In the spring of 1954, LT Buck Herzog ’46, who was an assistant to Navy Heavyweight Head Coach, Rusty Callow, got an okay from Rusty to enter a lightweight boat in the EARC. The boat didn’t have long to practice. There were no 2V or Plebe crews. The 1V rowed one race. There was no Captain, but Jack McNish was the most experienced and the leader of the crew.
— Jack McNish ’55 and J. Darrow Kirkpatrick ’57
Navy Lightweight Crew History By Year
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Navy Lightweight Crew Items of Interest
Navy Lightweight Crew Timeline through 2009
Special thanks to Dale P. Hurly, Jr. ’89 and Christopher L. (Kit) Vallhonrat ’93 for researching this timeline through 2001. For history through the present, please go to the media guide on the Navy Lightweight Crew website.
Navy Varsity Lightweight Crew Head Coaches
Navy Varsity Lightweight Crew Captains
Navy Varsity Lightweight Crew Spirit of the Lightweights
Navy Lightweight Crew U.S. Team Rowers