all sleep safe in our beds at night because of people such as Laurie Coffey exchange launching a racing shell off a dock on the Charles for launching an F18 off the deck of a carrier. Coffey

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New Old Stuff: And now for a couple of pictures, one from 2007, another from around 1959 and three more from around 1983 taken from an out of print book about Andover.

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Caroline Lind and the US boat with their Gold medals - Lucerne 2007


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We think this is from 1959 with Coach Brown, Tom Pollock, Fritz Dulles, Renny Maier, Jerry Secundi, John Allen, John Bissel, Mike Drooker, Bill Anderson, David Stone and Ned Cabot (seated). Thanks to Simon Hyde, Paul Neshamkin, Mike Drooker, Will Taylor, Tom Pollock, Renny Maier and Sam Bach who sent in their best ideas for the names.


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Sent in by Rick Nuckolls. We think this is from 1969 with Jay Watkins (bow), Vic Kiarsis, Rick Nuckolls, Bill Jones, Roger Steinert, Carl Willaims, Tony Romano, Jim Cunningham and John Ford as coxswain. Fred Drake also rowed in B1 in 1969.


From Lissy Abraham '74
Lissy wrote and asked why I only posted the 1974 boys' picture. I answered that we didn't care about the girls (only joking!) and besides they only merged in '74 and didn't do crew until '75. Oh no she said. Prove I said. And she did. Here is the 1974 girls from Lissy's yearbook. More to come from her 1973 yearbook showing girls infiltrated Crew before the merger!.

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The first Official girls crew at Andover - Lissy on the RHS.



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Girls crew circa 1983. Please email andovercrew@andovercrew.net if you know the names.


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Boys circa 1983. I think the first time we won the Dent Oars. Our B1 brought them home this year too!


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The dedication of the Christina Cabot showing both the King shell and the real Christina. She, the shell, is still in use today.


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The boys crew on the water. 1: Eamon Roche, 2: Jeb Dogget, 3: Bruce Trask, 4: Steve Hochman, 5: Chris Thompson, 6: Alec Hugo, 7: Pat Tipton, 8: Max Drake and Cox: Jeff Tuller in the Christina Cabot. Thanks to Bruce Trask and Alec Hugo for their best memories of the names. The boat is still on the water. Please email andovercrew@andovercrew.net with any corrections.



From Reuben Perin '89
The two photos labeled ‘B1 Class of 89’ and ‘Reading Winners’ were taken in England the week before Henley when we had won the Reading Town Regatta. The other photo, ‘Coach Row at Henley’, is unique because it is of our boat rowing the Henley course, but if you look closely you will see that the stroke seat is our beloved coach Peter Washburn. We rowed the course and even did a few pieces with Mr. Washburn after we were eliminated. He could at that point still put out a decent puddle and not crab in the process. Can’t wait to see everyone at the reunion.
Our B1 boat line-up was:
Bow: Eric Hawn, 2: Nick Lehman, 3: Peter Austin, 4: Ethan Ayer, 5: Cadir Lee, 6: Reuben Perin, 7: John McDougall, Stroke: Chris Schulten,Cox: Cristina Spencer (Olivetti)

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Coach Row at Henley



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Several people have expressed a nostalgic connection with the old boathouse that we had to abandon because of vandalism. We took a stroll along the river bank and found the building in remarkably good condition after 25 years. Here are some photographs

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The Old Boathouse



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The view from the Old Boathouse



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The view from the Old Boathouse


For many more Alumni news and memory lane click here.

drummer Who is the handsome young man leading the Andover crew at the 1983 Neira championships? Bob Moss suggested that it might be a young Tom Selleck (aka Magnum P.I.) but the first correct answer was from Ryan Marcelo. Of course this is a slightly younger Coach Washburn. This photo was sent in by Alec Hugo '83.










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Related links

We believe all of the links are working again. Please leave a message in the guest book if you have any problems with the links or if you have a favorite link that you would like us to add to our list.
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Anyone having trouble receiving twitter updates on your phone? If so, you should log in to your twitter account and click on "following". This will bring you to a screen showing who you are following. Under "Direct message" there is a selection for "Devices updates on off". Make sure the "on" button is selected. If "off" button is selected then you will not receive any updates on your phone.

Andover crew Hats - THE definitive fashion statement this Spring

We have re-ordered Andover Crew hats. Every rower and coach will a free hat before Grandparents' Weekend. Over 130 hats. Additional hats have been purchased for parents, friends and alumni of Andover Crew. These hats are available for a donation of $15 plus postage if required. Wear your hat when you visit the campus to show your support for the crew program. When we reach a 150 donations, we will have covered the cost of the hats for the rowers.
If you would like a hat please email andovercrew@andovercrew.net. We will email you donation instructions. The hats are lightweight with a built in sweat band.:

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Andover Hat - back

We also have a small quantity of dark blue and light blue visors for $10.

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