Ithaca College Athletics
Ithaca College Athletics
Ithaca College Athletics
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Men’s Crew History ITHACA COLEGE<br />
T he<br />
<strong>Ithaca</strong> <strong>College</strong> men’s rowing team was formed during the administration<br />
of President Howard Dillingham in the fall of 1968. The<br />
first competition was on April 19, 1969, when the Bombers rowed<br />
against Buffalo, Buffalo State and Canisius. Two weeks later coach Gary<br />
Kilpatrick and team captain and stroke Tim McNell guided the Bombers<br />
to a victory over Manhattan, Canisius and Buffalo in the Metropolitan<br />
Championship in New York City.<br />
Brief coaching stints by Kilpatrick and Bill Cromwall were followed by<br />
the successful tenure of Bob Tallman. From 1972-79 he built the Bombers<br />
from a fledgling program into a small-college powerhouse.<br />
In the mid-1970s, <strong>Ithaca</strong>’s crews established themselves as medal<br />
winners at the annual Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia, recognized as<br />
the small-college national championship. In 1975 <strong>Ithaca</strong>’s heavyweights<br />
went 12-0 and finished third at the Dad Vail (behind Massachusetts and<br />
the Coast Guard). Two years later, led by Stew Leonard and Dave Pustell,<br />
the Bombers repeated the bronze-medal performance.<br />
Ward Romer joined the coaching staff in 1973 as an assistant and has<br />
remained a fixture with the Bomber crew since. He became <strong>Ithaca</strong>’s fourth<br />
head coach after Tallman’s retirement in 1979. Romer’s arrival coincided<br />
with <strong>Ithaca</strong>’s entrance into lightweight rowing. The Bombers’ lightweights<br />
finished in the top 10 at the Dad Vails in each of their first 11 years.<br />
Dan Robinson, a 1979 <strong>Ithaca</strong> graduate, has been a consistent contributor<br />
to Bomber rowing. The current men’s head coach, Robinson helped<br />
WILLIAM CROMWALL TROPHY<br />
(OUTSTANDING LIGHTWEIGHT OARSMAN)<br />
1977 John Romain<br />
1978 Glen Foerster<br />
1979 John Drescher<br />
1981 Joe Halpern<br />
1982 Pat Lavell<br />
1983 Bob Ferris<br />
1984 Mike Sheehan<br />
1985 David Salathe<br />
1986 Mike Mulvey<br />
1987 Bill Couperthwait<br />
1988 Randy Gladwish<br />
1989 Jennifer Johnson<br />
1990 John Kibelstis<br />
1991 John Kibelstis<br />
1992 Tony Corley/Pat Hopkins<br />
1993 Greg Lavonas<br />
1994 Matt Keilty<br />
1995 Ned Carman<br />
1996 Carlos Perez<br />
2003 Nich Brunetti<br />
2004 Jon O’Loughlin<br />
ROBERT TALLMAN AWARD<br />
(OUTSTANDING HEAVYWEIGHT OARSMAN)<br />
1981 Peter Feitner<br />
1982 Hank Coleman<br />
1983 Don Eager<br />
1984 Don Eager<br />
1985 Kim Palmer/John Stafford<br />
1986 Jack LoPinto<br />
1987 Eric Birdsall<br />
1988 Todd Conner<br />
1989 Todd Conner<br />
1990 Art Christiansen/<br />
Todd Conner<br />
1991 Matt Dowshen/<br />
Kevin Raymond<br />
1992 Rory Becker<br />
1993 Steve Dooley<br />
1994 Dan Schutt<br />
1995 Paul Scanlon/Meg Shea<br />
1996 Matt Kinsey<br />
1997 Mike Junkins<br />
1998 Kevin Lister<br />
1999 Mike Junkins<br />
2000 Mike Theeman<br />
2001 Kris Walker<br />
2002 Ben Reidell<br />
2003 Jason Frank<br />
2004 Derek Fosmire<br />
2005 Will Greer<br />
2006 Jason Canfield<br />
2007 Brad Andrews/<br />
Manny Delgado<br />
2008 Julian Halfman<br />
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