NRF to Honor National Rowing Hall of Fame ® Inductees
The National Rowing Foundation is set to honor 11 individuals in the Class of 2024 National Rowing Hall of Fame ® at the NRF US Team Reunion tent at the Head of the Charles Regatta on Saturday, October 19 at 3:00 p.m.
“It’s a great group,” said chairman of the NRF hall of fame committee Bill Miller. “They’ve had amazing experiences. Steve Gladstone is an outstanding coach,” remarked Miller. “We have two patrons who’ve contributed immensely to the wellbeing of rowing in the United States– John Nunn from Long Beach Rowing Association and Kent Mitchell who has done a lot of things nationally and internationally.”
Most recently Gladstone spent 13 years coaching heavyweight crew at Yale University before his retirement at the end of the 2023 season. In addition to Nunn and Mitchell, who have elevated the sport of rowing for athletes and fans alike, six Olympic silver medalists and their coaches join the hall of fame in 2024.
“Then we have two boats that turned in Olympic silver medals, a great achievement, in 1984,” said Miller. “Carlie Geer in the women’s single and then the women’s quadruple-scull with coxswain. It’s a great, very accomplished group.”
The National Rowing Hall of Fame ® was started in 1956 and The National Rowing Foundation took over its management beginning in 1975. There are currently over 500 athletes with a spot in the hall of fame with a new induction class every two to three years. Find out more about the 2023 Hall of Fame class as covered by Rowing News here.
Stephen C Gladstone
For Outstanding Achievement in Coaching
Fourteen IRA National Championships
John Nunn – Patron
For Exceptional Service to Rowing
Long Beach Rowing Association
Kent Mitchell – Patron
For Exceptional Service to Rowing
Pioneer in Live racing graphics, media and statistics
National Rowing Foundation Founder
1984 Olympic Silver Medal Women’s Single-Sculls
Charlotte Geer
Vincent J. Ventura, Coach
1984 Olympic Silver Medal Women’s Quadruple-Sculls
Anne R. Marden Grainger, Bow
Lisa D. Rohde, 2
Joan Lind Van Blom, 3
Virginia Anne Gilder, Stroke
Kelly Rickon Mitchell, Cox
John Van Blom, Coach
For more information or to purchase tickets to the event please visit:https://give.classy.org/nrfhocr2024.
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