Orange Oar - July 2015 by Syracuse Alumni Rowing Association

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ORANGEOAR Volume XVI, No. 2, JULY 2015

SPRINT SEASON RECAP ADJUSTING TO THE TUNDRA ALUMNI FEATURE: FROM FRESHMAN MEDALIST TO INFLUENTIAL COACH ORANGE ALUMS: WORLD CUP & HENLEY

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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT SARA EXECUTIVE BOARD Lynne Della Pelle Pascale ‘81 President William Purdy ‘79 Vice-President Paris Daskalakis ‘98 Treasurer Martha Mogish Rowe ‘81 Assistant Treasurer Joseph Paduda ‘80 Secretary Josh Stratton ‘01 Digital Director Jay Rhodes ‘89 Editor, Orange Oar DIRECTORS Charles Roberts ‘61 Paul Dudzick ‘67 Donald Plath ‘68 Joseph Peter ‘69 Kenneth Hutton ‘69 Paul Dierkes ‘79 Gerald Henwood ‘80 Arthur Sibley ‘80 Thomas Darling ‘81 Robert Donabella ‘81 Charles Clark ‘83 Sheila Roock ‘85 Tracy Smith ‘90 Colin Goodale ‘90 Jason Premo ‘98 Josh Stratton ‘01 Adlai Hurt ‘04 Erica Mahon Page ‘08 Sydney Axson ‘10

Hello SU Rowing Alums – Congratulations to the nineteen university graduates on the men’s and women’s Syracuse Rowing teams as you move into the world beyond your collegiate experience. Along with your family and friends, SARA is very proud of your accomplishments. We know that your success as a student-athlete came with many sacrifices, and we thank you for representing yourselves, your sport and your university in an exemplary manner. We also are very grateful to the SU coaching staff in their work, not only molding excellent athletes, but helping to launch wellrounded humans and world citizens. I had a wonderful time getting to meet some of your families over the past few years. Standing on the banks of a variety of rivers and lakes, your parents proudly told the stories of what rowing meant to you, and how many of you overcame some pretty incredible odds to make it to Syracuse, through academic and rowing challenges, and to your graduation day. You are now one of us - a Syracuse rowing alum – and we hope you feel you can use your SARA connections to help you navigate your post-collegiate course. SU crew alums have made their mark on the rowing world as you will read about in this issue of the OO: Ashton Richards ’82 as coach and mentor at St. Ignatius in the Bay Area, and current and former SU rowers who are making waves in international competition. Finally, I want to welcome the new SU Athletic Director, Mark Coyle, and his family to the Syracuse University community. SARA will be sending the new AD copies of Mark of the Oarsmen and Mark II so that he can learn the story of how rowing has been a mainstay for Syracuse University since its earliest days and was one of the university’s first sports to rise to national prominence over one hundred and ten years ago. Have a wonderful summer and thank you for your support!

Keep it Orange. Lynne Pascale, ’81, G’11 SARA President

ADVISORY COUNCIL Paul Irvine ‘45 William Hider ‘62 Edward Kakas ‘64 Joe Kieffer ‘88 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 2

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INSIDE THE ISSUE 08

Graduation: A Flashback To The Day Photos of this years graduating class.

Following His Passion Alumni: Ashton Richards finds joy in coaching.

Frozen Tundra Jim Lister talks about his move from temperate North Carolina to Syracuse.

The Global Stage

Record Breaking Endowment

Current and former SU rowers take to international waters.

The Endowment keeps growing thanks to all of your efforts and dedication.

Backsplash

Take a look at what classmates are up to.

26 Editor: Jay Rhodes, ’89 Art Director: Ryan Armstrong ‘08, Contributors: Holly Johnston ‘15, Carolina Ratcliffe ‘18

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SU Men: Recruiting, recruiting, recruiting

hen SU men’s rowing head coach Dave Reischman gets asked a tough question, he does not shy away from a straightforward answer. When asked about the results of the 2015 racing season and how they reflect on the state of the program, he issued a frank assessment. “Clearly the biggest factor in our up and down success has been our ability to amass enough high level talent to get within striking distance of the top crews in our league,” Reischman said. “I want to be very careful here that no one misunderstands this point. This is not a comment on the work ethic or character of the kids we have had in our program at any point over the past 13 years. With very few exceptions they have been extremely hard working athletes who have put a ton of sweat equity into our program. “Returning to our desired level of success is going to take a whole lot of patience and a lot of hard work on the recruiting trail,” Reischman said. Reischman made one additional clarification in terms of accountability: “I sometimes hesitate to talk publicly about the challenges we face in our program because I am keenly aware

that this information is freely shared among alumni of various programs. And it can be easily interpreted as making excuses. Every program in this country has its list of challenges to overcome and we are no exception. It is our job as coaches to eliminate or neutralize those challenges to the best of our abilities and produce the fastest crews we can.” In 2012 the varsity eight finished fifth at the IRA, the best SU finish since the 1990 crew won bronze. In 2010 the varsity made the IRA Grand Final for the first time since that 1990 crew, finishing sixth. Two years earlier in an IRA semi-final, the SU varsity was leading when it hit debris on the course and wound up in the petite final—a story which has its own lengthy entry in the book Mark II: 50 Years of Syracuse University Rowing. The 2007 varsity went to the Grand Final of the Eastern Sprints where an injury derailed the quest for the IRA grand final. Reischman explained the recruiting combinations that made those crews successful. “The years we have been able to make or challenge for the grand finals, we have been able to combine one or two difference makers whom we have landed through the recruiting process with one or two picked up via transfer, as in 2006-2007, or through talented walk-ons like we did in 2010-2012,” he said.

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When asked about the 2015 season, by comparison, graduating senior Patrick O’Shaughnessy-Hunter was blunt: “As an athlete who took his last strokes five hours ago, I am probably one of the people who is the most disappointed in how this season ended. We didn’t fail to achieve our goals due to a coaching error or the lack of effort that Dave and his coaching staff have poured into each athlete. We failed because our athletes are being outmatched in experience and physical ability. Returning this program to a top-5 program relies on recruiting toplevel athletes who can capitalize on the technical expertise of coach Reischman.” Mason Leasure ’13, the four seat in that 2012 varsity eight that finished fifth at the IRA and now in his second year as an assistant coach with the Sarasota Crew, said: “I wonder how many of the athletes in the grand finals at IRAs are under 185 pounds. Our V8 had five such rowers. Making the grand final with that level of size and talent is an incredible testament to Dave’s ability to coach and is a clear example of Dave getting more out of his athletes than his talent would dictate. The issue is recruiting.” So who are the “difference makers” Reischman mentioned, and how does a program get them? “In today’s collegiate rowing environment ‘difference maker’ means an athlete capable of rowing at the international level—i.e. making your country’s U23 or senior national team,” Reischman said. “In the last two years, the level has been so high that I think you probably need five difference makers in your boat just to make the grand final.” Before addressing recent difficulties in bringing more difference makers to Syracuse, Reischman outlined the attributes of the SU program, including the academic reputations of schools like Newhouse, Management and Engineering and Computer Science; generosity from the university and alumni; quality rowing water; enough space and equipment to train at a very high level; and academic and administrative support in the athletic department. “To land a difference-making recruit it is going to take a combination of need-based aid and athletic scholarship to equal what the NCAA calls a full scholarship—tuition, room, board, fees, and books,” Reischman said. “To land one of the ‘pretty good guys’ who would complete the boat is going to take somewhere between 30% to 75% of a full ride.” Reischman said that SU’s competition can offer from 10 to 17 full rides, depending on their funding. Until

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2012 Syracuse could offer five full rides. In the fall of 2013, the university increased the number of full rides to 10 (phased in over four years). In addition, the availability of transfers is not consistent, and as the number of high school rowers has skyrocketed in the past 15 years, conversely, the number of novices joining college teams has dwindled. “It seems like, every year, we put more and more effort into recruiting walk-ons with less and less success,” Reischman said. Reischman is hopeful that the recruiting tide is turning. “The recruiting class we have coming in this fall is the first class we have recruited with this extra scholarship money,” he said. One of those athletes is Nick Tavares, who has been named to the Canadian junior national team for the 2015 World Rowing Junior Championship August 5-9 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Tavares will row the quad, having participated in the 2014 championships in Hamburg, Germany in the double. As a high school sophomore and junior, The Fonthill, Ontario native finished in first place in the junior boys’ quad at the Stotesbury Cup. In his final high school season, Tavares finished in second place in the boys’ single, .34 seconds behind the winner. Upon arrival, the Class of 2019 will need to mature and develop. “The difference between college and high school rowing is so great that it usually means even difference makers are not going to make a meaningful contribution until their physical and technical skills have developed—usually their junior year,” Reischman said. Future recruits will be watching how Syracuse does on the water and who chooses to attend. “It is going to take putting good recruiting classes back-toback to develop the depth we will need to compete for petite finals and then get back to the grand,” Reischman said. “With continued recruiting success will come the credibility we need to continue to attract better and better athletes.” Mike Gennaro ’11, the stroke of the 2010 varsity eight and current national team competitor, distilled thoughts about leadership and patience into one comment: “Only five coaches made two or more IRA grand finals in the three-year span from 2010 to 2012: Harry Parker at Harvard, Mike Teti at Cal, Mike Callahan at Washington, Paul Cook at Brown and Dave Reischman. If you know anything about this sport, you know how difficult and challenging the rebuilding process is, and how patient you have to be.”

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SU Women: Rowing through the chop

he 2015 spring racing season was another one in which the Syracuse women’s rowing team could say they were moving ahead in their quest to adapt to and succeed in the evolving world of women’s college rowing—with one gut-wrenching twist. In a year marked by further success in multi-team regattas, SU finished third at the ACC Championship and was disappointed in not receiving a bid to the NCAA Championship. In a repeat of last year’s ACC finish, Virginia won, Notre Dame placed second and Syracuse finished third in a loss that was particularly hard for Coach Justin Moore and the seniors—the class that included the first group of recruited athletes Moore brought to Syracuse. “One of the reasons why I went incommunicado for two weeks [afterward] was because we were absolutely gutted to not be invited to NCAAs,” Moore said. “That was the stated goal all along, and everyone on our team risked everything such that we could get hurt by not being selected. And that’s where it ended up. I just wish that these women had had that experience, because that’s what we recruited them on and they really wanted to make happen.” Pausing for a moment to look back at the contribution of the senior class over four years, Moore said: “I am incredibly grateful for how much they have advanced the program and how much they love Syracuse.” How far has the program come? In the words of graduating senior Holly Johnston in the March Orange Oar: “In our first two years here, our NCAA prospects seemed lofty and far-fetched….This year NCAAs aren’t just a goal. For us, it is a lifeline, a measure of thousands of meters and strokes and the ultimate reward for learning the true definition of focus.” That subject of that focus—an NCAA bid—exists among the nuances of the international recruiting scene and the evolution in the format of regattas as part of a basketball-like atmosphere of rankings as a means to sort out who qualifies for the NCAA Championship. “Breaking through and into the NCAAs is incredibly important for us,” Moore said. “The top athletes want to go to NCAAs every single year.” Currently state schools have an advantage in that they can

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leverage in-state costs and in-state funding to recruit in-state athletes and use scholarships for out-of-state and international athletes, Moore said.

Northeastern and Penn; included Cornell and it’s traditional match-up with Yale; and added Iowa from the Big Ten. Rhodes Island and Buffalo made it a nine-team event.

“We have similar scholarships,” Moore said. “In the [NCAA Division I eight] Grand Final, there was only one private school, and that was Stanford.” (Ohio State won, followed by, in order, Cal, Virginia, Texas, Stanford and Washington.)

“It was a great idea on paper,” Moore said. “But when it is blowing 25 miles an hour off the lake against a strong current coming out of the canal, you get two-foot standing waves and swamping conditions.”

“We’re one of the ascending private schools,” Moore said. “I’ve been on the road since school ended, assessing athletes and connecting with coaches.”

What form the event will take in 2016 is up in the air. Penn is slated to host the match race with Syracuse and Northeastern, so as the saying goes, much of the ball is in their court, Moore said. He is hopeful there will be another multi-conference race in April with as many as 12 teams with similar winter- and spring-training schedules participating.

Moore will announce his list of 11 incoming athletes once the paper work is completed this summer, including one rower who, Moore said, has secured academic and athletic scholarships. As reported by the Folsom Telegraph, Arianna Lee, from Vista del Lago High School and the Upper Natoma Rowing Club near Sacramento, signed a letter of intent Nov. 17.

Overall, Moore is excited by the arrival of SU’s new athletic director Mark Coyle. “He’s been able to turn Boise State football into a high profile entity and simultaneously maintain the success of the Olympic sports, which is exciting to all of us Olympic sport coaches.”

“I wanted to be somewhere on the East Coast and I visited Syracuse in September,” Lee said. “I loved the program, the team and the coaches. The school has one of the best engineering programs, too, and I want to studying computer engineering.” Coach Moore described Lee and the recruiting process: “[Assistant Coach] Alicia Kochis identified her early, we had a relationship, and she started to get faster and faster. She won medals at Southwest Regionals, and now she’s at Junior National Team Camp.” The group of athletes is just one piece of the puzzle. Impressing selectors is another. If you watch college basketball telecasts in February leading up to the post-season tournaments in March, you are familiar with the conversations that take place. Strength of schedule is extremely important in evaluating which teams get invited to “the big dance.” “We have to create opportunities for our crew to get together with what I call needle-moving competition,” Moore said. “So we are respecting tradition and adapting to the new world of women’s rowing.” The Nordic Nine regatta in Ithaca in April was an attempt to form a regatta that combined SU’s traditional opponents of Boston University, JULY 2015

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Ashton Richards: Finding joy in coaching

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MEN’S/WOMEN’S CREW In their book Mark II, John Nicholson and Joe Paduda report that “the final margin was a fraction of a second, requiring the officials to review the finish line photo.” Disappointment aside, Richards remembers the way Harrison prepared his crews. “He was one of those people that when he spoke, you leaned into it and hung on every word. Because it was important, it was insightful and it was gonna make you go fast,” Richards said. “One of Drew’s great lines—he actually mentioned it [at the Evening at Ten Eyck]—was something he often used to say before a big race like the IRAs: ‘Let’s see what we can do.’

witter is not the medium to describe Ashton Richards of the Class of ’82. Character limits do just that; they limit the conversation when, in fact, there are so many topics that arise you are left wondering how you will fit them all into your profile. He is an oarsman who rowed for Drew Harrison and Bill Sanford and came full circle by being one of many who honored Harrison at the 2014 Evening at Ten Eyck. He is a coach whose passion has taken him to six schools in four different states. He is a teacher who has done more than maintain a “day job” in each of those stops. And he is a husband and father whose family brought him to his current team in his seventh state where he has produced collegelevel talent, including Sydney Rodriguez ‘18, a current coxswain on SU’s women’s team.

“There wasn’t a lot of drama associated with him and fire and brimstone. There was a level of expectation of just doing your best. It wasn’t about perfection. It was about working toward a common goal and trying every day to just get a little bit better. And I think, with the freshmen at Syracuse, that was his real genius.” “Drew and Bill had a substantial impact on me. To be patient is one of the things I really learned from those two men. “Bill was the ultimate optimist. He would say, ‘If everybody could come up with just two more inches of run and then we multiply it by the number of strokes in a 2K, imagine what that would equal.’ That kind of optimism is really infectious.” Asking Richards about his teammates sets off a running recollection that culminates in another tribute to Harrison. “All wonderful characters. I just wish I got to chat with them more often, especially Jim McKay, Rick Holland and Gordon Hull. Incredible personalities. “It was great to reunite with a lot of those guys at Drew’s [Hall of Fame] induction in the fall. In fact, they asked all the guys who showed up who’d rowed for Drew to stand up. There was an audible gasp from the people in the audience. I mean,

Having rowed at St. Andrew’s School in Delaware, Vesper Boat Club in Philadelphia in the summer and on the junior national team, Richards was drawn to Syracuse by its success in the late 70s. “Syracuse was on a tear at that point,” Richards said. “I came in my freshman year, and they had just come off the double [IRA] wins—the third win in the freshman eight and a win in the varsity eight. In the spring of ’79, we finished second, which felt like we might as well have been last in the petite final.” JULY 2015

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here we are in our 50s, and how many of us are still drawn to this man and are willing to get on planes and whatnot to come and be part of this honor. It speaks volumes about him.” Coach Sanford started Richards down the coaching path by steering him toward a job in club rowing at the University of Nebraska. He then returned to St. Andrew’s for nine years of teaching, coaching and dorm duty. “Walt Liefeld [father of Pete Liefeld ’87] was a faculty member when I was a kid and then a colleague,” Richards said. Then came a move to Alexandria, Virginia, a teaching and administrative job at Episcopal High School and “moonlighting” as a women’s rowing coach at West Springfield High School and Thomas Jefferson High School. “[The West Springfield athletes] were nine or 10 really athletic girls who weren’t well coached,” Richards recalled. “They were sponges, just waiting for coaching.”

Once he got the job, “Mr. Mom was my primary position. [His children] Toby and Lily were a regular presence at the boathouse—dragging them along. One of two extra coxswains got the role of babysitter; for a three- and four-year-old, going up the lake once and down the lake was as much as they could do. Having a snack and running around the boathouse, they had a blast in this world with high school kids paying attention to them.” It sounds easier than it has played out, and the kids were paying more attention than Richards thought. “The reality is that it’s stressful with time—having a wife who works full-time,” Richards said. “By the grace of God, it doesn’t all fall down. It’s a passion is the only way to describe it. My children are now eight and nine, and I asked them, ‘Do you guys mind that I do this coaching?’ My son said: ‘Oh no, Dad. It’s your passion, and you gotta follow your passion.’ ” Richards does more than bring home some bacon as a teacher at the Branson School in Marin County. “At Branson, Ashton has taught all grades in the history department—Roots of Civilization, Modern World History, US History and Economics—and has willingly and expertly filled the posts the department has needed each year,” said acting chair Hilary Schmitt, who coincidentally got her master’s at SU. “Ashton is able to explain intricate patterns in history to young 9th graders as well as to inspire thoughtful analysis of economics among 12th graders.

After getting married in 1998 and winning the women’s varsity eight at Jefferson in 1999, Richards moved with his wife, Hannah, to Atlanta in 2001 where he started the women’s rowing program at the Westminster Schools. “It was a 20- to 30-minute ride from campus to the Chattanooga River in the football-dominated part of the world,” Richards said. “We gave girls an athletic experience at a school that is dominated by hand-eye coordination sports. We gave your atypical southeastern girl a team experience and a chance to compete. And some kids went on to row at the collegiate level.” In 2010 Hannah accepted a new biotech position at Genentech in South San Francisco, and a coaching job found Ashton. “I didn’t have a job,” he said. “It was dumb luck. I was combing through the row2k want ads for text to post my old job for my replacement, and I ran into the Saint Ignatius [College Preparatory] ad.”

“Often students are treated to a bit of musical introduction prior to class and Ashton’s favorites include the classics of Barry Manilow and Frank Sinatra, to name a few. He is a master teacher.” And on the water? The St. Ignatius women’s varsity eight won the petite final at the 2014 Scholastic Rowing Association of America National Championship Regatta and finished third in the petite this year. The 2V won silver last year and took 4th this year. “I’ve got six kids back from that [varsity] boat, and they’re hungry,” Richards said. “They want to make that jump. We’re talking three or four seconds—not even a length more speed to get there. It’s a doable amount, and it’s part of the culture now.” The fact that St. Ignatius limits its crews to 10 water practices in the fall in a region dominated by year-long clubs like Marin Rowing Association and

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Oakland Strokes is almost another conversation unto itself. Richards said: “The school encourages multi-sport involvement, and some of my girls run cross-country in the fall. I am opposed to specialization. We preach year-round fitness.” So what do his original mentors think of the man who came to campus in 1978-1979 to experience the fast boats SU was producing? Bill Sanford said: “There has been one constant. He never lost touch with rowing and found the joy of coaching where he affected hundreds of youngsters’ lives. Knowing the pulls and tugs of coaching, I know Ashton gave fully of himself and for that I am proud.” After reading over his 1979 coaching log, Drew Harrison said, “989 miles after we had hit the water came the final entry, ‘Extraordinary effort-2nd in IRA finals, a split second out of 1st.’ “That summary speaks about the team and not just Ashton, though it shows an influence on him as a then young athlete and ultimately a coach and educator. That is to continually go for more and see where that takes us. Jumping ahead to 35 years later, Ashton is now a very experienced coach who has added a lot to that early influence. That is part of the beauty of coaching. It’s a continually moving art form as we add additional knowledge and experiences. Congratulations to Ashton. I wish him lots of continued success and inspiration as he

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Inspired by our feature story on Ashton Richards ’82, who was one of his freshman oarsman in 19781979, Drew Harrison ’68, coach of the Freshman IRA Champions in 1976, 1977 and 1978, and member of the Syracuse Rowing Hall of Fame, shared excerpts of his rowing log with us. The unedited narrative tells the story as no one else could: It was fun looking through the now yellowed pages of my 1979 coaching log, Ashton’s freshman season. The ‘79 IRA program lists him as 6’3” 197, one of several big guys on our team. When we hit the water March 5th he was one of 20 rowers and 3 coxswains who were keen to get out there, and he became a strong 6 man as the crews were sorted out over the next few months. We had a whopping 35 miles on the water before spring camp started and then rowed 207 miles during camp in weather that ranged from 11 degrees and white outs to the low 40’s (bring back memories?). The first note in my log about Ashton was “Ashton starting to lengthen out” a few days into the camp. March 14th was our first row to 3 Rivers and there are lots of notes about working on length, timing, releases, not missing water, and pulling, with finally a note about “a glimmer of good speed” in early April. We were out classed and out pulled in our first race in mid April, started improving after that though still weren’t a top crew, and then came the note at Goes Cup, “Great effort, we have come alive.” There were one step forward 2 steps backwards kinds of moments for a few weeks and then a note on May 26 about a really good 2000 in training and “4 feet of spacing @ 35 in 500’s.” 989 miles after we had hit the water came the final note, “Extraordinary effort- 2nd in IRA Finals, a split second out of 1st.”

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JIM LISTER TALKS ABOUT HIS MOVE FROM TEMPERATE NORTH CAROLINA TO SYRACUSE.

fter 10 years of coaching at Duke, Jim Lister made the decision to leave the temperate climate of North Carolina for a new set of adventures at Syracuse. After two years at the helm of Syracuse’s women’s rowing’s third varsity eight and development group, Lister tells the Orange Oar how he has adapted to the challenge of the tundra, finding his place on a new team and making Syracuse his home. As any Syracuse rowing alumni knows well, the first few bouts of snow mark the beginning of a grueling winter spent training inside. This was perhaps one of the hardest adaptations for Lister. “In North Carolina and other southern states, [rowing programs] rarely come off the water,” said Lister. “I had to adapt to changing your training program and changing your series of technical progress. I think it took a full year for me to get used to.” With this past winter being particularly brutal, it was not coming off the water that posed the biggest issues. Instead, the real challenges came when it was time to get back on. Spring water time was cut short due to almost three months of below-freezing weather which, with some coaxing from Coach Reischman and Coach Moore’s ice saw, took another month to thaw. While the men and women spent their days working in the indoor tank facility, on the erg, and in the weight room, warmer weather programs returned to their docks with an oar in hand. Coach Moore’s approach to the transition from fall to spring racing. was another big adjustment for Lister. JULY 2015

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“Something Justin said was, ‘In November you only have one more week of water time before you race,’ and it didn’t hit me that the gap was indoor training,” Lister said. Adjusting coaching strategy was not the only change Lister had to make. “Moving is hard for a family,” said Lister about moving north. “I really felt like it was the right choice though. “It’s given me the chance to teach my two girls how to ski. They love the snow. It’s also given us the chance to reconnect with a bunch of family up here.”

said Lister. “To work with Justin Moore, who has international experience, is something I felt I needed to add to my experience level. I wanted to see that speed.” Indeed, that speed Lister talks about is starting to show. Lister’s third varsity eight posted Syracuse’s fastest time ever in that category at ACCs this past spring with a time of 6:48.6. This result exemplifies the progress that has been made and influence he has had in the last two years.

While adapting to the weather was a learning curve, Lister also recognized the strength of a program that has a long winter. “Northern crews are really good at the grind. You embrace the opportunity to get really fit. You don’t get as much time on the water so a lot of time is dedicated to the erg, the weight room and the tank.” On any given day, Lister could often be found in the tank giving pointers to rowers, and in particular novices that haven’t had as much inboat experience. “Especially in the tanks, I found that being able to get that close to the athletes and work with them one-on-one is a tremendous opportunity for a coach,” said Lister.

Some of that influence has come from his recruiting. He has traveled to Australia the last two years and is heading to New Zealand this coming year to grow the talent of the women’s program. “I think there’s going to be some wonderful inventing of our identity next year,” said Lister. “It’s going to be a new opportunity to shuffle around and for people to step into some big roles.” Lister has adapted well to the program here at Syracuse, and this is a testament to the man he is. He says that in particular, there has been one thought that has driven him through his entire rowing career: “Wherever your program is, the next time you go out and practice the goal is to get better. The next time you go out and race, to be faster.”

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Despite the drastic change in weather and family readjustments, Lister saw coming to Syracuse as more than just a challenge. “For me personally it was an opportunity to grow again as a coach,” 18

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ike Gennaro ‘11 and Natalie Mastracci ‘13 each recorded top-three finishes at the 2015 World Rowing Cup II on Lake Varese, Italy in July. Gennaro helped the United States men’s eight crew to a third-place showing. It marked the second straight year Gennaro earned a medal at the World Rowing Cup II after a gold-medal finish in 2014. The Americans covered the 2,000-meter course in 5:29.380. Great Britain would go on to win the race in 5:26.930, while Germany finished in second place, .35 seconds behind the winning boat. Mastracci and the Canada women’s eight boat finished in second place. The Canadians recorded a time of 6:05.530 in the final, less than three seconds behind the winning American crew. Mastracci rowed the seven seat of the Canadian women’s eight, which won the silver, at the 2014 version of this event. And then Mastracci’s Canadian eight, rowing as Western Rowing Club, went on to win The Remenham Challenge Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta, defeating Leander Club and Imperial College, traditionally the club of the British national team, by two and three-quarters lengths.

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Incoming SU men’s rower Nick Tavares has been named to the Canadian junior national team for the 2015 World Rowing Junior Championship from Aug. 5-9 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Tavares will compete in the quad. The Fonthill, Ontario native rowed the double in the 2014 World Rowing Junior Championships in Hamburg, Germany.

Sophomore Harriet Taylor was selected to the Great Britain Women’s U23 eight for this year’s U23 World Championship. This marks the second year that an athlete from SU’s women’s rowing team has represented at the U23 Worlds. Last year, first-year Emily Carey earned a seat in the Australian U23 eight, which finished fourth at the U23 World Championship. Harriet Taylor

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THE KRIS SANFORD EQUIPMENT FUND

Your pledge will not only serve to honor Kris Sanford’s contributions to the Syracuse Women’s Rowing Team, it will serve to enhance the experience of the generation of women to come! In February 2013 the S.U. women’s team christened the first Kris Sanford Milburn shell. The Classes of 2002, 2011, 2012 and 2013 have donated shells. Three recently purchased four-oared shells honor S.U. Olympians. Who’s next? Donations big and small help the team pursue its goal: a perennial competitor at the NCAA Championships. For more information, contact Head Coach Justin Moore, jmoore06@syr.edu or 315-443-2336.

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ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN

THE RECORDS KEEP COMING 2015 SARA Men’s Crew Endowment Campaign The 2015 SARA Endowment Campaign (April 1 – June 18) was a great success, setting several records and generated over $56,000. For this campaign, the average donation was just over $280, with several large leadership gifts received. We received 34 contributions of $500 or more and 16 contributions of $1,000 or more (a record). 202 alumni and friends of Syracuse rowing contributed (a record) to the Endowment during this period. More impressively 48 class years participated (another record). As of June 30, the SARA Endowment has grown to over $397,000. Since its inception in 2010, over 315 people have contributed to the SARA Endowment, 230 people have contributed more than once and 86 people have contributed $1,000 or more. This year’s competition was particularly fierce in dollars contributed and number of contributors. We had a dead heat between 1965-1969, 1995–1999 and 2010 – 2014 each with 33 contributors. Congratulations to these class groupings and great job to class captain’s Paul Dudzick ’67, Jason Premo’98, Nick Pickard ‘13 and their teams that made it happen. The class of 1995-1999 had a last 500 meter (hour) sprint raising $11,500 to edge out 1980 – 1984 by a less than $2,000. Participates from the winning class years are receiving a SU racing shirt! On behalf of Syracuse Alumni Rowing Association and SU coaching staff, we would like to THANK YOU for contributing to the 2015 SARA Men’s Crew Endowment campaign. Your financial support ensures the long term health and competitiveness of Syracuse men’s rowing.

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

Dave Reischman SU Men’s Head Coach

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ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN Cont.

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 $395,000 with over 360 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#* 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#* 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* Tracy Brown ‘90* Tyson Bry ‘10* Stephen Buergin ‘81 Joe Bufano ‘99* Paul Buff ‘70#* Louis H. Buhrmaster ‘59#* Justin Burgess ‘05 John Campbell ‘67#* Michael Cellucci ‘98* Bruce Chamberlain ‘41#* John H Chamberlain * George Chapman ‘73* Central New York Community Foundation Chip Chase ‘83#* Noah Chase ‘08* Scott Christian ‘99* Virgilio Ciullo ‘ 66 * Charlie Clark ‘83#*

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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 & Beth Delaney P’15* Tom Denver ‘66* Paul Dierkes ‘79# Michael Dietrick ‘12* 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#*

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ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN 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 Gary Gardner ‘62 Josh Gautreau ‘06 John Geise ‘07* Bill Gennaro P’07* Mike Gennaro ‘07* 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 Michael Horvath ‘04 Pat Hosey ‘86 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* Douglas Lehmann ‘61 Scott Leventhal ‘95 Richard Lewis ‘84* Lenovo Company Match Pete Liefeld ‘87 Marc Lopez ‘83* Tom Lotz ‘57#* Lord Abbett Company Match * Tom Lowe ‘83 LPL Financial Murry Lukoff ‘77#* Chris Lutz ‘12* Clark Machemer ‘93* Gary MacLachlan ‘67* John MacLelland ‘57 Walter MacVittie ‘78* Patrick Mahardy ‘03* Tim Mambort ‘07* 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

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ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN Cont.

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 Kirk Ornstein ‘89 Dan O’Shaughnessy ‘06#* Brendan O’Sullivan P’15* Joe Paduda ‘80#* 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# James Reilly ‘85# Dave Reischman#* Jay Rhodes ‘89* Ashton Richards ‘82 * Henry Ridgely ‘71* IHO Sean Ring 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 Bill Schofield ‘88* IMO Loren Schoel Evan Scott ‘99#* Rachael Seabrook James Segaloff ‘59* John Sekas ‘84* Vince Sera ‘99* John Shamlian ‘79*#

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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 Josh Stratton ‘01* Oswald Street ‘80#* Dirk Stribrny ‘90#* 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 Tyler Toporowski ‘13 Rick Tremblay ‘78* Tremont Street Foundation#* Danial Turner ‘11 Turner Investment Foundation# Vista Fuels LLC# Mark Vyzas ‘10* Kristin Walker Bidwell ‘90 Lt Col Charles Wardwell ‘40

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Andrew Washburn ‘75 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* Dennis Zutant ‘66*

Keep SU fast on the water by giving to the SARA Men’s Rowing Endowment Donation can be sent to: Please make payable and mail your contributions: Central New York Community Foundation Memo line: SARA Endowment 431 East Fayette Street, Suite 100 Syracuse, NY 13202 Or donate via credit card or PayPal to: www.cnycf.org/sara All donations to the SARA Endowment are tax deducible.

As of June 30, 2015

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BACKSPLASH

NEWS OF OUR ALUMNI

PETE KRUSE ’10 I need to take a moment to thank you for what rowing taught me while I was at Syracuse. It has been extremely helpful in a variety of ways, most specifically with distance running. After college, I picked up running as a way to stay in shape and about 2.5 years ago I started to train for a Boston qualifier. For guys my age that means running a marathon in under 3:05:00; realistically you need a 3:03:00 or less to make sure you get in. On Sunday I achieved that goal and I will be running Boston next year. It took me 3 attempts and hundreds of training miles, however I made it. And it could never have been accomplished had I not rowed for Syracuse.

Left to right: Paul Sanford, former SU freshman coach; Larry Laszlo, former SU freshman coach; Dick Hirsh and Bill Sanford ’63, former freshman and head coach, were inducted into the Syracuse Chargers Hall of Fame April 17. Is there anyone in rowing in Liverpool who has not been influenced by these gentlemen?

CHIP CHASE ’83 In February the Secretary of Defense announced that Navy Reserve Capt. Grafton D. “Chip” Chase Jr. ‘83 has been nominated for appointment to the rank of rear admiral (lower half), pending approval by the Senate. Capt. Chase is currently serving as deputy chief of staff for Reserve Operations, Naval Supply Systems Command Global Logistics Support, San Diego. Chase anticipates receiving his star in October. “I will be inviting my ‘83 crew mates to the ceremony as the years of rowing at Syracuse have had a direct influence on my success.”

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CHRIS LUDDEN ’91 NY state rowing champs. Proud coach - and dad - of Maizy - state champ in sr 4+ and Chloe - stroke of silver medal jr 8+! Maizy is valedictorian of her class in Baldwinsville and will be heading to the Cuse this fall! She’ll dual major in bio-technology/biology. She is planning on trying crew as a walkon.

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Left to right: From the 2015 ACC Championship: Reilly Kerney, Notre Dame ‘18 and Sydney Rodriguez, Syracuse ‘18, coxswains who competed in high school for Ashton Richards ‘82 at St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco.

ARE YOU A CREW COACH?!?! We hear from time to time about SU rowing alums who are driving launches, grooming winning crews and instilling values in young men and women. Our list is haphazard at best when it could be truly impressive. Please let us know if you don the foul weather gear on a regular basis or know a fellow alum who does. Please email the info to: orangeoar1870@gmail.com

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Renew Today & Help

SU Go Fast!

THE SYRACUSE ALUMNI ROWING ASSOCIATION IS WORKING HARD TO HELP OUR ROWERS BECOME THE BEST THAT THEY CAN BE, as well as providing services for alumni and friends of SU rowing. It is time to ask you to renew or establish your SARA membership so that we may continue to provide these services and more:

Establishment and maintenance of the SU men’s rowing endowment Audio broadcast of men’s and women’s races, both home and away. Organization and partial funding of “The Evening at Ten Eyck”, including class reunions, and induction of men’s and women’s alumni into the SU Rowing Hall of Fame. Members will receive discount tickets to this event. Assistance with race hospitality for SU alumni, rowers and their families, and friends of SU rowing including a tent at the IRA regatta. Lori Barnett Fuller, ‘77 - “So proud to see the women’s crew doing so well after my years of rowing as a club sport then attaining varsity status right after I graduated!” Charles K. (Skip) Gibson, ‘51 - (WW II Veteran) To Rowers and Coach: I rowed at SU in ‘49 and ‘50 then moved to Detroit in 1953 - where I became very active at the Detroit Boat Club, the oldest rowing club in continuous existence in the world (1839). Rowing is probably the most valuable athletic fellowship I know - no other sport engenders the socio/athletic bond of rowing. It singly has been a foundation for my wonderful life.” Todd Selig, ‘91 - “Thanks for all of your great work with the magazine.”

Lifetime Membership: Pay today and never again! Recent Alums: The first four years of membership are free! Simply register so we have your current contact info. It’s easy to pay online! www.syracusealumnirowing.blogspot.com

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SAVE THE DATE

9.19.15

3RD ANNUAL EVENING AT TEN EYCK

EVENING AT TEN EYCK SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 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. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get left out!

Other Gifts:

Donations of stock are also accepted Please call CNYCF at 315-422-9538.

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FINAL THOUGHTS IN MEMORIAM

LETS GET SOCIAL

THOMAS M. ROUEN, SR. ‘60 Thomas M. Rouen, Sr. ‘60 passed away April 14, in Naples, FL at the age of 77. The obituary in the Harrisburg Patriot-News included a recollection of how he came to Syracuse. Born in Erie, PA, son of Lawrence and Isabel (Neff) Rouen, Tom was a talented artist who received offers for full art scholarships from three universities. He chose Syracuse for art and athletics. A member of the gold-medal-winning, 1959 Pan-American Games crew, Tom and his boat mates were inducted into the Syracuse University Hall of Fame in 2009. The Pan Am crew members were among the inaugural members of the Syracuse Rowing Hall of Fame. Tom graduated from Syracuse and then taught art at Liverpool High School. In his nine years at LHS, Tom founded and coached the crew. Following graduate school at SU, Tom accepted a position as advertising director at Fay’s Drug Store where he became Vice President. In 1984 he relocated to Camp Hill, PA with his wife, Janet, where they resided for 27 years. When he retired in 2008 from the Harrisburg Patriot-News, he had a forty year career in teaching, business advertising and graphic arts.

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Tom is survived by his wife of 53 years, Janet Theresa (Cotter), three children and four grandchildren. Due to his great love of Syracuse, Tom was known to those grandchildren as “Grampa Orange.” In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be sent to The Syracuse Alumni Rowing Association Endowment Fund: Central NY Community Foundation 431 East Fayette Street, Suite 100 Syracuse, New York 13202 Memo: Endowment Fund.

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Or donate at: www.cnycf.org/sara

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SYRACUSE ALUMNI ROWING ASSOCIATION, INC. P.O. BOX 7202 SYRACUSE, NY 13261 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

ORANGEOAR Keep SU fast on the water by giving to the: SARA MEN’S ROWING ENDOWMENT Donation can be sent to: Central New York Community Foundation Memo line: SARA Endowment 431 East Fayette Street, Suite 100 Syracuse, NY 13202 Or donate via credit card or PayPal to: www.cnycf.org/sara All donations to the SARA Endowment are tax deducible Checks for other men’s team donations should be made payable to “Syracuse University.” In the “memo” line of your check, please indicate: Men’s Crew Head Coach’s Fund. WOMEN’S ROWING HEAD COACH’S FUND Donation can be sent to: Donations to the women’s team, including the Kris Sanford Equipment fund, should be made payable to “Syracuse University.” In the “memo” line of your check, please indicate: Women’s Crew Head Coach’s Fund.

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