THE SPORT OF ROWING Altogether, nine members of St. A’s were rowing in either the 1966 Penn Heavyweight Varsity or Jayvee. R. Viall Art Sculley and Dixie Viall Still friends in 2009 J. Findlay Allen Arthur Sculley “Dartmouth? They were not even on our radar screen! “Shortly after the remaining boats crossed the finish line, either Joe or the Referee Boat confirmed that Dartmouth had indeed won the race. We were so close to winning the IRA, and I felt particularly badly for Dixi, our Captain, and the other seniors in our boat as they had truly given everything in their last Penn race. “But as a squad we had come a long way during the year, and momentum was on Penn’s side.”4343 The ‘66 Penn Freshmen, Nash’s first recruiting class, won their race at the IRA, and that wrapped up the Ten Eyck Trophy for the year’s top IRA team performance. Fuglestad: “Heavyweights? At the end of the season, I weighed 163. Hovey was 175, and Dixi was around 150. I think that the whole Jayvee averaged 180 or less. “In our boat, Mike Howard, Townie Burden, Tom Hovey, Dixi Viall, Art Sculley and I were all in the Hall!”4344 4343 Sculley, op. cit. 1967 Sculley: “There was a special feeling in the air as we gathered at the boathouse on that first day back after summer vacation in early September, 1966. The previous spring had been very successful, with an outstanding Freshman boat and successful Varsity and Jayvee boats. We either won or were very competitive in all our races . . . except against Harvard, who were in another class. “A man with a ready smile but few words, we had never known our coach, Joe Burk, to exaggerate, and I remember him saying that he felt all three of our boats could win the IRA and all our other races, including Harvard, if we put our minds to it starting right then with training, hard work and dedication. “Practices would be longer and more intense, and Sunday would be our only day off, with the exception of the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, and even then he expected us to run five miles daily in order not to lose conditioning. There would be a bigger emphasis on strength training with 4344 Fuglestad, op. cit. 1194
