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1959-1960

Compiled, researched and written by Gary Lundeen '75. Please send any additions and/or corrections to the NavyLites Staff Historian. Vintage photos should be sent to info@navylites.org.

1V W-2 L-2 2nd Grand EARC [Won by Harvard]
2V W-2 L-1 2nd Grand EARC [Won by Harvard]
1F W-4 L-1 Did not row Grand EARC

4-5-60 Iona College at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V 1F
1- Navy   1- Iona
2- Iona 2- Navy

4-9-60 George Washington High School at Annapolis, Maryland

1F
1- Navy
2- George Washington

4-16-60 Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Cambridge, Massachusetts

1V 2V
1- Harvard 1- Harvard
2- Navy 2- Navy
3- MIT 3- MIT

Note:
Jack Lynch MIT ’63 shows MIT winning a 1F race on 4-16-60 with the result as 1- Harvard; 2- MIT; 3- Navy in “Nice Row, MIT” Aventine Press (2008) pp32; however, NAAA records indicate that Navy freshmen traveled to match races only in 1978 and 1979 and did not travel to away match races permanently until 1985; Navy 1F began traveling to the Eastern Sprints in 1970

4-23-60 Princeton University at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V 1F
1- Princeton 1- Navy 1- Navy
2- Navy 2- Princeton 2- Princeton

4-30-60 St Andrew's High School at Annapolis, Maryland

1F
1- Navy
2- St Andrew's

5-7-60 University of Pennsylvania Freshman at Annapolis, Maryland

1F
1- Navy
2- Penn

5-14-60 EARC Championships at Worcester, Massachusetts [Heavyweight and Lightweight Championships held at the same regatta and remain so in future]

1V 2V 1F
1- Harvard 1- Harvard 1- Harvard
2- Navy 2- Navy 2- Princeton
3- Cornell 3- Cornell 3- MIT
    Navy did not enter

5-21-60 University of Pennsylvania (Callow Cup) at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1V 2V
1- Navy 1- Navy
2- Penn 2- Penn

Coach: David T. Pratt, 1STLT, USMC
Plebe Coach:
Officer Rep:
Captain: Harry P. Butler '60
Manager: Hugh J. Smith, Jr. '60

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