July 30, 2003
BELLINGHAM, Wash. - Former Western Washington University rower Dave Friedericks (Port Townsend) will represent the United States at the 2003 Pan American Games on August 4-10 on Lake Rincon near Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Friedericks, a 2000 graduate of Western, will pull the bow oar in both the U.S. men's eight and men's four. He competed on his first U.S. national team at the 2002 World Championships.
"Dave was of the hardest working athletes I can remember," said Western coach John Fuchs, who mentored Friedericks his last two years. "He was one of our team leaders, being the captain each season."
The 6-foot-4, 200-pound Friedericks was a four-year letter winner for the Vikings from 1996 to 1999. As a senior, he was the stroke of Western's varsity four that placed third at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships.
Friedericks was seated in the Vikings' varsity eight that finished sixth in the grand final at the Pacific Coast Rowing Championships as a junior and senior, and helped the varsity four place third in the PCRC grand final as a sophomore. He also was in Western's varsity eight that won three straight Cascade Sprints (northwest small college championships) titles.
Friedericks is just the second Western rower to compete in the Pan American Games. The other was Darrell Vruegdenhil, who won a gold medal in 1975 in the pair with cox.
The 14 events being contested at the Pan American Games include the men and women's single sculls, men and women's double sculls, men and women's lightweight double sculls, men and women's lightweight quadruple sculls, lightweight women's single sculls, men's quadruple sculls, men's pair, men's four, men's lightweight four and men's eight.
Racing begins on Monday, August 4, with heats in five events. Heats and repechages, or second-chance races, will be held August 4-6, with finals being held August 8-10. The U.S. will be competing in all 14 events.
2003 Pan American Games - Aug. 4-10, Lake Rincon, Dominican Republic
Eight Washington state rowers to compete in Pan Am games Edmonds Olympian, age 48, to compete on fifth national team
SEATTLE - July 30, 2003 - Led by 48-year-old coxswain John Stillings of Seattle's Pocock Rowing Center (www.pocockrowing.org), eight Washington state rowers will represent the United States at the 2003 Pan American Games, Aug. 4 - 10 on Lake Rincon outside of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic.
As coxswain of the U.S. men's eight, Stillings will lead a crew of eight oarsmen who average 23-years-old - less than half his age. This is the fifth national team appearance for the 1977 University of Washington graduate, who last coxed in international competition at the 1985 World Championships in Hazewinkel, Belgium where he finished fifth in the men's four. The Edmonds, Wash. native was a gold medalist at the 1983 Pan Am Games and won the silver at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
Representing the U.S. in both the men's double sculls and quadruple sculls are Pocock team-mates, J. Sloan DuRoss and Conal Groom. Groom is a 2000 Olympian and has earned spots on sevenU.S. national teams. Both DuRoss and Groom competed for the U.S. team in the 2002 World Championships. Jennifer Edwards and Sarah Hirst will round out the Pocock contingent in the lightweight women's quadruple sculls with their first national team appearance.
Tyler Peterson and Evan Jacobs of the Lake Washington Rowing club will represent the U.S. in the lightweight men's double sculls while Dave Friedericks of Port Townsend, Wash, will pull the bow-oar for both the U.S. men's eight and the men's four. Friedericks is a 2000 graduate of Western Washington University and competed on his first U.S. national team at the 2002 World Championships.
The 14 events being contested at the Games include the men and women's single sculls, men and women's double sculls, men and women's lightweight double sculls, men and women's lightweight quadruple sculls, lightweight women's single sculls, men's quadruple sculls, men's pair, men's four, men's lightweight four and men's eight. Racing begins on Monday, August 4, with heats in five events. Heats and repechages, or second-chance races, will be held August 4-6, with finals being held August 8-10. The U.S. will be competing in all 14 events.
2003 United States Pan American Games Roster
Men's Four
Beau Hoopman (S) 10/1/80 6'4" 185 Plymouth, Wis. Princeton TC/Camp Randall
Justin Bosley (3) 4/6/81 6'3" 200 Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. Princeton Training Center
Paul Daniels (2) 6/4/81 6'2" 200 Burlington, Wis. Princeton Training Center
Dave Friedericks (B) 10/13/76 6'4" 200 Port Townsend, Wash. Princeton Training Center
Men's Eight
John Stillings (C) 7/23/55 5'8 1/2" 121 Edmonds, Wash. Pocock Rowing Center
Beau Hoopman (S) 10/1/80 6'4" 185 Plymouth, Wis. Princeton TC/Camp Randall
Justin Bosley (7) 4/6/81 6'3" 200 Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. Princeton Training Center
John Cranston (6) 12/1/80 6'4" 195 San Francisco, Calif. Princeton Training Center
Chris Liwski (5) 4/21/80 6'7" 218 Sarasota, Fla. Princeton Training Center
Paul Daniels (4) 6/4/81 6'2" 200 Burlington, Wis. Princeton Training Center
Andrew Brennan (3) 5/6/82 6'0" 185 Valley Forge, Pa. Yale University/Princeton TC
Justin Jones (2) 12/29/79 6'2" 195 East Aurora, N.Y. Princeton Training Center
Dave Friedericks (B) 10/13/76 6'4" 200 Port Townsend, Wash. Princeton Training Center
