The 1990 Varsity with the late Jean Laframboise at the 1990 shell dedication in her honor. The Lafromboise family has, for decades, supported both the men’s and women’s programs at Washington, with Jean and family being early benefactors in the rebirth of the women’s program at Washington going back to the 70’s. UW Rowing photo
The 1991 Varsity 8 at the National Championships. UW Rowing photo
Coaches Bob Ernst, Eleanor McElvaine, and Jan Harville keep the Huskies in focus at the San Diego Crew Classic in 1992 while the women, led by the Varsity 8 seen here on picture day, swept the regatta. UW Rowing photo
The 1993 men’s and women’s V8s together in San Diego after taking the two Varsity marquee events (Copley Cup and Whittier Cup), the women sweeping the regatta for the second time in a row with victories in the V8, 2V8 and Novice 8 events. Lower photo: the women’s V8 on Lake Union on picture day. UW Rowing photo
The 1994 2V8 Women’s National Champions winning the Callow Cup on Lake Harsha in Cincinnati, bow to stern: Meredith Arnold, Amanda Wilcox, Kathy Colin, Megan Rider, Trista Patterson, Katie Maloney, Jody Broadie, stroke Liz Tuttle and coxswain Joslyn Howard. “The fact the JV boat is strong speaks well for the overall solidity of our program,” said coach Jan Harville following the win. UW Rowing photo
The 1995 San Diego Crew Classic Whittier Cup Champions… for the fourth year in a row. Left to right: Hana Dariusova, Amy Piper, Katie Maloney, Ellen Park, Tristine Glick, Ardath White, Babette Siebold, Liz Tuttle with coxswain Joslyn Howard. UW Rowing photo
The christening of the new shell The Richard Erickson, a fitting tribute to a coach who, like Hiram Conibear, had a major influence on the (re)birth of women’s rowing at Washington. Dick was the Rowing Director at Washington when Title IX was ratified in 1972, and it was under his purview that the shellhouse was first shared with the women beginning in 1975. By 1980, he was actively encouraging his highly successful freshmen coach, Bob Ernst, to take over the women’s program, and from that point forward the women’s team never looked back, reeling off a still historically unmatched five National Championships in a row.
A 1958 graduate of the UW (and member of the ’58 team that defeated the Soviets in Moscow), Dick went on to earn his graduate degree in Education at Harvard, all while coaching (and training) at MIT in Boston. A highly intelligent, curious, and free-thinking evangelist for Washington Rowing, Dick was cut directly out of the same mold as Conibear, and his dedication to the growth and success of the women’s program reflected it. Here he stands with the women of Washington in 1995, with his mother and wife Irma. UW Rowing photo
The 1996 Varsity 8 takes a hard-fought Windermere Cup victory over the Russian National Team and Yale on the Montlake Cut, from the stern: Erin O’Connell, coxswain, Kari Green (stroke), Katie Maloney (7) and Tristine Glick (6); while the 2V8 holds the Cascade Cup aloft left to right: Jen Premselaar, Annie Christie, Gretchen Batcheller, Mona Fong (cox), Heather Webb, Kate Maurer, Carrie Youngberg, Jennie Bingham, and stroke Jody Broadie. UW Rowing photos
The 1997 National Champion Varsity 8 rowing the Dick Erickson, at the inaugural NCAA sponsored Women’s National Rowing Championships, left to right: coxswain Alida Purves, stroke Sabina Telenska, Denni Nessler, Kelly Horton, Katy Dunnet, Annie Christie, Jan Williamson, Tristine Glick, and Kari Green. This V8 – undefeated through the season and dominant – won the grand final by open water. “I feel absolutely great,” said coach Jan Harville after the race. “It really couldn’t be better. To win by open water and to walk away like that… you don’t even dream about that.” UW Rowing photo
The 1997 NCAA Team Champions: silver in the V4+; silver in the 2V8; and gold in the V8. “We worked so hard for so long and it finally all paid off,” said 2-oar (and the only senior in the V8), Tristine Glick. UW Rowing photo
“You never know how a race is going to turn out,” said Jan Harville, here embracing assistant coach Eleanor McElvaine after the final. “But I’ve probably never had more confidence in a crew I’ve coached. You knew they were going to perform. You knew they were going to be on.” UW Rowing photo
“We could respond to any challenge’” said Tristine Glick, seen here (lower left corner) swimming in Lake Natoma with her teammates holding the first NCAA team trophy won by any team in any sport at Washington. “I think that was the best thing about our boat – we’re all a bunch of racers and we just love to race. And nobody was scared of anybody.” UW Rowing photo
With Brown and Washington tied at 43 team points each heading into the 1998 NCAA V8 Final, the varsity blasted off the line to lead by a half-length in the first 250m, powering down the Lake Lanier course to win the Varsity 8 National Championship by a length over Massachusetts and Brown, sealing the NCAA Team victory for the Huskies for the second year in a row. “That race was one of the very few races that felt like it was perfect from the beginning,” said Varsity coxswain Melissa Collins. “We were in control of our race the whole time. Every time I called a move they would respond. The goal was we were going to row our own race and not worry about anyone else and that’s exactly what they did. That boat – and that race – were amazing…” Bow to stern: Kari Green, Vanessa Tavalero, Rachel Dunnet, Annie Christie, Katy Dunnet, Kelly Horton, Denni Nessler, Sabina Telenska (stroke), and Missy Collins (cox). UW Rowing photo
The 1998 NCAA Team Champions. “The 1998 team had a lot of pressure to repeat in 1997”, said Varsity coxswain Melissa Collins, “but they were so determined to go as fast as they possibly could with a common, clear goal all year… and were absolutely committed to it.” UW Rowing photo
The 1998 varsity with the V8 trophy…
…followed by Collins with the victory bath. “It was the best feeling in the world,” said Collins. UW Rowing photos
The 1999 NCAA Champion V4+, left to right: Erin Becht (stroke), Anna Mickelson, Kara Nykriem, Kellie Schenk (bow) and Mary Whipple in the bowrider cox position. Every one of these athletes was a freshman in 1999. UW Rowing photo
The 1999 NCAA bronze medal team with a gold in the V4+, 4th in the 2V8 and 5th in the V8. UW Rowing photo
A familiar scene on shore as the team rallies the V8 in the Grand Final. UW Rowing photo