UCLA Men's Rowing Alumni/FOUR

Charlie Hughs excellent summary of the ACRA Championships

UCLA Sends Four Eights to ACRA Championships From Walk-Ons to National Contenders

Newport Regatta this Sunday March 15
Regatta Schedule Below
Live streaming Link below that

https://link.sbstck.com/redirect/d30821f4-40c0-4d95-8364-05eab90e35aa?j=eyJ1IjoiNDc2dXB4In0.Oy8FH7TUPQBp5EP0otcCcYxiqttCe58Oj7m_1NuSWzo

2026 Newport Regatta Orange Coast College hosts the 61st Annual Newport Regatta. Come watch SoCal teams battle on the water for this racing season opener event.Find results here:...

Re Saturday Banquet
Last minute change… “The Boys in the Boat” author Daniel James Brown will be out sick
Other prominent speakers will fill in
 STILL NOT TO BE MISSED!!!

Banquet Guest Speaker Daniel James Brown falls ill; FOUR pivots with new program for banquet guests International rowing luminaries step up for UCLA athletes, coaches, alumni and Friends of UCLA Rowing

The Feb 28 Banquet features Daniel James Brown, author of "Boys in the Boat" AND a host of other notable champions

Anita DeFrantz, former Vice President and member of the International Olympic Committee, twenty years Vice President of World Rowing, USRowing Medal of Honor winner, member of the LA28 Board of Directors and 1976 Olympic bronze medal rower.

https://www.anitadefrantz.com/

Robert “Bob” Ernst, coach of the 1984 Olympic gold medal Women’s eight, coach at four Olympic Games, former Head Coach of the University of Washington men’s and women’s teams.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Ernst?wprov=sfla1

Matt Evans, LA28 Rowing Competition Manager, former World Rowing Senior Event Manager, Glasgow 2018 European Championships Rowing Competition Manager.

Jan Palchikoff, UCLA Women’s team rower, Olympic rower, Pac-12 Conference’s All-Century team in Women’s Rowing. She was elected to the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2015.

https://uclabruins.com/news/2016/5/10/210944189

Vasileios Polymeros, multi-Olympic medalist for Greece, President of the Greek “Hellenic” Rowing Association.

https://worldrowing.com/athlete/vasileios-polymeros?id=8731

Giovanni “Gianni” Postiglione, World Rowing Coaching Director, twice World Rowing Coach of the Year, coach of Greek Olympic gold medal Men’s 1x in Tokyo among others.

https://worldrowing.com/2023/04/13/gianni-postiglione-expert-tips-from-world-rowings-coaching-director/

Tricia Smith, President of the Canadian Olympic Committee, Member of the International Olympic Committee, 12 years Vice President of World Rowing, Olympic and World Championship medalist rower.

https://olympic.ca/board-members/tricia-smith/

Mike Teti, former US Rowing Men’s Eight Coach, coach of the 2004 Olympic gold medal eight, World Championship gold medal winner in 1987 (with Mike Still), former coach of UC Berkeley.

https://row-360.com/mike-teti-words/

Josy Verdonkschot, US Rowing Chief High Performance Director, coach of many Olympic and World Championship medalist crews, former coach in the Netherlands and Italy.

US Men’s Coach Mike Teti After ten years coaching the University of California men's team, Mike Teti returned to top flite eights racing in 2017, coaching the US M8+ to a world championship silver medal on home water in Sarasota, Florida. Martin Cross catches up with Teti here in late 2017 to look back on his career, the 20...

Feb 28 Banquet
w BOYS in the BOAT, author James Brown
and a host of other alums and notables

Quick Catch | The Boys in the Boat Meet author Daniel James Brown