2010 - 2019 Era Team History
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The 2010's - Building to Mid-Decade Success
Thanks to Tom Gates '73, Erik Wessel '14, Dale Jordan '16
Summary of 2010 to 2019
This 2010 to 2019 period in NU Rowing history was the second decade of John Pojednic as Head Coach. During this period NU saw five other Associate or Assistant coaches supporting Coach Pojednic. This included four former NU oarsman, David Burke, Dan Walsh, Ted Sobolewski and Justin Jones. In addition, Ted Benford was an Associate Coach and went on to be the Executive Director of Community Rowing in Boston. As the 2010 and 2011 seasons started, there was a need to build team depth with new freshman. Freshman eights won Bronze at the 2011 Sprints and Silver at the 2012 Sprints and Bronze at the 2012 IRA. This would help the varsity level team succeed with a number of medals in the middle of the decade. This included Varsity Bronze at 2013 Sprints and Silver at the 2015 Sprints. The 2V won Gold at the 2014 Sprints and Bronze at the 2015 Sprints. While the later part of 2017 to 2019 had a no eight boat medals, there were a number of times the team entered the championship finals at the Sprints and IRA.
2010 Team History
Thanks to Justin Ochal ’11, 2010 Team Captain
The Fall 2009/Spring 2010 season was a year of maturity, grit, and determination, "Whatever it Takes." We rostered the largest senior class in a long time with nine seniors who rowed all four years supported by a solid group of underclass athletes. It was a special group to be part of, and it was awesome to lead this fantastic group of young men and women. Some strong bonds remain between the group.
Highlights for the year:
There were small boat (1x, 2x, 2-’s) mileage, long meters on the erg, competitive runs from Cabot around the basin loop, weekly 2x20min erg evaluations, and 2-mile singles time trials. A select group of athletes earned a trip to race down at the Housatonic in the 8+, and all also raced in 2x’s. Fall racing was capped off with a solid performance at the Head of Charles V8 - 9th overall and 4th collegiately; V4, 15th overall 9th collegiately, and the JV 8+ having a solid performance in the Club 8 event.