Elite Rowers

Paul Beachem ’53

  • Paul rowed for W-L, racing in the spring for Charlie, and then paddled for PBC in the offseason.
  • 1953 3v, 3rd Stotesbury Cup Regatta
  • 1960 Olympics, K1 1000m
  • 1968 Olympics, K2, 1000m

Tony Johnson ’58

  • 1957 W-L Varsity 4, 1st Stotesbury Cup Regatta
  • 1958 W-L team co-captain
  • 1958 W-L Varsity 8, undefeated season- won Northern VA Championship, Stotesbury Cup Regatta, and Scholastic National Regatta
  • 1964 Olympian, 2-
  • 1965 European Championship, bronze 8+
  • 1967 Pan Am Games, gold 2-
  • 1967 European Championship, gold 2-
  • 1968 Olympics, silver 2-
  • 1969 European Championships, gold 2-
  • 1972, Olympic Team Coach
  • 1975, 1985 U.S. National Team Coach
  • Coach Yale University, 1970-1988 (1982 National Champions, 1982 Coach of the Year, multiple Eastern Sprints titles, two junior varsity titles at the Henley Royal Regatta, four Harvard-Yale victories [1981-1984] )
  • Coach Georgetown University 1967-1969, 1990-2014
  • Syracuse University varsity rower
  • 2014 USRowing Medal of Honor recipient

Tim Martin ’71

  • Junior National Team 2+, ’71

Norm Millar ’71

  • Junior National Team, 2+: ’71

Larry Athay ’72

  • Junior National Team, 2+: ’72

David Cruse ’72

  • Junior National Team, 2+: ’72

Mitch Millar ’73

  • Junior National Team, 2+: ’72

Mike Magee ’77

  • Junior National Team, Eight Cox: ’77 (Charlie was the coach of this boat)

Matt Broder ’77

  • Lightweight National Team, spare: ’80

Steve Schmitt ’77

  • Junior National Team ’77
  • Lightweight National Team ’79
  • Lightweight National Team ’80
  • Lightweight National Team ’85
  • Lightweight National Team ’86
  • Lightweight National Team ’87

M. Sean Hall  ’85

  • Rutgers University
  • US National Team ’91 – Gold, World Championships
  • US Olympic Team ’92
  • US National Team ’93 – Bronze, World Championships
  • US National Team ’94 – Gold, World Championships 
  • US National Team ’95 – Bronze, World Championships 
  • US Olympic Team ’96 
  • US National Team ’99 – Gold, World Cup
  • US National Team ’00 – Bronze, World Cup
  • US Olympic Team ’00 – Gold, Olympics

Steve Robinson ’90

  • 1987- VLwt4: Occoquan Sprints, NOVAS, SRAA’s 1st place
  • 1989- V8: regular season undefeated, NOVAS 1st, Stotes 2nd, and SRAA’s 1st. Trip to Henley
  • Princeton Universtiy heavies.
  • Pan American and National Team

Shane Curnyn ’94

  • Junior National Team ’93

Mike Callahan ’92

  • Junior National Team ’92
  • US National Teams 97
  • US National Team ’98
  • National & Pan Am Team (4-) ’99
  • US National Team ’02, National & Pan Am Team (4-) ’99,
  • Alternate 2004 Olympics
  • University of Washington varsity rower
  • Head Men’s Coach, University of Washington Crew

Neil Stanga ’05

  • Junior National Team ’04
  • Junior National Team ’05 -G old, World Championships 
  • Princeton University

Aidan Wrenn-Walz ’20

  • Junior National Team ’19

Charles Butt III Junior (although not a W-L alumni)

  • National Team ’77
  • Lightweight National Team and ’79
  • Lightweight National Team and ’80
  • Lightweight National Team and ’85
  • Lightweight National Team and ’86
  • Lightweight National Team and ’87

Many thanks to George Kirschbaum, former W-L rower and coach, for documenting W-L Crew’s rich history.

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