THE SPORT OF ROWING NAAO Official Rowing Guide, 1961, Thomas E. Weil Collection United States Naval Academy Heavyweight Men’s Eight 1960 Olympic Trials Winner, Lake Onondaga 1 Navy 6:46.0, 2 California 6:50.1, 3 Syracuse 6:51.7, Navy Plebes 6:51.8 Stroke Lyman Perry, 7 Bob Wilson, 6 Howard Winfree, 5 Peter Bos, 4 Joseph Baldwin 3 Gayle Thompson, 2 Warren Sweetser, Bow Mark Moore, Coxswain William Long Cal cox calling his power 20, he called ours. We stayed totally even during the entire 20 strokes. At stroke 20, mentally we were elated, and Cal felt defeated. “What is the lesson here? Both Cal and Navy had rowed EXACTLY the same for 1,000 meters, yet after that power 20 the race was over. The answer was mental outlook and preparation, and it was our mental preparation for this race that Lou Lindsey accomplished so very well. “WITHIN FIVE STROKES AFTER THE 20 WAS OVER, WE HAD MOVED OUT HALF A LENGTH! “I will never forget it. At that moment we KNEW we could win, and nobody was going to take it from us. “We won by a length.4060 4060 Bos, personal conversation, 2006 Lyman Perry: “We won by the biggest margin ever in an Olympic Trial.4061 It was the thrill of my life, going into the last 500 and knowing I was going to the Olympics. I felt strong as a bull. I could have broken the oar, and I was this skinny little thing. “I’m the one who was in Sports Illustrated walking up and down the gunwales of the shell, clapping everybody on the back as they went between my legs. I was so excited!”4062 The New York Times: “Among rowing’s cognoscenti, Coach Lou Lindsey, closing out his first season at Annapolis 4061 4.1 seconds. The next largest margins were Vesper over Harvard by 4.0 in 1964 and Washington over Penn Alumni by 3.8 seconds in 1936. Trials were replaced by National Selection Camps in 1972. 4062 Perry, personal correspondence, 2006 1124
