MIT8: From bow to stern: Ken Andersen ('63), Bill Gadzuk ('63), Jim Latimer ('63), Tony Fiory ('63), Mike Brose ('58), Dick Millman ('62), Pete Peterson ('58), Sandy Blanchard-stroke ( '65), and Jesse Lipcon-cox ('65). Photo by © Sport Graphics.
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Paul Richman[VI], an MIT alum, was one of those cheering for
the MIT Crew yesterday. Only thing was, he intended to be there rooting
for Columbia. His son, Dan, rows in the seven seat of the Columbia varsity
lights. Sorry, Paul, to have been the spoiler crew to bump your son into
the petites, but I'm sure they'll be in the hunt at the IRA.
[EARC Sprints
Report, Mon, 12 May 1997]
For the first year ever, our Masters Alumni entry wasn't the youngest boat
there. That helped, as we beat the University of Rochester in the final.
(Okay, it was a final only.) I coxed, and Nate Crosswhite, Sandy
Blanchard, Jim Latimer[VIII], Andy Ziegler, Ken Anderson, Phil Brown, Dylan Cors,
and Brian Smith muscled the boat down the course. We actually had a pretty
good row, and it was a lot of fun.
...
Last Saturday, the day after Bill Clinton spoke at MIT's Commencement, we
had the 2nd Annual Reunion Row race. Eight classes entered boats: '93,
'88, '83, '78, '73, '68, '63, and the classes of '48 and '58 combined to
make a boat. With a special age handicapping system, devised here at MIT
(in my office), the class of '63 won the event by 0.2 seconds over the
class of '73. There were a few hundred people here for the event. We were
fortunate to have former coaches Pete Holland and Jack Frailey '44 as
special guest starters. Jack was recently inducted into the National
Rowing Foundation's Hall of Fame.
[Mon, 8 June 1998]
Like fine wines, some other things also get better with age. Take for instance the "Four Oarsmen of 63" (MIT's answer to Notre Dame's legendary "Four Horsemen"?), as documented in the attached photos taken this past June in Cherry Hill, NJ at the 2002 IRA Regatta in which the national Intercollegiate Rowing Association champions are determined. In recent years a highly competitive alumni Master's Eights race has been part of the IRA. This past year a group of well-seasoned rowers-of-old assembled an MIT entry heavy on our class of '63. The four of us, Ken Andersen/bow, Bill Gadzuk/2, Jim Latimer/3, and Tony Fiory/4, all helped to bring down the average age of the boat to 62.5 years, the oldest crew to have ever participated in this race according to the race announcer. While we did not quite bring home the gold, we did qualify for the finals, performed admirably and, most importantly, had a tremendous time doing it. Upcoming reunion regatta competition beware!
Best wishes,
Bill Gadzuk
Pre-race "Training Table" at Caffe Aldo Lamberti. Front row:
Bill Gadzuk, Jack Frailey, Jason Wertheim, Dick Millman.
Back row: Jim Latimer, Ken Blanchard, Bob Kurtz, Harvey Bines, Tony Fiory.
During Race: From Stroke to Bow- Anthony Fiory '63, Bob Wild '64, Dick Millman '62, Jim Latimer '63,
Bill Gadzuk '63, Bob Kurtz '63, Ken Blanchard '61, Harvey Bines '63
Bob Kurtz ('63) and Bill Gadzuk ('63). Photo by © Sport Graphics.
After Race: From bow to stern: Harvey Bines ('63), Ken Blanchard ('61), Bob Kurtz ('63),
Bill Gadzuk ('63), Jim Latimer ('63), Dick Millman ('62), Bob Wild ('64),
Tony Fiory-stroke ('63), and Jason Wertheim-cox ('96).
Photo by © Sport Graphics.
MIT Alumni Masters crew at 2007 IRA: Ken Blanchard (bow; ‘61), Murray Morton (2; ‘63), Dick Millman (3; ‘62), Bill Gadzuk (4; ‘63), Bob Kurtz (5; ‘63), Jim Falender(6; ‘65), Bob Wild (7; ‘64), Tony Fiory (stroke; ‘63) Bob Vernon (cox; ‘63).
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