Orange Oar March 2013

MARCH 2013

March 2013 Volume XIV—No. 1

Sit ready…Ready all…

Spring Season—It’s Time for Racing at last!

Big plans for fall gathering in Syracuse

Premo Challenges Fellow Alumni Rowers—Bring it On!

Pan Am Captain Kries reflects on difficult times

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Editor: John Nicholson, ’68

Technology & Social Media: Josh Stratton ‘01

Contributors: Jim Kries ‘59, Joe Kieffer ‘88,

Jason Premo ‘98, David Gunn

SU Women Battle through Conditions, Lineup Changes

Letter from the President 2

Coach Kochis’ news and “Big J.” 4

Dome Tribute to Coach Kris Sanford 16

Backsplash—News of Our Alumni 18

Inside this issue:

Tightly bunched in South Carolina as SU battles Clemson, BU, Indiana, Purdue

Syracuse’s second varsity four spoiled a

Clemson Tigers sweep in the season opener

for the Orange women in South Carolina.

Syracuse was second in the Varsity eights,

2V eights and Varsity fours, finishing third in

then 3V/Novice eights. The Orange took rival

Boston University in all the races.

The races wound up spring training for SU in

South Carolina. Competition was moved up

to start at 8:20 in the morning because of

anticipated high winds. The course on Lake

Hartwell was bumpy in spots, especially the

third 500 meters, and caused some problems

for the varsity fours.

More challenging was that the Orange

lineups had to be shuffled at midweek when

Coach Justin Moore pulled co-captain Natalie

Mastracci out of competition as a precaution-

ary measure. Mastracci, the Olympic silver

medalist has a history of stress fractures,

Moore said.

“Clemson (spring camp) is challenging, be-

cause we are compelled to select our crews

for racing, which requires great intensity,

while at the same time trying to maximize

(See SU Women—Page 3)

MEN: FOCUS ON SELECTION The SU men’s squad headed back to Syra-cuse at the end of spring break in South Carolina with some good miles on the water behind them and some questions yet to be answered ahead. Such as who will be rowing in which boat? “In the sec-ond half of camp we started doing some seat racing and we will continue to do that when we get back to Syracuse, “Coach Dave Reischman told The Orange Oar. Reischman said the focus leading up to the Goes Trophy races will be selection. “The guys have put a lot of time in trying to improve their boat moving skills and fitness so we owe it to them to do a (See Men—Page 5)

MARCH 2013

Letter from

the President

Fellow SU Crew Supporters:

Another spring season is upon us. The hard work and determination of indoor training will begin to bear fruit as our

crews lock on to the stake boats. The spring season schedule is very competitive as usual. The women will compete

against rivals from the Ivy, Big East and others leagues. The women will travel to the west coast (Oregon) with a meet-

ing with Stanford, Oregon State, and Washington State on April 27. The Big East championship is May 19 on Lake

Mercer in New Jersey. The men have their traditional schedule with trips to Princeton, the Goes Cup in Annapolis, the

Conlan Cup on Overpeck Creek in Bergen County, N.J. and final duel race of the year against Dartmouth on Onondaga

Lake. The IRA will be in Sacramento, California on Lake Natoma – May 31 – June 2, 2013. Good luck and go fast to

all of our crews.

During the offseason, SARA has been working diligently in supporting the team, fund raising and planning events and

communication to our over 1,500 person alumni base. Kris Sanford, long time women’s coach, was honored at a Syra-

cuse basketball game in mid February. SARA was the sponsor of the pre game event held in the Jock Stratton crew

room. As we have for the past few years, SARA will coordinate live audio race broadcasting for our home and away

races (when possible) through the internet and dial in number. We will also be tweeting results via @SyracuseRowing.

SARA, along with the parent group, will be coordinating race day hospitality, including a tent at this year’s IRA on the

banks on Lake Natoma.

SARA has also been busy planning the alumni / class day regatta scheduled for Saturday, September 21. This promises

to be an awesome event, held at the boathouse, with an alumni 500 meter race under the lights, various class reunions, hall

of fame inductions, 1874 Stewards plaque unveiling, Dinosaur BBQ, libations and more. Also, Syracuse is playing

Tulane in football that day. Mark your calendars (and start to work out on the erg). Work continues on preserving the

legacy of Syracuse rowing through the tireless efforts of John Nicholson ’68 and Joe Paduda’80 who are crafting the next

volume of the Mark of the Oarsmen. The next line of Syracuse rowing alumni gear is now available. Look for ordering

details in this Orange Oar edition. Finally, stay tuned for some social media and technology enhancements led by Josh

Stratton’01. All of these activities are supported by your annual dues. Lynne Pascale ’81 is again leading the charge on

the membership drive. Thank you in advance for your membership dues and your support of SARA.

We would also like to thank everyone for their continued financial support of Syracuse rowing. Your support is solidify-

ing the future of Syracuse rowing and providing them with the best equipment and resources to go fast. This winter, the

women’s program successfully raised close to $100k for new shells, fueled by a key leadership gift. The women’s V8,

JV8 and V4 will be rowing in new shells this spring! The SARA men’s crew endowment currently stands at over

$150,000. The third annual 2,000 hour SARA men’s crew endowment campaign is locked on to start April 1 and will

conclude on June 18. Get your checkbooks out or have your credit card handy when your class captain calls. A special

thanks to Charlie Clark ‘83 for spearheading this year’s endowment campaign.

SARA will continue to be your source of information, events and team support. Thank you again supporting Syracuse

Rowing. Go ‘Cuse.

Pull Hard and Go Fast

Joe Kieffer ‘88

SARA President

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SARA Executive Board

Josepk Kieffer – ‘88 President Lynne Della Pelle Pascale – ‘81 First Vice President William Purdy - ‘79 Second Vice-President Paris Daskalakis - ‘98 Treasurer Martha Mogish Rowe – ‘81 Assistant Treasurer Joseph Paduda – ‘80 Secretary

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 Christopher 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

Advisory Council Paul Irvine – ‘45 William Hider – ‘62 Edward Kakas – ‘64 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

In Memoriam Dr. Bruce Chamberlain ‘43

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SU Women—from page one

our water-time,” the coach said in a report to SU Rowing supporters. “This year, I did not get the mix quite right.”

The Orange V8 gave the Tigers a fight down the stretch but couldn’t quite catch up and wound up about half a length back.

Boston University, Indiana and Purdue trailed well behind the Orange.

“After one week on the water and a week of heavy training, our team had the fitness and capacity to race this hard over 2,000

meters,” Moore said. “We can expect more speed when Natalie (our strongest and most experienced athlete) returns to the

crew.” That was the upside. But “It is my opinion that one second wins and losses in rowing are more about the athletes’ men-

tality and expectation than about fitness or technique. Including last year’s results, our 1V has been on the losing side of sev-

eral ‘close’ races. Our training, moving forward, is going to need to address the ability to put the bow-ball out in front. “

2V – Good Rowing that must get better

In the 2V race Clemson’s crew roared off the stake boat, settled at 37 and was never challenged. Syracuse held second most

of the way, rowing at 32 but had to fight off a charge by the BU Terriers in the last 500 meters, winning by just couple of

seats.

Upside – “The rowing and the rhythm were good. We were giving up 5 beats to Clemson (who was also rowing

well) and two beats to B.U and Indiana, yet we kept our bow-ball in front throughout the race.

But – “If we are going to offer a compelling argument that we are one of the better TEAMS in the country and should

be invited to the NCAAs, we are going to need to be much more competitive in this boat. “

V4 – coming back from a pair of boat stoppers

The Syracuse V4 overcame a pair of early crabs to row through BU and Indiana and get close to Clemson, which also had a

boat stopping crab along the way but recovered quickly and wound up winning by a bit of open water.

“There was no quit in this group,” Moore said. “Junior Coxswain Gillian Carlucci adapted to the situation and stayed

process oriented.” But two crabs by a fairly experienced crew caused concern.

Novice eight – aggressive enough, but…

In the Novice 8s Clemson and Indiana left the field behind in a fight to the finish. The Tigers rowed through the Hoosiers in

the last 250 meters. Syracuse was third, several lengths back but finishing ahead of Purdue and Boston U.

“What I can tell you about this crew is that we will never have to worry about them being ‘aggressive enough’ which

I LOVE as a head coach. The challenge these women face – and their new coach Justin Stangel (filling in for new mom Alicea

Kochis) – is to learn how to harness this aggression into high quality boat-moving. .” (more on next page ->)

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Women’s Spring Schedule

Sat Mar 30 Kittell Cup vs. Boston U Boston

Sat Apr 6 Orange Challenge Cup vs. Penn, NE Philadelphia

Sat Apr 20 O’Leary Cup vs. Radcliffe, Dartmouth Syracuse

Sat Apr 27 Oregon State, Stanford, Washington St. Beaver Lake, Oregon

Sat May 4 Cornell, Louisville Ithaca

Sun May 19 Big East Championships Lake Mercer, NJ

2V4 – preventing a Clemson sweep

The 2V4’s turn came last and the SU women made the most of it, grabbing a lead over Clemson and then fighting off repeat-

ed challenges by the Tigers. SU took it by just about a length with a couple of Indiana crews far behind.

“It would be an incorrect statement to say that we “looked good” on the racecourse. We looked aggressive and better condi-

tioned. There is a great deal of speed to be gained in this crew.”

Challenging Races Ahead

The SU women get to see BU again on March 30 and this time on the Terriers’ home water, the Charles River. They’ll battle

for the Kittle Cup to open the northeastern portion of the season, which includes racing in Philadelphia and Syracuse before

SU heads west for a test against Stanford, Oregon State and Washington State.

“I was VERY happy with the quality of fitness and rowing the women displayed on the trip,” Moore said “We have estab-

lished a solid foundation for the crew and will benefit from the work that was done in January and February.”

Results here: http://www.row2k.com/results/resultspage.cfm?UID=2211379&cat=1 courtesy of row2k.com

Congratulations to Coach Kochis: Alicea delivered a healthy baby girl just a

few days after going off on maternity leave. Phoebe Kochis-Stroedel weighed in

at seven pounds seven ounces. She joins brother Marty on the “to be recruited”

list.

Big J—with Justin Stangel (right) filling in while Kochis is away the women’s

squad find itself with a pair of Justins on the coaching staff and has taken to call-

ing Stangel, “Big J.”

Coach Moore assures us no one will be referred to as “Little J.”

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Men—(from Page One) thorough job. We don't have any standout rowers this year but we have a lot of good rowers. That depth extends down into the JV and I doubt we will see a very large margin between our Varsity and JV. It is going to take some time to figure out who is going to row where.” Co-captain Nick Pickard gets that. “…we're slowly but surely sorting out the top 8+, “he said. “It's very close.” “I think the team got a valuable chance to develop some sense of order,” his fellow captain Jake Martens added. “We had some younger guys really step up and show their potential, which was great to see.” This is a team with arguably even more opportunity for oarsmen and coxswains to find a spot in the varsity boat since six of the oarsmen and the cox in last season’s IRA 5th place crew graduated. But there’s also more competition because for the first time, freshmen are eligible for varsity competition. “We are still trying to sort out how the frosh fit into the program,” Reischman said. “Our first goal is to put our eight fastest athletes in the varsity boat. There may or may not be frosh in that mix. The frosh have really improved a lot throughout the year and there are a couple fighting for seats in the top boat.” He said it hadn’t been decided whether to boat a freshman eight or use the remaining frosh in the JV and third varsity. “I doubt we will have this all sorted out by the Princeton Scrimmage but hopefully we will by the Goes Trophy,” the coach said. It is a very young team, Reischman points out. “There are a lot sophomores and frosh on the squad and we have to make sure we develop them. We have been a little inconsistent in workouts and we don't always have the boat control and rhythm we want but we are getting better each and every day.” And Pickard said the team had the right attitude. “Morale is high. Groups are working well together.” “I think the older guys are anxious to keep going with selection and move into racing season,” Martens observed. “The younger guys seem to be feeling upbeat and excited to move forward.”

A little choppy but it’s not like this on the Seneca River in March

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Journal Men’s team members Liz Abraham and Stephen Hoskins agreed to work together and keep a journal during this spring camp for The Orange Oar and suathletics.com. Here are some highlights. Day 1 – “We rigged the boats and hit the water for the first time in months. This trip marks the end of winter training, but the beginning of the spring campaign as we gear up for the spring racing season. Many people are excited to see how their hard work will pay off on the water.” Day 2- “Our time spent indoors this winter in the tank and on group sliders was instrumental in maintaining our technique, but there is no substitute for time on the water. A little sunshine and some fresh air were quick to jog our memories and the feel for the water came back easily.” Day 3 – “Our third day back on the water included building rhythm and moving together at lower rates. Each practice seems to build on the last as we continue to dust off the cobwebs from winter training.” Day 4 – “This morning we boated in a fleet of four eights and headed out for clear water to put in some long meters of hard pulling, time-trial style. Even though we have had several practices in Clemson under our belt, we were eager to measure our speed against each other with some competitive pieces.” Day 5 - “After spending the afternoon resting our bodies, we fueled up at a local, backwoods BBQ restaurant called ‘Smoke and Blue BBQ’. As much as we love our Dinosaur BBQ, true southern BBQ hit the spot as we left with full stomachs.” Day 6- “The conditions this morning were ideal and we took advantage of the flat water and warm temperatures to accu-rately measure our speed. The practice plan proved itself rigorous yet rewarding. We switched rowers among the boats be-tween pieces to trial different line-ups. Opportunities to race side-by-side provide valuable information that cannot always be reproduced inside on the ergs.” Day 7- “This week has helped us to build confidence in all of us as we transition to the water. We have made a lot of gains

indoors and now it’s time to apply it to moving the boats and getting fast. We have shown some glimpses of it over the

course of the week and continue to build on it every day.”

Link to full journal here: http://syracusealumnirowing.blogspot.com/2013/03/inside-su-mens-spring-trip.html Thanks to Coach Dave Reischman for sending along pictures.

Smoke and Blue (and Orange) BBQ— the real deal, our food critics report

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2013 SARA Men’s Crew Endowment Campaign

The 2013 racing season is on the stake boats and ready to start with the first race of the season against Princeton and Georgetown. Two days later, on April 1, SARA is launching the 2013 SARA Men’s Crew Endowment campaign. Similar to the past two years, this year’s fund raising campaign will last 2,000 hours with class years pitted against each oth-er. This year’s 83 day campaign will ‘cross the line’ on June 21 at 8am. Last year’s cam-paign raised more than $55,000 with 135 participants from 41 class years. The average donation was more than $300, with several large leadership gifts received. We have some ambitious goals for this year’s campaign of $75,000 raised with 200 partic-ipants from 45 class years. Periodic ‘racing’ updates will be provided through email and the SARA blog. As the endowment fund grows over time, it will be able to provide an an-nual cash flow to the rowing program to fund a range of needs including coaching posi-tions, equipment, away regattas (e.g. Henley or San Diego Crew Classic), and facilities. The SARA Men’s Crew Endowment, begun nearly two years ago, has grown to more than $150,000. Along with Coach Reischman, the SARA board decided at our January Board meeting not to take a its allowed annual distribution at this time, but to reinvest to fuel future growth of the Endowment. We have targeted a lofty goal of $1 million by 2015. Your continued support will allow us to achieve this goal. The endowment will help solid-ify the long term strength of the SU Men’s crew. The cost of the campaign will be funded by private donations and the SARA operating budget. Expenses for the fund raising cam-paign will not be from the SARA endowment. The format of this fundraising campaign will get the competitive juices flowing. Class groups will be pitted against each other with SU racing shirts at stake.

Racing shirts will be awarded to those class groups’ contributors1 in two categories - those having the greatest number of participants and those generating the most money.

Any donation that has increased by $75 or more from last year will receive an SU racing shirt.

Any donation of $5,000 or more receives a full size SU oar or mounted SU blade. Anyone contributing for five or more consecutive years to the Endowment will be inducted in-

to the Onondaga Lake Society. Details and benefits to be communicated later.

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This is a great opportunity to give back to the program that provided some of your best life experiences. We have appointed class year captains. Expect to hear from your class captain who can answer any questions. If there are specific questions about the endow-ment or corporate donor matching, please contact Joe Kieffer ([email protected] / +1 267 228 1341).

Keep SU fast on the water by giving to the SARA Men’s Rowing Endowment

1-To receive a racing shirt an individual needs to contribute $50 or more

All donations to the SARA Endowment are tax deducible

Class Year Groupings for Betting Shirts / Boat Naming Competition

2006 – 2012 1990 – 1994 1975 – 1979 1960 – 1964

2000 – 2005 1985 – 1989 1970 – 1974 1955 – 1959

1995 – 1999 1980 – 1984 1965 – 1969 Prior to 1955

Checks can be made payable to:

Central New York Community Foundation

Memo line: SARA Endowment

And mail to: Central NY Community Foundation

431 East Fayette Street, Suite 100

Syracuse, New York 13202

Or donate by credit card or bank transferat: www.cnycf.org/sara

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SUPPORT SYRACUSE ROWING—ARE YOU UP TO DATE?

THANKS TO SARA LIFETIME MEMBERS

Daniel Hanavan ‘80 Scott Hansen ‘88

Jeffrey Harriman ‘70

Chuck Harris ‘70 Andrew Harrison ‘68

Lawrence Hawkins ‘59

Rob Heinstein ‘89 John Hession ‘72

Matthew Heumann ‘02

Andrew Hobbs ‘83 Gordon Hull ‘83

Ken Hutton ‘69

Linn Hyde ‘64 Paul Irvine ‘54

Scott Kempton ‘86

Ned Kerr ‘67 Joe Kieffer ‘88

Owen Lewis ‘66

Murray Lukoff ‘77 Gary MacLachlan ‘67

William McCusker ‘67

Michael Minor ‘73 Robert Miron ‘59

Andrew Mogish ‘78

Edward Montesi ‘60 Charles Murphy ‘52

Bonnie Hagenmeister Nault ‘’78 Dineda Nyepan

Lance Osadchey ‘59

Joe Paduda ‘80 Andrew Papp ‘78

Jonathan Parella ‘91

Lynne Della Pelle Pascale ‘81 Jeff Pesot ‘90

Joe Peter ‘69

Nils Peterson’70

Nick Alexander ‘04 Robert Angelucci ‘57

Stephen Anthony ‘80

James Bader ‘07 David Beckett ‘80

Jeffrey Braun ‘80

Jim Breuer ‘72 Thomas Brown ‘77

Paul Buff ‘70

Ken Buhrmaster ‘37 Louis Buhrmaster ‘61

James Butler ‘48

John Calkins ‘49 John Campbell ‘67

Grafton Chase ‘83

Roy Clark ‘72 Alexander Cmil ‘92

Austin Curwen ‘91

Tom Darling ‘81 Rachel DeMaine ‘99

Tom Denver ‘66

Paul Dierkes ‘79 Hamilton Dixon ‘55

Bob Donabella ‘81

Paul Dudzick ‘68 Bill Duffield ‘86

Carl Fabend ‘59 Mike Fegley ‘97

Gary Gardner ‘62

Charles “Chip” Gibson ‘04 John Gilbert ‘85

Robert Giromini ‘75

Fred Gliesing ‘78 Colin Goodale ‘90

Barton Green ‘56

Kristin Hammill ‘02

Tom Petnuch ‘98 Bob Price ‘88

Bill Purdy ‘79

Tracy Reed ‘95 Henry Ridgely ‘70

Jay Rhodes ‘89

Ashton Richards ‘82 Charlie Roberts ‘61

Thomas Rouen ‘60

Sylvester Rowe ‘92 Kevin Rung ‘80

Bill Sanford ‘63

Kathryn F. Sullivan, ‘97 Howard Sashin ‘81

Paul Schmidt ‘88

George Scott ‘72 John Shamlian ‘79

Ed Shephard ‘53

John Sekas ‘84 * Art Sibley ‘80

Richard Skomra ‘83

Mark Sprague ‘68 Dirk Stribrny ‘90

Kathryn Sullivan ‘97

Elliot Sussin ‘77 David Swenton

Mark Toomey ‘92 Robert Totten ‘92

Rick Tremblay ‘78

Christopher Ward ‘93 Peter Washburn ‘72

Rogers Waugh ‘41

Larry Weiner ‘59 Barry Weiss ‘83

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Class leaders have been encouraged to challenge other alums to battle at the SARA event in September. Former

SARA President Jason Premo ‘98 might be taking it a little too seriously. Or not.

Jason Premo (THEE Class of '98) wishes to make a proclamation: HEAR YE, HEAR YE! Speaking on behalf of the

illustrious Class (and I do mean "Class") of 1998, I issue the following challenge:

To the young pups of the Reischman era...to our "peers" in age but not nearly in stature...to

the dinosaurs that roamed the earth back in the 70's, I ask - nay BEG of you - Help us test a

hypothesis. The hypothesis: The era in which we '98ers rowed was THEE single greatest in

the history of all rowing. I posit this because surely our dubious racing record couldn't

have been the result of our own lack of "talent!" My ego leads/needs me to believe that

the competition against which we rowed was magnificent beyond all realm of human un-

derstanding. BUT, my fine feathering friends, I believe if you plucked us up from 1998

and placed us in a lane betwixt and between you dinosaurs, sub-peers and pups alike, the

results could sway more in our favor! -- Specifically if you have been properly imbibed,

the course is only 500 meters, your vision is obscured under the fall of night, and we have

had 15 years to properly taper. ...Alas, if only there were a way to put this hypothesis to

the test...HARK!!! BUT THERE IS!!

On the night of September 21, 2013, an event boasting THESE VERY CONDITIONS will take place IN OUR BE-

LOVED SYRACUSE!! HUZZAH!! Let it be so! Dinosaurs, wake your sleeping, wrinkled, giant, lumbering old row-

ing pals! Young Reischman pups, take one weekend away from the mirror, wondering if you will ever grow facial hair!

Come one, come all, to be sacrificed at the altar of 1998's excellence!!!

A PRIMO CHALLENGE FROM PREMO

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STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE ORANGE

To send a message to the email lists contact the coaches: Men: Dave Reischman - [email protected] Women: Justin Moore: [email protected] Orange Oar Editor: John Nicholson: [email protected] AND We have a new database! Please keep us updated with your latest contact information or any corrections. Email Lynne Pascale at [email protected] or Charlie Clark at [email protected].

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IN MEMORIAM:

SARA CONDOLENCES TO:

The family of Coach Dave Reischman on the passing of his father, Robert Edward Reischman.

The family of John Peter who passed in 2012.

Mrs. Carl Roberts on the passing of her husband.

The family of Dr. Howard Hoople '45 who passed in 2012.

The family of Raymond M. Rogers '56 of Clifton Park, NY who passed in 2012. Ray was a member of Sig-

ma Phi Epsilon while at SU. He married Joan Collins in 1958. Ray served in the U.S. Army 11th Ordnance

Co. and was honorably discharged in 1965. He accepted a position in the NY State Architect's Office in

1968, retiring in 1995.

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Editor’s Note: Not everything in athletics is “seashells and balloons” as the late Marquette basketball coach Al McGuire

used to say. Sometimes things get ugly in ways most of us probably haven’t thought about a lot. An example of that came

to me in a note from the captain of the SU Pan Am Games crew that won gold in 1959. It gave me pause and I hope it will

have the same effect on many of our readers. With permission—a message from Jim Kries.

The following is, in all probability politically incorrect hence unacceptable, but nonetheless true.

Like the vast majority of freshman I hit my head as I walked under an oar at 6 feet and poof, I was an oarsman. Thus started

my four year odyssey. Like almost all the other freshman I was 18 or so years old. Unlike all of the others, I was a Jew. For

the rest of that year I was continually reminded of that singular fact in the most distastefully, objectionable ways. It was only

10 years after the end of WW2 and 6 million carefully orchestrated deaths...

As it turned out that freshman crew was the winningest freshman crew Syracuse had seen in a very long time. Sometime

between the end of the season and the IRA myself and two other oarsman "broke training". I was the only one to receive

punishment which came in the form of being kicked off the squad in front of the entire squad which, by the way, even in-

cluded Earl and Herbie, the rigger and the bus driver. I was humiliated and continued to be so on my 11 mile walk back to

the campus.

As you know, each year we were issued a personal oar along with a "gummed" label upon which one would put his name.

That year my name consisted of a small six pointed star in the upper left hand corner and KRIES in the center, next year the

star and the name were the same size. The following year the only thing to grace the "gummed" label was a large six pointed

Star of David. It was that same year that the same men who were instrumental in an act of anti-Semitism were to elect me

their captain...

Being on oarsman yourself you know deep within yourself is your personal story that could fill the pages of a book well

worth the reading. This chapter of my story I briefly related has within it a moral. My hope is that it goes beyond the old

saw, "one of my best friends, etc."

A LIFE LESSON - AFTER MORE THAN 50 YEARS

JIM KRIES SPEAKS AT PAN AM CREW’S HALL OF FAME INDUCTION

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By David Gunn (suathletics.com)

The Syracuse women's rowing team honored former head coach Kris Sanford Milburn on Sunday, Feb.

10, dedicating a new racing shell and announcing the establishment of an equipment fund, both in her

name, at the men's basketball game vs. St. John's at the Carrier Dome. “It’s a humbling experience,” she

said.

Sanford Milburn was the head coach of the Syracuse women's rowing program for 14 years (1996-2010).

She was a three-time BIG EAST Coach of the Year, led the program to five NCAA Championship ap-

pearances, three BIG EAST titles, and coached three Olympians.

A ceremony was held on the court at

halftime of the game announcing the

formation and of the fund and the boat

dedication. Following halftime, Sanford

Milburn and her family christened the

boat in the backcourt area of the Carrier

Dome before a large gathering of alum-

nae from across the country and around

the world.

KUDOS FOR COACH KRIS

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“It is a long overdue thank you for not only for Kris Sanford as a coach but the entire Sanford family and

everything they’ve done for SU Rowing, “Coach Justin Moore said.

The administration, current coaching staff and alumnae honored Coach Sanford Milburn's legacy by es-

tablishing the Kris Sanford Equipment Fund. This fund will ensure that, from this moment forward,

there is to be a racing shell in the boathouse bearing her name, reminding coaches and athletes of her

contributions to the historic success of the program from 1996-2010.

“I think that Justin and his staff are at a point where they are about to go over the hump and make this a

team a national contender every single year,” Sanford said, “and it’s great that I get to be a part of it.”

“Kris gave us those words it’s just a tipping point that a small little thing that will set us on fire for the

rest of the season,” said senior captain Natalie Mastracci, an Olympic silver medalist. “I’m really excit-

ed to see what that tipping point is.”

Prior to Sunday's game, a reception was held at the Hubert "Jock" Stratton Crew Room in Archbold

Gymnasium. The event provided an opportunity for the current coaching staff of head coach Justin

Moore and assistant coaches Andrea Buch and Alicea Kochis, who rowed for Sanford at SU, along with

alumnae, friends and family to pay honor to Coach Sanford Milburn and all she did for the program.

“I think it is an incredible legacy that she will leave behind to us,”Mastracci added. “She is so amazing.”

-Additional material by Orange Oar Editor John Nicholson

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BACKSPLASH—NEWS OF OUR ALUMNI

Bill Sanford ’63 - “Frank Bensen'63, Tony Johnson'62 and I are working on getting our "era" (‘62 –

‘64) back to Syracuse for the Sept. 21st event. Interest to date has been good. For my class' 63, this

will be in place of a 50th year class reunion that takes place at a later date this year.

Tom Denver ’66 - “Number One son, Rorke Denver, SU '96, Lax Captain, has a book out: "Damn

Few: Making the Modern SEAL Warrior". It just hit #10 on the NY Times best seller list. I am not an

objective reviewer, but it is a good read. If all crew alums pick up a copy, it will help with the grand-

kids college expenses!

Working hard on the erg - the knees are finally catching up to me, so I am picking up mountain bik-

ing, as well.

Number Two son, Nate, an L.A. County firefighter/paramedic, has his second book "Haunted Ar-

mour" out. Slightly weird and fun.“

Joe Paduda ’81 - Padudas enjoying our time in Cazenovia. Looking forward to getting out in the

coaching launch w Coach Reischman.

Mark 2 is coming along; hit a slight delay due to personal matters but well on the way to completion.

Tom Darling ‘81 - won at the CRASH-B's Feb 17th in the 50 - 54 age group with a time of 6:11.

“Not bad for an old guy,” Tom offers. “Chris Ives who came in second had his son, Chris Jr pick up

his medal because he was busy coaching his Greenwich Boat Club athletes...hence the small kid wear-

ing the silver medal.”

Darling—”Not bad for an old guy.”

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BACKSPLASH—NEWS OF OUR ALUMNI

Holly (Krapp) Borsodi ’93 – “I live in Santa Cruz, CA with my husband and two daughters. I re-

cently became the coach of the Los Gatos Master's Women.”

Molly (Tibbetts) Scannell ’96 – “On Nov 19 - Hayden Genevieve Scannell was born. She's number

three!

“Also including a picture of my eldest daughter, Ava(5), having her first rowing lesson at Cambridge

Boat Club this summer! Got to start them early.” Molly and family live in Arlington, MA.

Our guy Tom wields the winner’s hammer

Ava Scannell—off and rowing

MARCH 2013

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Syracuse, NY 13261

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SU Men’s Schedule Spring 2013

Sat Mar 30 Princeton, Georgetown (scrimmage) Princeton, NJ

Sat Apr 20 Goes Trophy - Navy, Cornell Annapolis, MD

Sat Apr 27 Conlan Cup – BU, Columbia Overpeck Creek, NJ

Sat May 11 Packard Cup - Dartmouth Syracuse

Sun May 19 Eastern Sprints Worcester, MA

May 31-June 2 IRA Sacramento, CA