California Lightweight Crew
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California Lightweight Crew is the club rowing
team at the University of California, Berkeley
. Known as the ‘Cal Lightweights’ or ‘Cal Lights,’ the team is a member of the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association
. In the western United States, Cal Lightweight Crew is one of three lightweight women's rowing teams and remains the sole lightweight men’s rowing team.
In 1992, the Cal Lightweights moved to a boathouse on the Briones Reservoir
in Orinda, CA. In 1996, the team relocated to the Oakland Strokes
’ Edward Lickiss boathouse, situated on the Oakland Estuary
. The next year, the club expanded to include a women’s lightweight squad. In November 2001, California Lightweight Crew moved into the newly completed Jack London Aquatic Center (JLAC), which the team rows out of today.
The men’s team departed JLAC in the fall of 2004 and set up shop in Richmond, CA. After storing boats under a tarp for more than one year, it rowed out of the Marin Rowing Association boathouse across the San Francisco Bay
in the winter of 2005 before finding a home at San Pablo Reservoir
in Orinda, CA the following spring. Having dealt with limited facilities for several seasons, the men's team managed to return to JLAC and the Oakland Estuary in the spring of 2008. In the fall of 2010, all equipment was moved back inside of the JLAC boathouse. In the spring of 2011, JLAC dissolved as a non-profit entity, and the boathouse is now under the ownership and direction of the Parks and Recreation department of the City of Oakland, CA, though that has not affected the operation of the Cal Lightweights on a day-to-day basis.
programs at the University of Washington
, UCLA, and UC Santa Barbara, the team finished with a 6-2 record in its first full season. Since then, the Cal Lightweights have continued to compete in multiple intercollegiate regattas.
2003: 12th of 12, Varsity Lightweight 8+
2010: 6th of 9, Varsity Lightweight 8+
2009: 2nd of 25, Varsity Lightweight 4+
2008: 4th of 11, Varsity Lightweight 8+
2006: 5th of 27, Varsity Lightweight 4+
2005: Disqualified, Varsity Lightweight 8+
2010: 1st of 3, Collegiate Lightweight/Secretary of the Navy Cup; 6th of 17, Collegiate Varsity/Cal Cup
2009: 10th of 20, Collegiate Varsity/Cal Cup
2008: 1st of 5, Collegiate Lightweight/Secretary of the Navy Cup
2007: 19th of 20, Collegiate Varsity/Cal Cup
2006: 7th of 18, Men’s Open/John Ward Memorial Trophy
2005: 5th of 19, Collegiate Varsity/Cal Cup
2004: 2nd of 7, Collegiate Lightweight/Secretary of the Navy Cup
2003: 4th of 7, Collegiate Lightweight/Secretary of the Navy Cup
2002: 4th of 7, Collegiate Lightweight/Secretary of the Navy Cup
2001: 7th of 7, Collegiate Lightweight/Secretary of the Navy Cup
2000: 8th of 9, Collegiate Lightweight/Secretary of the Navy Cup
1999: 6th of 7, Collegiate Lightweight/Secretary of the Navy Cup
2009 WIRA: Varsity Lightweight 8+ (c: Jiean Li, s: Jim Suchy, 7: Bruno Mehech, 6: Greg Swain, 5: Nick Fradkin, 4: Harrison Vale, 3: Cal Trembath, 2: Alex Trembath, b: Aaron Cheng); Novice Lightweight 4+ (c: Arianna Cantabrana, s: Lee Flint, 3: Rye Muller, 2: Darren Kurt, b: Colin Meyer); Lightweight 4+ (c: Jiean Li, s: Jim Suchy, 3: Greg Swain, 2: Bruno Mehech, b: Nick Fradkin)
Pacific Coast Rowing Championships (PCRC): Novice Lightweight 4+
2008 WIRA: Lightweight 4+ (c: Jiean Li, s: Nick Fradkin, 3: Jim Suchy, 2: Zak Stein, b: Bruno Mehech); Varsity Lightweight 8+ (c: Jiean Li, s: Cal Trembath, 7: Alex Trembath, 6: Nick Fradkin, 5: Zak Stein, 4: Jim Suchy, 3: Bruno Mehech, 2: Aaron Cheng, b: Scott Morin)
2007 WIRA: Novice Lightweight 4+ (c: Olivia Lasky, s: Nick Fradkin, 3: Luke Cassereau, 2: Aaron Cheng, b: Jim Suchy); Varsity Lightweight 8+ (c: Olivia Lasky, s: Nick Fradkin, 7: Zach McCutchen, 6: Zak Stein, 5: Tim Wong, 4: Sam Sakhai, 3: Jim Suchy, 2: Patrick Samuel, b: Bruno Mehech)
PCRC: Novice Lightweight 4+ (c: Olivia Lasky, s: Nick Fradkin, 3: Luke Cassereau, 2: Aaron Cheng, b: Jim Suchy)
2006 WIRA: Lightweight 4+ (c: Ricky Lee, s: Dan Royles, 3: Mark Tepper, 2: Patrick Samuel, b: Ariel Ravid)
2005 PCRC: Novice Lightweight 8+; Novice Lightweight 4+
2004 WIRA: Novice Lightweight 4+
PCRC: Varsity Lightweight 8+; Novice Lightweight 4+
2003 WIRA: Lightweight 8+; Lightweight 4+; Novice Lightweight 4+
PCRC: Varsity Lightweight 8+; Varsity Lightweight 4+
2002 WIRA: Lightweight 4+
PCRC: Varsity Lightweight 8+ (c: Alice Chan, s: Marty Schultz-Ackerman, 7: Chris Ling, 6: Evan Morris, 5: Saul Jackman, 4: Robert Wadell, 3: Sam Saylor, 2: Steven Josefowicz, b: Stuart Sievers)
1997 PCRC: Novice Lightweight 8+
1995 PCRC: Varsity Lightweight 8+
1987 PCRC: Varsity Lightweight 8+
1975 Western Sprints (now PCRC): Varsity Lightweight 8+
2006: xth of xx, Lightweight 8+
2004: 11th of 14, Lightweight 8+
2003: 11th of 15, Lightweight 8+
2008: 1st of 3, Novice Lightweight 8+
2004: 4th of 6, Varsity Lightweight 8+
2009: 14th of 19, Collegiate Varsity 8+
2008: 4th of 4, Collegiate Lightweight 8+
2005: 7th of 9, Collegiate Lightweight 8+
2008 WIRA: Lightweight 8+ (c: Madison Brockman, s: Stephanie Delaney, 7: Melanie Silvis, 6: Michele Schaeffer, 5: Jessica Dzubnar, 4: Nicole Budrovich, 3: Stephanie Borges, 2: Dana Goin, b: Harper Ackerman); Novice Lightweight 4+ (c: Madison Brockman, s: Stephanie Borges, 3: Nicole Budrovich, 2: Harper Ackerman, b: Dana Goin)
2006 WIRA: Lightweight 4+; Novice Lightweight 4+
2003 WIRA: Novice Lightweight 4+
Senior National Team, finishing fifth in the Lightweight 8+ at the 2006 FISA World Championships, and sixth in the Lightweight 4x at the 2007 FISA World Championships.
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
team at the University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
. Known as the ‘Cal Lightweights’ or ‘Cal Lights,’ the team is a member of the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association
Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association
The Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association is an American collegiate conference that only sponsors rowing.-Men's Rowing Members:*Arizona State University*California State University, Humboldt*California State University, Long Beach...
. In the western United States, Cal Lightweight Crew is one of three lightweight women's rowing teams and remains the sole lightweight men’s rowing team.
History
California Lightweight Crew originated as part of the University of California, Berkeley Varsity (Heavyweight) Crew team in 1970. Over the next few years, however, the Cal lightweight rowers distinguished themselves from the Cal heavyweight rowers and opted to form their own sports club, now known as California Lightweight Crew. During this time of transition, the heavyweights shared the Ky Ebright boathouse with the lightweight team.In 1992, the Cal Lightweights moved to a boathouse on the Briones Reservoir
Briones Reservoir
Briones Reservoir is an open cut terminal water storage reservoir owned and operated by the East Bay Municipal Utility District . It is located in the hills northeast of Orinda, California. The earthen dam was completed in 1964...
in Orinda, CA. In 1996, the team relocated to the Oakland Strokes
Oakland Strokes
The Oakland Strokes are a junior rowing club in Oakland, California. They are consistent finalists at the Southwest Junior Rowing Association championships. In 2005 and 2006, the Strokes Varsity Women won the Peabody Cup at the Henley Women's Regatta in England, the most prestigious possible award...
’ Edward Lickiss boathouse, situated on the Oakland Estuary
Oakland Estuary
The Oakland Estuary is the body of water separating the cities of Oakland and Alameda, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area. On its western end it connects to San Francisco Bay, while its eastern end connects to San Leandro Bay.-Crossings:...
. The next year, the club expanded to include a women’s lightweight squad. In November 2001, California Lightweight Crew moved into the newly completed Jack London Aquatic Center (JLAC), which the team rows out of today.
The men’s team departed JLAC in the fall of 2004 and set up shop in Richmond, CA. After storing boats under a tarp for more than one year, it rowed out of the Marin Rowing Association boathouse across the San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining from approximately forty percent of California, flowing in the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean...
in the winter of 2005 before finding a home at San Pablo Reservoir
San Pablo Reservoir
The San Pablo Reservoir is an open cut terminal water storage reservoir owned and operated by the East Bay Municipal Utility District . It is located in the valley of San Pablo Creek, north of Orinda, California and south of El Sobrante and Richmond, east of the Berkeley Hills between the Sobrante...
in Orinda, CA the following spring. Having dealt with limited facilities for several seasons, the men's team managed to return to JLAC and the Oakland Estuary in the spring of 2008. In the fall of 2010, all equipment was moved back inside of the JLAC boathouse. In the spring of 2011, JLAC dissolved as a non-profit entity, and the boathouse is now under the ownership and direction of the Parks and Recreation department of the City of Oakland, CA, though that has not affected the operation of the Cal Lightweights on a day-to-day basis.
Men's Racing History & Results
Racing against the since-dissolved lightweight rowingLightweight rowing
Lightweight rowing is a special category of rowing where limits are placed on the maximum weight of competitors. The rationale is that larger, taller people have a small but significant physical advantage and tend to dominate the sport...
programs at the University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
, UCLA, and UC Santa Barbara, the team finished with a 6-2 record in its first full season. Since then, the Cal Lightweights have continued to compete in multiple intercollegiate regattas.
IRA National Championship
2005: 9th of 12, Varsity Lightweight 8+2003: 12th of 12, Varsity Lightweight 8+
Dad Vail Regatta
2011: 1st of 23, Varsity Lightweight 4+ (c: Sterling Kahn, s: Cal Trembath, 3: Alex Trembath, 2: Harrison Vale, b: Greg Swain)2010: 6th of 9, Varsity Lightweight 8+
2009: 2nd of 25, Varsity Lightweight 4+
2008: 4th of 11, Varsity Lightweight 8+
2006: 5th of 27, Varsity Lightweight 4+
2005: Disqualified, Varsity Lightweight 8+
San Diego Crew Classic
2011: 1st of 2, Collegiate Lightweight/Secretary of the Navy Cup2010: 1st of 3, Collegiate Lightweight/Secretary of the Navy Cup; 6th of 17, Collegiate Varsity/Cal Cup
2009: 10th of 20, Collegiate Varsity/Cal Cup
2008: 1st of 5, Collegiate Lightweight/Secretary of the Navy Cup
2007: 19th of 20, Collegiate Varsity/Cal Cup
2006: 7th of 18, Men’s Open/John Ward Memorial Trophy
2005: 5th of 19, Collegiate Varsity/Cal Cup
2004: 2nd of 7, Collegiate Lightweight/Secretary of the Navy Cup
2003: 4th of 7, Collegiate Lightweight/Secretary of the Navy Cup
2002: 4th of 7, Collegiate Lightweight/Secretary of the Navy Cup
2001: 7th of 7, Collegiate Lightweight/Secretary of the Navy Cup
2000: 8th of 9, Collegiate Lightweight/Secretary of the Navy Cup
1999: 6th of 7, Collegiate Lightweight/Secretary of the Navy Cup
Regional Championships (1st Place Finishes)
2011 Western Intercollegiate Rowing Championships (WIRA): Varsity Lightweight 8+ (c: Arianna Cantrabrana, s: Cal Trembath, 7: Alex Trembath, 6: Harrison Vale, 5: Greg Swain, 4: Andrew Navarrete, 3: Colin Meyer, 2: Nikola Radnovic, b: Joseph Egoian); Varsity Lightweight 4+ (c: Sterling Kahn, s: Cal Trembath, 3: Alex Trembath, 2: Harrison Vale, b: Greg Swain)2009 WIRA: Varsity Lightweight 8+ (c: Jiean Li, s: Jim Suchy, 7: Bruno Mehech, 6: Greg Swain, 5: Nick Fradkin, 4: Harrison Vale, 3: Cal Trembath, 2: Alex Trembath, b: Aaron Cheng); Novice Lightweight 4+ (c: Arianna Cantabrana, s: Lee Flint, 3: Rye Muller, 2: Darren Kurt, b: Colin Meyer); Lightweight 4+ (c: Jiean Li, s: Jim Suchy, 3: Greg Swain, 2: Bruno Mehech, b: Nick Fradkin)
Pacific Coast Rowing Championships (PCRC): Novice Lightweight 4+
2008 WIRA: Lightweight 4+ (c: Jiean Li, s: Nick Fradkin, 3: Jim Suchy, 2: Zak Stein, b: Bruno Mehech); Varsity Lightweight 8+ (c: Jiean Li, s: Cal Trembath, 7: Alex Trembath, 6: Nick Fradkin, 5: Zak Stein, 4: Jim Suchy, 3: Bruno Mehech, 2: Aaron Cheng, b: Scott Morin)
2007 WIRA: Novice Lightweight 4+ (c: Olivia Lasky, s: Nick Fradkin, 3: Luke Cassereau, 2: Aaron Cheng, b: Jim Suchy); Varsity Lightweight 8+ (c: Olivia Lasky, s: Nick Fradkin, 7: Zach McCutchen, 6: Zak Stein, 5: Tim Wong, 4: Sam Sakhai, 3: Jim Suchy, 2: Patrick Samuel, b: Bruno Mehech)
PCRC: Novice Lightweight 4+ (c: Olivia Lasky, s: Nick Fradkin, 3: Luke Cassereau, 2: Aaron Cheng, b: Jim Suchy)
2006 WIRA: Lightweight 4+ (c: Ricky Lee, s: Dan Royles, 3: Mark Tepper, 2: Patrick Samuel, b: Ariel Ravid)
2005 PCRC: Novice Lightweight 8+; Novice Lightweight 4+
2004 WIRA: Novice Lightweight 4+
PCRC: Varsity Lightweight 8+; Novice Lightweight 4+
2003 WIRA: Lightweight 8+; Lightweight 4+; Novice Lightweight 4+
PCRC: Varsity Lightweight 8+; Varsity Lightweight 4+
2002 WIRA: Lightweight 4+
PCRC: Varsity Lightweight 8+ (c: Alice Chan, s: Marty Schultz-Ackerman, 7: Chris Ling, 6: Evan Morris, 5: Saul Jackman, 4: Robert Wadell, 3: Sam Saylor, 2: Steven Josefowicz, b: Stuart Sievers)
1997 PCRC: Novice Lightweight 8+
1995 PCRC: Varsity Lightweight 8+
1987 PCRC: Varsity Lightweight 8+
1975 Western Sprints (now PCRC): Varsity Lightweight 8+
Head of the Charles Regatta
2008: 9th of 14, Lightweight 8+2006: xth of xx, Lightweight 8+
2004: 11th of 14, Lightweight 8+
2003: 11th of 15, Lightweight 8+
Dad Vail Regatta
2009: 2nd of 8, Varsity Lightweight 8+2008: 1st of 3, Novice Lightweight 8+
2004: 4th of 6, Varsity Lightweight 8+
San Diego Crew Classic
2010: 17th of 18, Collegiate Novice 8+2009: 14th of 19, Collegiate Varsity 8+
2008: 4th of 4, Collegiate Lightweight 8+
2005: 7th of 9, Collegiate Lightweight 8+
Regional Championships (1st Place Finishes)
2009 WIRA: Lightweight 8+ (c: Lindsay Collishaw, s: Stephanie Delaney, 7: Stephanie Borges, 6: Michele Schaeffer, 5: Jessica Dzubnar, 4: Kathleen Lo, 3: Lindsey Eastman, 2: Beverly Chao, b: Sophie Harrison-Wong); Lightweight 4+ (c: Anna Patenia, s: Stephanie Borges, 3: Stephanie Delaney, 2: Jessica Dzubnar, b: Michele Schaeffer); Novice Lightweight 4+ (c: Anna Patenia, s: Lindsey Eastman, 3: Kathleen Lo, 2: Sophie Harrison-Wong, b: Beverly Chao)2008 WIRA: Lightweight 8+ (c: Madison Brockman, s: Stephanie Delaney, 7: Melanie Silvis, 6: Michele Schaeffer, 5: Jessica Dzubnar, 4: Nicole Budrovich, 3: Stephanie Borges, 2: Dana Goin, b: Harper Ackerman); Novice Lightweight 4+ (c: Madison Brockman, s: Stephanie Borges, 3: Nicole Budrovich, 2: Harper Ackerman, b: Dana Goin)
2006 WIRA: Lightweight 4+; Novice Lightweight 4+
2003 WIRA: Novice Lightweight 4+
Head Coaches (Men's Team)
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Notable Alumni
Sam Saylor '05 was a member of the USRowingUSRowing
USRowing is the national governing body for the sport of rowing in the United States. It serves to promote the sport on all levels of competition, including the selection and training of those who represent the US at international level....
Senior National Team, finishing fifth in the Lightweight 8+ at the 2006 FISA World Championships, and sixth in the Lightweight 4x at the 2007 FISA World Championships.