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QUICK FACTS TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Location.........................Philadelphia, PA Founded .......................................1884 Enrollment..................................34,000 President .................Dr. Ann Weaver Hart Director of Athletics .................Bill Bradshaw Nickname ......................................Owls Colors .........................Cherry and White Affiliation..........................NCAA Division I ..............................US Rowing Association ......................Dad Vail Rowing Association

COACHING STAFF Head Coach ..................Dr. Gavin White Office Phone...................215-204-1751 E-Mail [email protected] Assistant Coach ....................Kevin Gross [email protected]

MEDIA RELATIONS Contact ..................................Greg Huff Office Phone...................215-204-7446 Office Fax .......................215-204-7499 E-mail [email protected] Website .............................owlsports.com

TABLE OF CONTENTS

2007-08 VARSITY ROSTER NAME Justin Allphin Michael Berger Brendan Cunningham Sam Cunningham Patrick Curran Bill Gennaro Thomas Goldner Thomas Haubrich Scott Herring Bradford Long Thomas Masterson Austin Phillips Don Powers Robert Protesto Rory Roberts Chris Schwartz Nicholas Vlahos Joseph Welsh Patrick Welsh Michael Whitman

Yr. SO JR SO SR SO SR JR SR SO SO SO JR SR SR SR SR SR JR SO SO

Ht. 6-7 5-9 6-4 6-2 6-3 5-11 5-9 6-5 6-0 5-10 6-2 6-1 6-4 6-3 5-6 6-0 6-4 6-1 5-11 5-10

Wt. 240 130 193 160 202 200 127 205 195 175 180 156 200 200 125 175 210 215 185 175

Hometown Red Lion, PA Glenside, PA Upper Darby, PA Pittsburgh, PA Sea Isle City, NJ Havertown, PA Gwynedd Valley, PA Philadelphia, PA Arlington, VA Philadelphia, PA Radnor, PA Costa Mesa, CA Lafayette Hill, PA Newtown Square, PA Absecon, NJ Quakertown, PA Manhasset, NY Somers Point, NJ Somers Point, NJ Philadelphia, PA

Last School Dallastown La Salle Msgr. Bonner Taylor Allderdice Holy Spirit St. Joseph's Prep St. Joseph's Prep St. Joseph's Prep Washington Lee Roman Catholic Radnor Saint Joseph's St. Joseph's Prep St. Joseph's Prep Holy Spirit Marietta College Manhasset Holy Spirit Holy Spirit Roman Catholic

Head Coach: Dr. Gavin White (Temple ‘73) - 29th season Assistant Coach: Kevin Gross (Temple ‘98) - 1st season

2007-08 NOVICE ROSTER NAME Mark Brockbank Steven Cahill Nick Contino Steve Jankiewicz John Masterson Donald Norris Ryan Rickus Parsa Sharifi Scott Waters Jeff Wunderlich

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Ht. 5-9 6-2 5-11 6-0 6-2 5-7 6-2 5-10 6-3 6-5

Wt. 135 170 145 170 170 125 190 200 185 195

Hometown Schenectady, NY Philadelphia, PA Washington Twp., NJ Mays Landing, NJ Wayne, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Manhassest, NY Glenside, PA Chalfont, PA

Last School Schenectady Father Judge Washington Twp. Oakcrest Radnor Father Judge Father Judge Manhassest La Salle Central Bucks South

Outlook ..............................................1 Head Coach........................................2

2007-08 SCHEDULE

Coaching Staff.....................................2

Date Sat., Oct. 13 Sat., Oct. 27 Sun., Oct. 28 Sat., Nov. 10 Sun., Nov. 11 Sat., Mar. 15 Sat., Mar. 29 Sat., Apr. 12 Sun., Apr. 13 Sat., Apr. 19 Sun., Apr. 20 Sat., Apr. 26 Fri., May 9 Sat., May 10 Thu., Jun. 5 Fri., Jun. 6 Sat., Jun. 7

Player Profiles ...................................3-6 History ................................................7 Schuylkill River .....................................8

TEMPLE CREW

Fall 2007 Results .................................8

CREDITS The 2007-08 Temple Men’s Crew Media Guide was written and edited by Greg Huff and Steph Hanlin. Interior layout and cover designs by Kevin Bonner. Additional editing provided by Larry Dougherty and Al Shrier. Printed by Multi-Ad® Sports, Peoria, Ill. Special thanks to Dave Mateer, Client Account Manager for

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Location Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Princeton, NJ Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Tampa, FL Philadelphia, PA Camden, NJ Camden, NJ Oak Ridge, TN Oak Ridge, TN Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Philadelphia, PA Camden, NJ Camden, NJ Camden, NJ

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OUTLOOK Head coach Dr. Gavin White is in his 29th season at the helm of the men’s rowing program at Temple University. The Owls enter the 2008 season after a respectable second place finish at two huge regattas; the Dad Vail Regatta and the SIRA Championships. Coach White hopes to lead his Varsity 8 shell to the title in both of these events this year. The Owls return their coxswain and five of the eight rowers from the shell that received the silver in the two prestigious events last year. Temple loses Dante Cammarata and Pete Gostling to graduation this year while junior James Harding is currently training with the Australian national team. Replacing those three in the Varsity 8 are Chris Schwartz, Justin Allphin and Tom Masterson. Allphin’s tall, thick stature is one that makes him a valuable replacement according to Coach White, “At 6' 7" 240 lbs. it’s hard not to take advantage of his power.” Allphin is among those that White expects to make a difference in their first season with the program. Allphin had never rowed prior to September of last year but he is expected to make a big difference in a Varsity 8 that Coach White says is the biggest that he’s had in years. Fellow sophomores Pat Curran and Tom Masterson are also expected to make an impact on the success of the Varsity 8.

Captains this year are Rory Roberts and Don Powers. Roberts coxed the Varsity 8 last year while Don Powers was in the bow position. These two were an integral part in last year’s Varsity 8 shell that had excellent results. They will hope to lead the team to even better performances, looking for a first place finish in the Dad Vail Regatta and the SIRA Championships. Coach White is proud of many other upperclassmen leaders as well, “Seniors Bob Protesto, Chris Schwartz, Thomas Haubrich, Sam Cunningham, and Nick Vlahos have been impressive in leading the way for our younger guys.” The expected lineup in the Varsity 8 boat is as follows; Christ Schwartz (1 seat), Pat Curran (2 seat), Nick Vlahos (3 seat), Justin Allphin (4 seat), Don Powers (5 seat), Tom Haubrich (6 seat), Bob Protesto (7 seat), Tom Masterson (stroke) and Rory Roberts (coxswain). Heading into the season the Owls are the defending champions of the Murphy Cup and Knecht Cup where they will hope to repeat. Coach White has his eyes set on the SIRA Championships and the Dad Vail Regatta gold medals as he expects the boat to be very capable of bringing home those titles, “If our younger and stronger guys continue to develop we could be quite fast this season.”

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COACHING STAFF

Dr. Gavin White

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Dr. Gavin R. White is in his 29th season as head coach of the Temple University men's crew program. Under his guidance, the Owls have earned international distinction with seven invitations to Great Britain's premiere regatta, the renowned Royal Henley Regatta (1983-86, 1989, 1990, 1994). In Temple's seven appearances, White has led the Owls to the Grand Finale once (1984) and into the quarterfinals four times (1985, 1990, 1993,1994). White continues the city of Philadelphia's tradition of quality rowing this season with an impressive roster of athletes. His boats have won 15 of the last 16 Dad Vail Regatta varsity eight titles. The Owls had won 13 consecutive titles from 1989-2001 prior to placing second to Dowling in 2002. After serving as an assistant for three seasons, White became only the second head coach in Temple crew history. He succeeded Tom "Bear" Curran in 1979 and has been the men's coach ever since, with the exception of the 1984-85 season when he took a sabbatical to work on a doctoral degree, which he received from Temple in 1986. White also holds a bachelor's degree in physical education from Temple and a master's degree in physical education from the University of Maryland. Under White, Temple crew's commitment to excellence is evident as the squad

maintains an unparalleled dominance of the Dad Vail Regatta. The Owls have won 19 of the last 21 Dad Vail finals. White has built his crew program around Philadelphia area rowers who are rich in both talent and motivation. He has also expanded his recruiting efforts to places like Canada, Croatia, and Ireland. White, honored as the 2003 Schuykill Navy Coach of the Year, coached the men's four at the 2000 Olympics Games in Sydney. The crew finished fifth in the final. A five-time U.S. National Rowing Team coach, White coached the men's pair with coxswain to the gold medal at the 2003 FISA World Rowing Championships in Milan, Italy. Many of White's Temple rowers have gone on to success in international competition. Oarsman Igor Francetic, 1996 Nation's Cup Champion for Croatia, earned a gold medal at the Senior "B" World Championships in 1997. Francetic captured the gold for Croatia in the Under-23 World Championships during the summer of 1999. Francetic earned a bronze medal as a member of the Croatian Men's Eight in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games. He was also a member of the Croatian Men's Eight that captured gold at World Cup Munich 2000. Jason Read was also a member of that 1997 U.S. Nation's Cup squad. Read then earned a silver medal at the 1998 U.S. Nation's Cup in Greece and a gold medal at the Under-23 World Championships in Hamburg, Germany. He also picked up a silver medal at the 2003 World Rowing

Championships. Chris Kerber, a 1992 graduate, was a world champion in 1993 and again in 2000; and Scott Brodie, a 1994 graduate, was a member of the Canadian Olympic Eight in Atlanta. Besides being a winning coach, White was a member of the Temple University crew for three years (1971-73). As a senior he was honored with the Club's Most Valuable Rower Award. He was also a member of the Temple basketball team as a freshman during the 1969-70 season. In 1985, White was inducted into the Temple Athletic Hall of Fame. White, who is the son of retired Temple Athletic Director, Gavin White, Jr., resides in Abington, Pa., with his wife, Jane and their two children, Elizabeth, 23, and Gavin Michael, a sophomore at Temple.

Kevin Gross

, Asst. Coach/1st season/Temple 98 Kevin Gross, a four-time Dad Vail champion as a member of Temple's Varsity 8, joins Temple for his first season as assistant men's crew coach. Gross rowed for the Owls from 1994-98. During his time with the Owls, Gross'

Varsity 8 crew won four straight Dad Vail Regatta titles and also won the 1996 Augusta Invitational. Gross also helped the Cherry and White to their 15th consecutive Bergen Cup and ninth Murphy Cup titles. Gross also excelled in the academic arena, graduating magna cum laude in 1999 with a degree in nursing. He received the Temple University Alumnae Award for excellence in academic and clinical nurs-

ing, and potential for leadership. Gross also was an honorable mention Acres of Diamonds community service award honoree. He went on to earn a MBA in Health Administration from Temple University Fox School of Business in 2005. The Philadelphia native graduated from Father Judge High School, where he was an All-Catholic League Swimmer and three-year member of the crew team.

PLAYER PROFILES Jus tin Allphin

Sam Cunningham

Sophomore 6-7 • 240 Red Lion, PA Dallastown/Eastern

Senior 6-2 • 160 Pittsburgh, PA Taylor Allderdice

Transferred to Temple from Eastern University...AT EASTERN: Played basketball for two seasons...PERSONAL: Also a lifeguard at Avalon beach and competes in competitive races..Majoring in marketing.

Michael Ber ger

Junior 5-9 • 130 Glenside, PA La Salle SPRING 2007: Part of Varsity 4 `B' that placed 1st in the Keuper Cup...FALL 2006: Coxed the Varsity 4 to a 3rd place finish at the Navy Day Regatta...Coxed the Varsity 4 to a 5th place finish at the Frostbite Regatta...Coxed the Varsity 4 to a 1st place finish at the Bill Braxton Memorial Regatta...SPRING 2006: Coxed the Varsity 4 to a 2nd place finish at the Murphy Cup...Coxed the Novice 4 to a 1st place finish at the Knecht Regatta...Coxed the Novice 4 to a 1st place finish at the 68th Dad Vail Regatta...BEFORE TEMPLE: Graduate of La Salle High...Three-time letter winner in crew... 2005 Gold Medalist at Frostbite Regatta...PERSONAL: Majoring in Biology.

Br endan Cunningham

SPRING 2007: Part of Varsity 8 `B' that placed 1st in Keuper Cup...part of Varsity 8 `B' that placed 1st at Murphy Cup...part of Varsity 8 `B' that placed 1st at Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta...part of Junior Varsity 8 that placed 1st at Dad Vail Regatta...FALL 2006: Stroked the Varsity 8 "B" to a 1st place finish at the Navy Day Regatta...Stroked the Varsity 8 "B" to a 24th place finish at the Princeton Chase Regatta and a 1st place finish at the Frostbite Regatta...Stroked the Varsity 4 to a 1st place finish at the Bill Braxton Memorial Regatta...SPRING 2006: Member of the Varsity 8 "B" that finished 1st at the Murphy Cup...FALL 2005: Placed 1st over Drexel at the inaugural Schuylkill Banks Regatta in Varsity 8... Finished 22nd of 38 at Princeton Chase in B Boat in Varsity 8... Placed 1st in Varsity 8 race at the Frostbite Regatta... Placed 1st in Varsity 8 race A at the Braxton Regatta...BEFORE TEMPLE: Graduate of Taylor Allderdice High...Transferred to Temple from Mercyhurst...Placed second in the ECAC Lightweight 8...PERSONAL: Majoring in health.

Patrick Cur r an

Sophomore 6-3 • 202 Sea Isle City, NJ Holy Spirit SPRING 2007: Part of Varsity 8 `A' that placed 1st at Murphy Cup...Part of Varsity 8 that placed 1st at Knecht Cup.

Sophomore 6-4 • 193 Upper Darby, PA Msgr. Bonner

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SPRING 2007: Part of Novice 4 that placed 1st at Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta...Part of Novice 4 that won Cindy Cup at Dad Vail Regatta.

PLAYER PROFILES Bill Gennar o

Senior 5-11 • 200 Havertown, PA St. Joseph’s Prep SPRING 2007: Part of Varsity 4 `B' that placed 1st in the Keuper Cup...Part of Varsity 8 `B' that placed 1st in Keuper Cup...Part of Varsity 8 `B' that placed 1st at Murphy Cup...part of Varsity 8 `B' that placed 1st at Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta...Part of Junior Varsity 8 that placed 1st at Dad Vail Regatta...FALL 2006: Member of the Varsity 8 "B" that finished 1st at the Navy Day Regatta...Member of the Varsity 8 "B" that finished 24th at the Princeton Chase Regatta and 1st at the Frostbite Regatta...Member of the Varsity 4 that finished 1st at the Bill Braxton Memorial Regatta...SPRING 2006: Member of the Varsity 8 "B" that finished 1st at the Murphy Cup...Member of the Varsity 8 "B" that finished 1st at the Knecht Regatta...Member of the Varsity 8 "B" that finished 1st at Georgetown...Member of the Varsity 8 "B" that finished 1st at the 68th Dad Vail Regatta...FALL 2005: Placed fourth in the College Heavyweight 8 race at the Navy Day Regatta... Finished 22nd of 38 at Princeton Chase in B Boat in Varsity 8... Placed 1st in Varsity 8 race at the Frostbite Regatta... Placed second at Braxton Regatta in Varsity 8 race...Gold Medalist at Dad Vail Regatta in Men's Frosh/Novice 4 races... Earned the Gold Medal at the IRA Regatta...BEFORE TEMPLE: Graduate of St. Joseph's Prep...Three-year letter winner in football...Three time Catholic League football champ...Two-year letter winner in rowing...Captured two Catholic League rowing titles...Two Philadelphia City Rowing Championships...Claimed a US Rowing National Championship Titles...Named 2004 First-team All-Catholic Rower...PERSONAL: Majoring in communications.

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Thomas Goldner

Junior 5-9 • 127 Gwynedd Valley, PA St. Joseph’s Prep SPRING 2007: Part of Varsity 4 `A' that placed 1st in the Keuper Cup...Part of Varsity 8 `A' that placed 1st at Murphy Cup...Part of Varsity 8 that placed 1st at Knecht Cup...part of Varsity 8 `B' that placed 1st at Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta...Part of Junior Varsity 8 that placed 1st at Dad Vail Regatta...FALL 2006: Coxed the Varsity 8 "B" to a 1st place finish at the Navy Day Regatta...Coxed the Varsity 8 to a 12th place finish at the Princeton Chase Regatta...Coxed the Varsity 8 "B" to a 1st place finish at the Frostbite Regatta...Coxed the Varsity 4 "B" to a 3rd place finish at the Bill Braxton Memorial Regatta...SPRING 2006: Coxed the Varsity 8 "B" to a 1st

place finish at the Murphy Cup...Coxed the Varsity 8 to a 5th place finish at the San Diego Crew Classic...Coxed the Varsity 8 "B" to a 1st place finish at the Knecht Regatta...Coxed the Varsity 8 to a 2nd place finish at Georgetown...Coxed the Varsity 8 to a 2nd place finish at the 68th Dad Vail Regatta...CAREER AT TEMPLE: Placed fourth in the College Heavyweight 8 race at the Navy Day Regatta... Finished 15th of 38 at Princeton Chase in A Boat in Varsity 8... Placed 1st in Varsity 8 race at the Frostbite Regatta... Placed second at Braxton Regatta in Varsity 8 race...BEFORE TEMPLE: Three-time letter winner in crew... Coxed the team that placed second in the state... Twotime Catholic Gold Medalist...Two Time City Gold Medalist... 2004 Silver Medalist at Stotesbury Cup...2005 Gold Medalist at Stotesbury Cup...Earned Gold Medal at Nationals in Lightweight 8 event...PERSONAL: Major is undeclared.

Thomas Haubrich

Senior 6-5 • 205 Philadelphia, PA St. Joseph’s Prep SPRING 2007: Part of Varsity 4 `A' that placed 1st in the Keuper Cup...part of Varsity 8 `A' that placed 2nd in Keuper Cup...part of Varsity 8 `A' that placed 1st at Murphy Cup...part of Varsity 8 that placed 1st at Knecht Cup...FALL 2006: Stroked the Varsity 8 to a 4th place finish and the Varsity 4 to a 3rd place finish at the Navy Day Regatta...Stroked the Varsity 8 to a 12th place finish at the Princeton Chase Regatta and a 1st place finish at the Frostbite Regatta...SPRING 2006: Member of the Varsity 8 that finished 1st to win Temple's 23rd Murphy Cup...Member of the Varsity 8 that finished 5th at the San Diego Crew Classic...Member of the Varsity 8 that finished 1st at the Knecht Regatta...Member of the Varsity 8 that finished 2nd at Georgetown...Member of the Varsity 8 that finished 2nd at the 68th Dad Vail Regatta...Stroked the Varsity 4 to a bronze medal at the IRA Regatta...FALL 2005: Placed fourth in the College Heavyweight 8 race at the Navy Day Regatta... Finished third at Head of the Schuylkill Regatta in the Varsity 8 race... Finished 15th of 38 at Princeton Chase in A Boat in Varsity 8... Placed second at Braxton Regatta in Varsity 8 race...2004-05: Earned the Gold Medal in the Frosh/Novice 4 event at IRA Regatta... Placed 4th at Dad Vail... Placed 1st in Varsity 8 race at the Frostbite Regatta...BEFORE TEMPLE: Graduate of St. Joseph's Prep ...Captured a Catholic League Rowing title and two Philadelphia City Rowing championships...Won Gold at the Stotesburry Cup...Medaled twice at the Royal Canadian Henley...PERSONAL: Majoring in architecture.

PLAYER PROFILES Sco tt Her ring

Rob Pr o t es t o

Sophomore 6-0 • 195 Arlington, VA Washington Lee

Senior 6-3 • 200 Newtown Square, PA St. Joseph’s Prep

SPRING 2007: Part of Novice 4 that placed 1st at Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta...Part of Novice 4 that won Cindy Cup at Dad Vail Regatta.

Br adf or d Long

Sophomore 5-10 • 175 Philadelphia, PA Roman Catholic HIGH SCHOOL: Four year letterwinner at Roman Catholic...Won the Varsity single in the 2006 City Championships..Major is Tourism and Hospitality Management.

Thomas Mas t er son

Sophomore 6-2 • 180 Radnor, PA Radnor SPRING 2007: Part of Novice 4 that placed 1st at Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta...part of Novice 4 that won Cindy Cup at Dad Vail Regatta.

Au s t i n P h i l l i p s

FALL 2006: Member of the Varsity 4 that finished 5th at the Frostbite Regatta...Member of the Varsity 4 "B" that finished 3rd at the Bill Braxton Memorial Regatta...BEFORE TEMPLE: At Catholic University of America, placed 1st at 2006 Occaquan Sprints in Novice 4...placed 1st at 2006 Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Crew Championships in Novice 4...Placed 2nd at 2005 Head of the Occaquan in Novice 4...Graduate of Saint Joseph High (CT)...1 year letter winner in crew and outdoor track and field...PERSONAL: Majoring in Biology...Involved with Habitat for Humanity.

Ror y Rober ts

Senior 5-6 • 125 Absecon, NJ Holy Spirit SPRING 2007: Part of Varsity 8 `A' that placed 2nd in Keuper Cup...part of Varsity 8 `B' that placed 1st at Murphy Cup...FALL 2006: Coxed the Varsity 8 to a 4th place finish at the Navy Day Regatta...Coxed the Varsity 8 "B" to a 24th place finish at the Princeton Chase Regatta...Coxed the Varsity 8 to a 1st place finish at the Frostbite Regatta...SPRING 2006: Coxed the Varsity 8 to its 23rd Murphy Cup...Coxed the Varsity 8 to a 1st place finish at the Knecht Regatta...Coxed the Varsity 8 "B" to a 1st place finish at Georgetown...Coxed the Varsity 8 "B" to a 1st place finish at the 68th Dad Vail Regatta...CAREER AT TEMPLE: Finished third at Head of the Schuylkill Regatta in the Varsity 8 race... Placed 1st in Varsity 8 race at the Frostbite Regatta... Placed 1st in Varsity 8 race A at the Braxton Regatta...BEFORE TEMPLE: Graduate of Holy Spirit High School...Four-year letter winner in rowing...Captured three NJ State Championships and Stotesbury Cup Championship...Claimed two Philadelphia City Championships and National Championships...PERSONAL: Majoring in criminal justice.

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Junior 6-1 • 156 Costa Mesa, CA Catholic University

SPRING 2007: Part of Varsity 8 `A' that placed 2nd in Keuper Cup...part of Varsity 8 `A' that placed 1st at Murphy Cup...part of Varsity 8 that placed 1st at Knecht Cup...FALL 2006: Member of the Varsity 8 that finished 4th at the Navy Day Regatta...Member of the Varsity 8 that finished 12th at the Princeton Chase Regatta and 1st at the Frostbite Regatta...SPRING 2006: Member of the Varsity 8 "B" that finished 1st at the Murphy Cup...Member of the Varsity 8 "B" that finished 1st at the Knecht Regatta...Member of the Varsity 8 "B" that finished 1st at Georgetown...Member of the Varsity 8 "B" that finished 1st at the 68th Dad Vail Regatta...CAREER AT TEMPLE: Placed fourth in the College Heavyweight 8 race at the Navy Day Regatta... Finished third at Head of the Schuylkill Regatta in the Varsity 8 race... Finished 15th of 38 at Princeton Chase in A Boat in Varsity 8... Placed 1st in Varsity 8 race at the Frostbite Regatta... Placed second at Braxton Regatta in Varsity 8 race...HIGH SCHOOL: Graduate of St. Joseph's Prep...Fouryear letter winner in Rowing...Four time winner of the Philadelphia City Rowing championships...Captured two Catholic League rowing titles...Name 2004 First Team All-Catholic Rower...PERSONAL: Majoring in history and political science.

PLAYER PROFILES Chris Schw ar tz

Joseph Welsh

Senior 6-0 • 175 Quakertown, PA La Salle/Marietta

Junior 6-1 • 215 Somers Point, NJ Holy Spirit

SPRING 2007: Part of Varsity 8 `A' that placed 2nd in Keuper Cup...Part of Varsity 8 `B' that placed 1st at Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta...Part of Junior Varsity 8 that placed 1st at Dad Vail Regatta...At Marietta: Rowed one year with freshman eight at Marietta, earning gold medals at SIRA and Dad Vail Regattas...Club: Four-time Canadian Henley Gold Medalist as a three-year member of Penn AC...HIGH SCHOOL: Received Ken Shaw Award given to Most Valuable Oarsmen following senior year...Four-year member of La Salle crew team...PERSONAL: Majoring in Business Management and Marketing...Finance minor.

Nicholas Vlahos

Senior 6-4 • 210 Manhasset, NY Manhasset

TEMPLE CREW

SPRING 2007: Part of Varsity 8 `A' that placed 1st at Murphy Cup...part of Varsity 8 `A' that placed 1st at Murphy Cup... FALL 2006: Member of the Varsity 8 that finished 4th at the Navy Day Regatta...Member of the Varsity 8 that finished 12th at the Princeton Chase Regatta and 1st at the Frostbite Regatta...CAREER AT TEMPLE: Placed 1st over Drexel at the inaugural Schuylkill Banks Regatta in Varsity 8...Finished 22nd of 38 at Princeton Chase in B Boat in Varsity 8... Finished 1st in Varsity 4 race at the Braxton Regatta...BEFORE TEMPLE: Graduate of Nassau County High School...Letter winner in football and wrestling...All league Nassau County in football...Third in Nassau County in wrestling...PERSONAL: Major is undeclared.

SPRING 2007: Part of Varsity 8 `B' that placed 1st in Keuper Cup...part of Varsity 8 `B' that placed 1st at Murphy Cup...part of Varsity 8 `B' that placed 1st at Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta...Part of Junior Varsity 8 that placed 1st at Dad Vail Regatta...SPRING 2006: Member of the Varsity 8 "B" that finished 1st at the Murphy Cup...Member of the Varsity 8 "B" that finished 1st at the Knecht Regatta...Member of the Varsity 8 "B" that finished 1st at Georgetown...Member of the Varsity 8 "B" that finished 1st at the 68th Dad Vail Regatta...CAREER AT TEMPLE: Placed fourth in the College Heavyweight 8 race at the Navy Day Regatta... Placed 1st over Drexel at the inaugural Schuylkill Banks Regatta in Varsity 8... Finished third at Head of the Schuylkill Regatta in the Varsity 8 race... Finished 22nd of 38 at Princeton Chase in B Boat in Varsity 8... Placed 1st in Varsity 8 race at the Frostbite Regatta... Placed second at Braxton Regatta in Varsity 8 race...BEFORE TEMPLE: Three-year letter winner in crew... Team captain senior year... 1st place at Green Head Sprints...2003 Stotesbury Cup Champion...2003 National Champion...Made the top 8 at the Henley Royal Regatta in 2003...2002 NJ State Champion... 2002 Philadelphia City Champion...Stotesburry Champion in the JV8 race...PERSONAL: Major is undeclared.

Patrick Welsh

Sophomore 5-11 • 185 Somers Point, NJ Holy Spirit SPRING 2007: Part of Novice 4 that placed 1st at Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta...Part of Novice 4 that won Cindy Cup at Dad Vail Regatta.

Michael Whitman

Sophomore 5-10 • 175 Philadelphia, PA Roman Catholic HIGH SCHOOL: Member of the JV quad shell that won nationals his sophomore year...Also placed 3rd in the varsity double at nationals in his senior year...MAJOR: Civil Engineering.

HISTORY The Temple University men’s varsity crew program began in 1966 under the watchful eye of Temple athletic director Ernie Casale. The first important and critical decision made was the hiring of a crew coach. Casale chose Thomas Aloysius Curran, aka “Bear”, former head crew coach at La Salle University and Penn AC Boat Club. He was well known, at age 17, for having been the youngest member of a boat known as the “Big Eight”” rowing out of Penn AC in Philadelphia. That crew had represented the US at the Berlin Olympic Games of 1936. In 1932 that Penn AC boat had also set the course record in Antwerp, Belgium that amazingly stood until 1976. Bear’s crews had won five Dad Vail Varsity Eight Championships while at La Salle. At Temple, Bear started the program with barely eight men. Most of his crew were students that were already enrolled at Temple. Several had experience – most did not. Under Bear Curran’s tutelage Temple University found immediate success, winning many dual meets and several large cup regattas. They won the Bergen Cup, which is symbolic of city supremacy several times and the Kerr Cup, an invitational for regional crews. Twice his crews finished second at the prestigious Dad Vail Regatta . This was, and continues to be, the largest collegiate regatta in the world. In 1968 they finished second to Georgetown and in 1973 to the University of Massachusetts. During his tenure Bear helped to develop several national team athletes and coaches. Jack St. Clair won medals at the Pan-Am games; Marc Charry won several medals

representing the US at the Maccabiah Games. Coxswain John Hooten had a long tenure as coach at Vesper Boat Club, where he coached many national team members and gold-medal winning crews at the world championships. Hooten was also an Olympic coach and coached Temple University to the Dad Vail Varsity Eight Championship in 1985. Mike Hurley followed a distinguished career with tenure as vice-president of USRowing. A tradition of success had been well established under Curran’s guidance. In 1978, Bear Curran retired and turned the reins over to his assistant of three years Gavin R. White. White, the son of former Temple Athletic Director Gavin White Jr., and also one of Bear’s Boys, had evidently been taught well by the old Bear. As a rower, White was honored with the Club’s Most Valuable Rower Award. After several so-so seasons as head coach, the crew started to show steady improvement. The hiring of Mike Teti, an Olympian, as an assistant proved to be a great decision. Teti brought with him many years of national and international experience. In White’s fourth year at Temple, after an intense recruiting campaign, they won several cup races and managed to finish second at the 1982 Dad Vail Regatta. Perhaps the single most significant event of White’s first four years was the recruiting of Charlie Bracken. Once Bracken, a junior national team member, came on board things went up a notch. In 1983, White’s fifth season as head coach and with all but one back in the boat from the year before, Temple won its first Dad Vail Var-

sity Eight Championship. Since that time the Temple Varsity Men’s Eight has won 16 Bergen Cups, 15 Kerr Cups and the prestigious Dad Vail 21 times out of the last 25 years, losing in 1988 and not again until 2002. In that time, White had the privilege of coaching many national and Olympic team members. His first world champion was Chris Kerber who won in 1993 and again in 2002. Coxswain Marcus McElhenney became the second world champion in 2003. Other U.S. national team members included Charlie Bracken, and Mike Corboy (1980), Tom Ellis (1982), Kevin Murphy (1989), Rob Canavan (1988), Paul Mokha (1990), and Reade Palmer (1998). Also having sharpened their skills at Temple were Olympians Mike Moore (1992), Scott Brodie (1996Canada), Igor Francetic (2000 – Bronze Medal, Croatia – Men’s Eight), and Jason “JR” Read (1998 – Gold Medal US – World Champion in Under-23 Eight and in Athens 2004 – Olympic Gold Medal – Men’s Eight). Mike Moore was recently inducted into Temple’s Athletic Hall of Fame. White has also been privileged to have represented the US as a member of the US National Team staff since 1997, having coached the US Men’s Four at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney Australia. His crews won gold medals in the coxed four and coxed pair at the World Championships in both 1999 and 2003 and earned a silver medal in 2000. White was honored as the 2003 Schuylkill Navy Coach of the Year.

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The Owls celebrate winning the 1983 heavyweight eight at the Dad Vail Regatta.

SCHUYLKILL RIVER

The Temple University crews have the honor of having the Schuylkill River as their home course. The Schuylkill, esteemed as one of the elite centers of rowing in the United States and an ideal training venue, provides the Temple crews the opportunity of training and racing with and against some of the finest rowers in the world. The Schuylkill is set aside exclusively for rowing. The Schuylkill has been Temple men’s crew home course since the University initiated the varsity rowing program in 1966, and the women’s crew home since 1988. Owl rowers, as well as Olympic level and high school rowers, train on the Schuylkill year-round, without interruptions from high-powered boats. As one of the most prestigious centers of rowing in the United

States, the Schuylkill has been the home to many Olympic champions, including John B. Kelly Sr., and Jr., respectively. The Temple boat house and the Philadelphia Canoe Club were built in the 1920s to serve as the Olympic training camp. It is purposely situated at the midpoint of the Schuylkill’s 2000meter race course. The Schuylkill flows through one of Philadelphia’s most picturesque areas. The highly acclaimed setting is nothing short of spectacular at night, with the famed “boathouse row” outlined and lit up in white lights. The Schuylkill is home of the largest collegiate regatta in the world, the Dad Vail Regatta, as well as the largest scholastic regatta in the world, the Stotesbury Cup.

FALL 2007 RESULTS

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Philadelphia Navy Day Regatta Men's College Four 1- USNA 14:50 2- Rutgers 15:05 3- St Joes 15:06.4 4- Temple"A" 15:06.9 5- USMMA 15:09 6- Temple"B" 15:17 Men's College JV 8 1- USNA 13:29 2- Rutgers 14:01 3- Drexel 14:17 4- Temple 14:37 5- La Salle 15:45 Men's College 8 1- USNA 12:58 2- St Joes 13:27 3- Delaware 13:33 4- Temple 13:36 5- Delaware 13:40 6- Georgetown 13:41 7- Drexel 13:42 8- Rutgers 13:50 9- Army 13:56

BRAXTON MEMORIAL REGATTA Varsity Eight 1. Temple 2. Colgate 3. Ithaca 4. Loyola

4:28.09 4:28.20 4:37.00 4:48.73

PHILA. FROSTBITE REGATTA Varsity Eight 1. Colgate 2. Temple 3. Ithaca 4. Penn 5. Delaware 6. Lafayette

5:56.35 6:01.76 6:05.83 6:12.23 6:14.29 6:40.33

PRINCETON CHASE 1. Princeton 13:03.043 2. Yale A 13:13.490 3. Boston Univ. 13:24.203 4. Columbia A 13:24.347 5. Cornell A 13:29.517 21. Temple A 13:53.572