Dad Vail Regatta

Men's Varsity Heavyweight Eight Open Second Final, 2010

The Dad Vail Regatta is the largest regular intercollegiate rowing event in the United States,[1][2] drawing over a hundred colleges and universities from North America. The regatta has been held annually on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, since 1953.

Since 2019, the regatta has been sponsored by Thomas Jefferson University, a private university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and is officially known as the Jefferson Dad Vail Regatta.[3] Previous sponsors have included Aberdeen Asset Management (2010–15), and Sunoco (1998-2000).[4]

The purposes of the Dad Vail Rowing Association are: "to perpetuate the 'Dad' Vail tradition, foster and encourage intercollegiate rowing among colleges new to the sport, and promote schedules for member schools."

Origin of the name "Dad Vail"

The regatta was named after Harry Emerson "Dad" Vail, for his years of coaching at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

The story of the Dad Vail Regatta, and of the Rowing Association, begins with two men, "Rusty" Callow, then coach at the University of Pennsylvania, who came up with the idea, and Lev Brett, who made the idea a reality.

Callow originated the idea of promoting competition among colleges struggling to found rowing programs. These included schools too small to hope to ever compete in major races and larger institutions not yet ready for such competition. In order to create competition, Rusty created a trophy as the competition prize, in 1934, which was named in honor of Vail.

Since then, the name "Dad" Vail has become one and the same with the race. Vail's passion for rowing helped form the modern-day Dad Vail Regatta and motivate the multitudes of colleges to come compete.

History of the regatta

The first race, before the formation of the Dad Vail Rowing Association, was held in 1934 with "Rusty" and the University of Pennsylvania as hosts. Marietta College, coached by Ellis MacDonald won the first leg on the new trophy by finishing second to a Penn sub-varsity boat, which was an added entry. Rutgers, coached by Ned Ten Eyck, was third and Manhattan College, coached by "Skippy" Walz was fourth.

The race in 1935 was at Marietta. With the addition of Rollins College and Wisconsin, the order at the finish of the race was: Rutgers, Penn, Marietta, Wisconsin, Manhattan, and Rollins. There was no race held in 1937. In both 1936 and 1938, only Rutgers and Manhattan competed on the Harlem. Rutgers won both times. In February 1939, a meeting was held and the Dad Vail Rowing Association was formed in order to help promote the race and encourage schools to compete.

The first regatta organized by the Dad Vail Rowing Association, in 1939, involved seven colleges racing on the North Shrewsbury River in Red Bank, NJ. After bouncing around between the Connecticut River, Ohio River, Charles River, and Hudson River, in 1953 the regatta settled on the Schuylkill River along Philadelphia's Boathouse Row. The event slowly began to grow with a then record 10 colleges participating in 1955,[5] to 20 colleges in 1961, and in 2012 crews from 132 colleges and universities across the United States and Canada competed in Philadelphia.[6] However, from this high water mark participation began to wane and by 2024, collegiate participation plummeted by over half to 63 teams attending the regatta in its new home in Pennsauken, NJ.[7]

Like most of intercollegiate athletics prior to the 1970s, the regatta was strictly a men's event. However, as the sports landscape changed began changing following Title IX, so too did the Dad Vail Regatta. Women competed for the first time at the regatta in 1973, albeit in "unofficial" races. The Dad Vail Regatta Association staged 2 half-mile races for women, with the Vesper Boat Club prevailing in the women's eights, and the Philadelphia Rowing Club winning in the women's coxed fours.[8] In 1974 Allison Pacha became the first women to win a gold medal at the regatta when she coxed the Florida Institute of Technology men's shell to victory in the coxed-fours race. She was joined later that day by Sue Joyce who coxed the St. Joseph's College (PA) shell to a win in the junior varsity eights race for the Ernie Bayer Trophy.[9] Women's teams began competing officially in 1976, with Ithaca College winning the inaugural Evelyn Bergman Trophy as victor in the women's varsity eights race, and Western Ontario claiming the coxed fours crown.[10]

Briefly in late 2009, the Dad Vail Organizing Committee announced that the regatta would be held in Rumson, New Jersey[11] in 2010, citing loss of local sponsors.[12] However, this decision was soon rescinded due to pressure from the city and logistical problems with the Rumson location, and the event returned to Philadelphia for 2010.[13]

The Dad Vail entered its 75th year in 2013.

In 2023, because of dredging being done on the Schuylkill River, the regatta was moved to the Cooper River in Pennsauken Township NJ. The event was also scheduled again for 2024 for the Cooper River, the 85th anniversary of the Dad Vail

Winners of select events

Men's HW 8+ Men's JV 8+ Men's Frosh 8+ Ref.
1934 Marietta -- -- [14][15]
1935 Rutgers -- -- [14][16]
1936 Rutgers -- -- [17][18]
1937 Not contested
1938 Rutgers Rutgers no contest [note 1] [19]
1939 Rutgers Manhattan Rutgers [20]
1940 Rutgers Rutgers Rutgers [21]
1941 Rutgers American International Rutgers [22]
1942 Rutgers -- Rutgers [23][24]
1943 Not contested (World War II)
1944
1945
1946
1947 Boston U. Rutgers -- [25]
1948 Boston U. Boston U. Boston U. [26]
1949 Boston U. Boston U. Boston U. [27]
1950 Boston U. Dartmouth Boston U. [28]
1951 La Salle Dartmouth American International [29][30]
1952 La Salle Dartmouth -- [31]
1953 La Salle Dartmouth Dartmouth [note 2] [32]
1954 Dartmouth Dartmouth -- [33][34]
1955 Dartmouth Dartmouth Dartmouth [5]
1956 La Salle Rollins La Salle [note 3] [35]
1957 La Salle Rollins La Salle [36]
1958 La Salle Purdue La Salle [37]
1959 Brown La Salle St. Joseph's (PA) [38]
1960 Brown St. Joseph's (PA) Brown [39][40]
1961 Brown Brown Brown [41]
1962 Georgetown Georgetown La Salle [42]
1963 Marietta Georgetown Fordham [43]
1964 Georgetown Rollins Marietta [44]
1965 Northeastern Northeastern Northeastern [45]
1966 Marietta Marietta Marietta [46]
1967 Marietta Georgetown Marietta [47]
1968 Georgetown Marietta Marietta [48]
1969 Georgetown Marietta Marietta [49]
1970 St. Joseph's (PA) Georgetown Trinity College [50]
Men's HW 8+ Men's JV 8+ Men's Frosh 8+
Men's
HW 8+ 		Men's
JV 8+ 		Men's
Frosh 8+ 		Men's
LW 8+ 		Men's
FLW 8+ 		Women's
HW 8+ 		Women's
LW 8+ 		Women's DII
HW 8+ 		Women's DIII
HW 8+ 		Ref.
1971 Georgetown Marietta Marietta Marietta -- -- -- -- -- [51]
1972 Coast Guard Marietta Marist Coast Guard -- -- -- -- -- [52]
1973 Massachusetts Marietta Marietta Marietta Coast Guard -- [note 4] -- -- -- [8]
1974 Massachusetts St. Joseph's (PA) Massachusetts Drexel Marietta -- -- -- -- [53]
1975 Coast Guard Coast Guard Florida Tech Florida Tech Fordham -- -- -- -- [54]
1976 Coast Guard Marietta Marietta Coast Guard Trinity College Ithaca -- -- -- [10]
1977 Coast Guard Coast Guard Ithaca La Salle Trinity Western Ontario -- -- -- [55]
1978 Coast Guard Coast Guard Marietta Toronto Coast Guard Wesleyan -- -- -- [56]
1979 Coast Guard Massachusetts Florida Tech Western Ontario Trinity College Ithaca -- -- -- [57]
1980 Massachusetts Coast Guard Florida Tech Trinity College Georgetown Trinity College -- -- -- [58]
1981 Coast Guard Florida Tech Coast Guard Trinity College San Diego State Western Ontario -- -- -- [59]
1982 Florida Tech Florida Tech Coast Guard British Columbia Rhode Island[60] Western Ontario -- -- -- [61]
1983 Temple Florida Tech Coast Guard Florida Tech Marietta Georgetown -- -- -- [62]
1984 Temple Coast Guard Florida Tech Rhode Island Coast Guard Minnesota -- -- -- [63]
1985 Temple Florida Tech Georgetown Coast Guard New Hampshire New Hampshire -- -- -- [64]
1986 Temple Florida Tech Georgetown New Hampshire Georgetown New Hampshire Lowell -- -- [65]
1987 Temple Temple Florida Tech Florida Tech Georgetown Georgetown George Washington -- -- [66]
1988 Florida Tech New Hampshire New Hampshire Georgetown Massachusetts Minnesota Cincinnati -- -- [67]
1989 Temple Temple Coast Guard Georgetown Georgetown Western Ontario Washington U.[14] -- -- [68]
1990 Temple Virginia Temple Georgetown Ithaca Western Ontario George Washington -- -- [69][70]
1991 Temple Temple Connecticut Rochester Marietta Virginia Central Florida -- -- [71]
1992 Temple Georgetown Georgetown Western Ontario Fordham Navy[72] Florida Tech -- -- [73]
1993 Temple Temple University of Miami Western Ontario Delaware Georgetown Western Ontario -- -- [74]
1994 Temple [75] Pittsburgh [75] Marietta [15] Delaware [76] Temple [75] Central Florida [14] -- --
1995 Temple Michigan Georgetown Toronto Vanderbilt Michigan Central Florida -- -- [77]
1996 Temple Temple Purdue Florida Tech Villanova Temple Villanova -- -- [78][79]
1997 Temple Drexel Drexel St. Joseph's (PA) Purdue Western Ontario Villanova -- -- [80][81]
1998 Temple Temple Purdue Florida Tech Villanova Purdue Villanova -- -- [82]
1999 Temple Temple Marietta St. Joseph's (PA) St. Joseph's (PA) Villanova Delaware -- -- [83]
2000 Temple RIT [84] Villanova Purdue Georgia Tech [85] Villanova Massachusetts -- -- [86]
2001 Temple Temple Marietta [15] Villanova Santa Clara[87] Boston College Delaware -- -- [88]
2002 Dowling Marietta Marietta Fordham Minnesota Massachusetts Delaware -- -- [89]
2003 Temple Temple St. Joseph's (PA) Delaware St. Joseph's (PA) Massachusetts Bucknell -- -- [90]
2004 Temple Temple Marietta [15] Boston College St. Joseph's (PA) [40] Sacramento State Purdue Marietta [91]
2005 Michigan St. Joseph's (PA) [40] Purdue Boston College [14] St. Joseph's (PA) [40] Connecticut[92] Dayton [93] Barry[94]
2006 Marietta Temple St. Joseph's (PA) Georgia Tech St. Joseph's (PA) St. Joseph's (PA) Dayton Barry [95]
2007 Purdue Temple Bucknell Georgia Tech Florida Tech Purdue Ohio State Dowling [96]
2008 Purdue Grand Valley Delaware Fordham Delaware UC Davis Central Florida Dowling [97]
2009 Michigan Temple Michigan Delaware MSOE Grand Valley Bucknell Mercyhurst [98]
2010 Brock Drexel St. Joseph's (PA) Mercyhurst Michigan St. Sacramento State Massachusetts Mercyhurst Vassar [99]
2011 Michigan Virginia Purdue Mercyhurst Purdue Purdue Bucknell Mercyhurst Marietta [100]
2012 Michigan Michigan Marietta Mercyhurst Delaware Duke Bucknell Mercyhurst Marietta [101]
2013 Drexel Michigan Drexel Delaware Delaware Grand Valley Bucknell Barry Rochester [102]
2014 Michigan Drexel Jacksonville MIT Brock Massachusetts MIT Nova Southeastern Marietta [103]
2015 Florida Tech Drexel Drexel Delaware Mercyhurst Massachusetts MIT Barry Marietta [104]
2016 Florida Tech Drexel Drexel Mercyhurst -- Massachusetts MIT Barry Ithaca [105]
2017 Drexel St. Joseph's (PA) Drexel Delaware -- Drexel Boston U. Central Oklahoma -- [106]
2018 Temple Temple Temple Mercyhurst -- Boston U. -- UC San Diego Coast Guard [107]
2019 Colgate Drexel Drexel Mercyhurst -- Boston U. Georgetown Florida Tech Vassar [108]
2020 Not contested (Pandemic)
2021 Temple George Washington Temple Mercyhurst -- Drexel -- Mercyhurst Stockton [109]
2022 Drexel Drexel Temple MIT -- Princeton Georgetown Mercyhurst Bryn Mawr [110]
2023 Drexel Drexel Drexel MIT -- Boston U. -- Embry Riddle Stockton [111]
2024 Drexel Temple West Point MIT -- Drexel Georgetown Mercyhurst RIT [112]
  1. ^ The Freshman Eights race between Rutgers and Manhattan was ended in a "no contest" after the boats' oars got interlocked and the Rutgers boat cut across the bow on the Manhattan boat resulting in a hole in the stern of the Rutgers shell.
  2. ^ The freshman eights race took place with Dartmouth and the Vesper Boat Club as the only two entrants. While Vesper finished 5.9 seconds ahead of Dartmouth, because they were not a collegiate team, the Lev Brett Bowl and official win was given to Dartmouth.
  3. ^ La Salle's freshman eights team was given the Lev Brett Bowl and official win as they were the only qualifying collegiate team in the race. However, they did compete against the Penn junior varsity heavy freshmen eights team in a race which the latter won by 24 seconds.
  4. ^ Two unofficial women's half-mile races were contested at the regatta. The Vesper Boat Club won the women's eights, and the Philadelphia Rowing Club won women's four with coxswain.

Points trophies

The Jack Bratten Trophy was created in 1967 to recognize the best overall team at the regatta based on how well their boats performed across all of the various races. Originally, the award only recognized the men's team, as women did not compete in the Dad Vail Regatta. However, in 1976, when women's events were first officially contested, the points won by both the men's and women's team were combined to determine the best overall team. In 1986, the Dr. Thomas Kerr Trophy and the Nancy J. Seitz Trophy (later renamed the Jack & Nancy Seitz Trophy) were awarded to the best Men's and Women's teams respectively, base on accumulated points in the various races.[113]

Year Bratten Trophy
Overall Points 		Year Bratten Trophy
Overall Points 		Kerr Trophy
Men's Points 		Seitz Trophy
Women's Points 		Year Bratten Trophy
Overall Points 		Kerr Trophy
Men's Points 		Seitz Trophy
Women's Points
1967 Marietta [47] 1986 ? FIT[114][115] New Hampshire [115] 2006 St. Joseph's St. Joseph's Massachusetts
1968 Georgetown [116] 1987 FIT [66] FIT [66] Navy [72] 2007 Purdue Purdue Ohio St.
1969 Georgetown [116] 1988 Georgetown [67] FIT [117] Navy [72] 2008 Purdue Delaware Buffalo
1970 Georgetown [118] 1989 Georgetown [119] Georgetown [119] Navy [72] 2009 Delaware / Buffalo Delaware / Michigan Buffalo
1971 St. Joseph's [40] 1990 Georgetown [120] Georgetown [120] Navy [120] 2010 St. Joseph's Delaware Buffalo
1972 Coast Guard [121] 1991 Georgetown [71] Georgetown [71] Navy [71] 2011 Purdue Purdue Michigan
1973 Marietta [122] 1992 Georgetown [73] Georgetown [73] Navy [73] 2012 Purdue [123] Michigan [123] Bucknell [123]
1974 Coast Guard [9] 1993 Georgetown [74] Georgetown [74] Georgetown [74] 2013 Drexel Drexel Grand Valley
1975 Coast Guard [54] 1994 Temple [75] ? ? 2014 Drexel Michigan Massachusetts
1976 Coast Guard [124] 1995 Michigan [77] Drexel [77] Michigan [77] 2015 Drexel Drexel Massachusetts
1977 Coast Guard [125] 1996 Temple [79] Temple [79] Temple [79] 2016 Drexel Michigan Massachusetts
1978 Coast Guard [56] 1997 Villanova [81] Drexel [81] Villanova [126] 2017 Drexel Delaware Drexel
1979 Trinity College [57] 1998 Villanova [82] Purdue [82] Villanova [127] 2018 Drexel Delaware Drexel
1980 Coast Guard [128] 1999 Villanova [127] St. Joseph's [40] Villanova [127] 2019 Temple Drexel Temple
1981 Trinity College [59] 2000 Purdue [129] Purdue [129] Massachusetts [129] 2020 Not contested
1982 FIT[130][131] 2001 Purdue [88] Purdue [88] Delaware [88] 2021 Drexel Temple Princeton
1983 Georgetown [62] 2002 Boston Coll. / Purdue Marietta Villanova [132] 2022 Drexel [133] Drexel Princeton
1984 New Hampshire [134] 2003 Purdue [132] Purdue / St. Joseph's [132] Purdue [132] 2023 Temple Drexel Bowdin / MIT (tie)
1985 New Hampshire [64] 2004 Purdue Purdue Purdue 2024 Drexel Drexel Georgetown
2005 St. Joseph's [135] St. Joseph's [135] Connecticut [92] 2025 ? ? ?

See also

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