2007 Heavyweight Men

Men's eight, men's four , men's quad, men's pair, and men's coxed pair

Coaches: Mike Spracklen, Terry Paul, Allison Dobb

Kevin Light

 

Hometown: Sidney, BC
Birth date: May 16, 1979
Interests: Video Production, photography, hockey
Club affiliation: Victoria City Rowing Club
Education: Victoria Motion Picture School

Key results:
2007 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Lucerne, SUI
2007 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Linz, Austria
2007 - Grand Challenge Cup (M8+) winner, Henley, England
2006 - 3rd in the M2-, World Championships, Eton, England
2006 - 2nd in the M2-, World Cup, Munich, Germany
2005 - 7th in the M8+, World Championships, Gifu, Japan
2005 - 4th in the M4-, World Cup, Lucerne, Switzerland
2004 - 5th in the M8+, Olympic Games, Athens, Greece
2004 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Lucerne
2004 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Munich
2003 - 1st in the M8+, World Championships, Milan, Italy
2003 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Munich
2002 - 1st in the M8+, World Championships, Seville, Spain
2002 - 2nd in the M2-, World Under 23 Regatta, Genoa, Italy
2002 - 3rd in the M8+, World Cup, Lucerne
2001 - 6th in the M8+, World Championships, Lucerne
2001 - 1st in the M4-, World Cup, Princeton, NJ

 

Ben Rutledge

Hometown: Cranbrook, BC
Birth date: Nov. 9, 1980
Club affiliation: UBC
Interests: Cooking, running in the off season, golf, hockey, sleeping, fine dining.

Education: Bachelor of Commerce, University of British Columbia

Key results:

2007 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Lucerne, SUI
2007 - Grand Challenge Cup (M8+) winner, Henley, England
2006 - 8th in the M4-, World Championships, Eton, England
2005 - 7th in the M8+, World Championships, Gifu, Japan
2005 - 4th in the M4-, World Cup, Lucerne, Switzerland
2005 - 2nd in the M2-, World Cup, Eton, England
2004 - 5th in the M8+, Olympic Games, Athens, Greece
2003 - 1st in the M8+, World Championships, Milan, Italy
2003 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Lucerne
2002 - 1st in the M8+, World Championships, Seville, Spain
2002 - 3rd in the M8+, World Cup, Lucerne

Other info: Won “Storm the Wall” competition at UBC 2006. Received the Bobby Gaul Award for best graduating athlete at UBC, 2006; UBC Rower of the year 2005 & 06. 8th in the North American Sailing Championships (Coronado 15), 1995.

 

 

(James) Andrew Byrnes

 

Hometown: Toronto, ON
Birth date: May 22, 1983
Club affiliation: North Star Rowing Club
Interests: Skiing and the outdoors

Education: B.S. in Psychics, Bates College, Lewiston, Maine (2005); M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2006)

Key results:

2007 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Lucerne, SUI
2007 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Linz, Austria
2007 - Grand Challenge Cup (M8+) winner, Henley, England
2006 - 3rd in the M2+, World Championships, Eton, England
2005 - 3rd in the M8+, World Under 23 Championships, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

Jake Wetzel

 

Birth date: Dec. 26, 1976
Hometown: Saskatoon, Sask.
Club affiliation: Lake Louise Rowing Club
Education: University of California at Berkeley

Key results:

2007 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Lucerne, SUI
2007 - Grand Challenge Cup (M8+) winner, Henley, England
2004 - 2nd Olympic Games (Athens) - men's four
2003 - 1st World Championships (Milan) - men's four
2003 - 1st Lucerne World Cup - men's four
2002 - 1st Varsity M8+ IRA National Collegiate Championships
2001 - 1st Varsity M8+ IRA National Collegiate Championships
2000 - 7th M4x Olympic Games - Sydney (Team USA)
1999 - 1st M4+ World Championships St. Catharines (Team USA)
1999 - 1st Varsity M8+ IRA National Collegiate Championships
1998 - 7th M2- World Championships Cologne (Team Canada)

 

Other info: has dual citizenship with U.S.

 

 

Malcolm Howard

Hometown: Victoria, BC
Birth date: Feb. 7, 1983
Club affiliation: Brentwood

Education: Brentwood College, Mill Bay, BC, and Harvard University

Key results:
2007 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Lucerne, SUI
2007 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Linz, Austria
2007 - Grand Challenge Cup (M8+) winner, Henley, England
2006 - 2nd in the M2-, World Cup, Munich, Germany - with Kevin Light
2005 - 4th in the M2-, World Championships, Gifu, Japan - with Chris Jarvis
2004 - 2nd in the M4+, World Championships, Banyoles, Spain
2003 - 1st in the M8+, World Under 23 Regatta, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro

Other info: Undefeated against intercollegiate competition in three years as a member of Harvard's varsity eight, helping the Harvard crew to three straight national championships.

 

 

Dominic Seiterle

Hometown: Victoria, BC (Born in Montreal, Quebec)
Birth date: 1975 (31 years old during Worlds)
Club affiliation: Delta Deas Rowing Club (BC)
Interests: Outdoors, hiking, camping, photography, cooking

Education:
B.A., Dartmouth College (Psychology and Environmental Studies), Hanover, NH
MBA, William E. Simon School of Business Administration, University of Rochester (Business Strategy, Finance, Marketing), Rochester, NY

Key Results:
2007 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Lucerne, Switzerland
2007 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Linz, Austria
2007 - Grand Challenge Cup (M8+) winner, Henley, England
2000 - M2x, 2000 Olympics, Sydney, Australia
1999 - 4th in the M8+, Pan Am Games, Winnipeg, MB
1997 - 4th in the M8+, The Nations Cup (under 23) Regatta, Milan, Italy

 

 

Adam Kreek

Hometown: London, ON
Birth date: Dec. 2, 1980
Club affiliation: London Rowing Club
Interests: camping, hiking and biking

Education: Saunders Secondary School, London, ON; University of Victoria. Studying geotechnical engineering and hydrology at Stanford University.

Key results:
2007 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Lucerne, SUI
2007 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Linz, Austria
2007 - Grand Challenge Cup (M8+) winner, Henley, England
2006 - 9th in the M8+, World Championships, Eton, England
2004 - 5th in the M8+, Olympic Games, Athens, Greece
2003 - 1st in the M8+, World Championships, Milan, Italy
2002 - 1st in the M8+, World Championships, Seville, Spain
2001 - 1st in the M8+, The Nations Cup regatta, Linz, Austria

Other info: Spent one year in northern Alberta/B.C. working on an oilrig. Married to Rebecca. 2005 Outstanding Male Junior Athlete at Stanford.

Kyle Hamilton

Hometown: Richmond, BC
Birth date: Feb. 26, 1978
Club affiliation: UBC
Education: B.A. University of British Columbia. Completed first year of law school at UBC.

Key Results:
2007 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Lucerne, SUI
2007 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Linz, Austria
2007 - Grand Challenge Cup (M8+) winner, Henley, England
2006 - 8th in the M4-, World Championships, Eton, England
2005 - 7th in the M8+, World Championships, Gifu, Japan
2004 - 5th in the M8+, Olympic Games, Athens, Greece
2003 - 1st in the M8+, World Championships, Milan, Italy
2003 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Lucerne, Switzerland
2002 - 1st in the M8+, World Championships, Seville, Spain
2002 - 3rd in the M8+, World Cup - Lucerne
2002-03 - 1st in the Grand Challenge Cup (M8+), Henley Royal Regatta, Henley-on -Thames, England

 

 

 

Brian Price

Hometown: Belleville, ON
Birth date: Feb. 19, 1976
Occupation: works in the civil engineering field
Club affiliation: Quinte RC
Interests: Computers, skiing, hockey and golf

Education: Civil Engineering Technologist Diploma from Seneca College, Toronto, 1998.

Key results:
2007 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Lucerne, SUI
2007 - Grand Challenge Cup (M8+) winner, Henley, England
2006 - 9th in the M8+, World Championships, Eton, England
2006 - 3rd in the M2+, World Championships, Eton, England
2005 - 7th in the M8+, World Championships, Gifu, Japan
2004 - 5th in the M8+, Olympic Games, Athens, Greece
2004 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Lucerne, Switzerland
2003 - 1st in the M8+, and 3rd in the M2+, World Championships, Milan, Italy
2003 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Lucerne
2003 - 1st in the Grand Challenge Cup (M8+), Henley Royal, Henley-on-Thames, England
2002 - 1st in the M8+, World Championships, Seville, Spain
2002 - 3rd in the M8+, World Cup, Lucerne
2002 - 1st in the Grand Challenge Cup, Henley Royal Regatta
2001 - 6th in the M8+, World Championships, Lucerne
2000 - 2nd, in the M2+, World Cup, Lucerne, for Australia
1999 - 4th in the M8+, Pan Am Games, Winnipeg, MB

Other info: Coached Canadian M2- to 2nd place at the Nations Cup regatta, Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2000. Coached & coxed in New Zealand, winter, 1998. Brian battled Leukemia from the age of seven to 12. He has been in remission since. Brian currently lives in Victoria. Brian and his wife had a baby girl this year.

 

 

Men's four M4-

(b) Scott Frandsen - Kelowna, B.C.

2 Peter Dembicki - West Vancouver, B.C.

3 Robert Gibson - Kingston, ON

(s) Barney Williams - Salt Spring Island, B.C.

Scott Frandsen

Hometown: Kelowna, BC
Birth date: July 21, 1980
Club: Brentwood College

Education: Brentwood College; B.S. (Business Administration) University of California at Berkeley. Attended Oxford University in England.

Key results:
2006 - 8th in the M4-, World Championships, Eton, England
2005 - 7th in the M8+, World Championships, Gifu, Japan
2004 - 5th in the M8+, Olympic Games, Athens, Greece
2003 - 6th in the M2-, World Championships, Milan, Italy
2002 - 7th in the M2-, World Championships, Seville, Spain
2001 - 1st in the M8+, The Nations Cup regatta, Linz, Austria

Other info: He was three-time U.S. Collegiate National Champion (2000,01,02) and caption of the U. of Cal. crew in 2002. In 2003, his Oxford crew won the Boat Race.

Pete Dembicki

Hometown: West Vancouver, BC
Birth date: Sept. 24, 1980

Club affiliation: Brentwood College
Education: BA in Communications, University of Washington

Key results:

2007 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Linz, Austria
2006 - 9th in the M8+, World Championships, Eton, England
2005 - 3rd in the M4-, World Championships, Gifu, Japan
2004 - 2nd in the M4+, World Championships, Banyoles, Spain
2002 - 2nd in the M8+, World Under 23 Regatta, Genoa, Italy
2001 - 1st in the M8+, The Nations Cup regatta, Linz, Austria

Rob Gibson

 

Birthdate: Feb. 02, 1986
Hometown: Kingston, Ont.
Club affiliation: Kingston Rowing Club
Interests: Friends, family, travelling, cooking, hockey, camping, reading, football, and racing
Education: University of Washington

Key results:

2006 - 2nd in the 4+, World Championships, Eton, England
2006 - 1st in the U23 Men's 8+
2004 - 3rd in the Junior Men's 4+

Barney Williams

Hometown: Salt Spring Island, BC
Birth date: March 13, 1977
Club affiliation: Western Rowing Club (London, ON)

Interests: Disc golf, tennis, poker, hockey and football pools (fantasy leagues). Reading and writing short stories. Cliff jumping, wake boarding and bare-footing.

Education:
Attended Upper Canada College, Toronto, ON. and University of Victoria. Completed studies at the National Institute of Broadcasting (summer 2000). Studying and rowing at Oxford University, England.


Key results:
2006 - 8th in the M4-, World Championships, Eton, England
2005 - 7th in the M8+, World Championships, Gifu, Japan
2004 - 2nd in the M4-, Olympic Games, Athens, Greece
2003 - 1st in the M4-, World Championships, Milan, Italy
2003 - 1st in the M4-, World Cup, Lucerne, Switzerland
1999 - 5th in the M8+, World Cup, Lucerne
1997 - 4th in the M8+, The Nations Cup regatta, Milan, Italy

Other info: Two-time (2005 & 2006) Boat Race winner, for Oxford. Married to National Team rower Buffy Williams. Their first child, Tavin, was born in England. 1st in the Youth M4+ and High School M4+ at the Head of the Charles in Boston, MA, 1994.

Robert Weitemeyer

 

Hometown: Coquitlam, BC
Birth date: Aug. 5, 1982
Club affiliation (s): UBC rowing; Burnaby Lake Rowing Club
Interests: Cycling, cooking, reading, woodwork, knitting (successfully) and costume parties!

Education: Vancouver College High School. Degree in General Science from the University of British Columbia.

Key results:
2007 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Linz, Austria
2006 - 9th in the M8+, World Championships, Eton, England
2006 - 4th in the M2-, National Rowing Championships, Welland, ON
2005 - 3rd in the M4-, World Championships, Gifu, Japan
2004 - team alternate, Olympic Games, Athens, Greece
2004 - 2nd in the M4+, World Championships, Banyoles, Spain
2003 - 1st in the M8+, World Under 23 Regatta, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
2002 - 1st in the M8+, World University Games
2002 - 2nd in the 4- and 8-, Commonwealth Regatta

Other info: generously supported by RONA. Two time Storm the Wall (UBC) winner 2002 and 2005!

Gabe Bergen

Hometown: 100 Mile House, BC
Birth date: July 6, 1982
Club affiliation: University of Victoria RC

Interests: Fishing, hunting, trapping, mud bogging, and square dancing.

Education: University of Victoria

Key results:
2006 - 9th in the M8+, World Championships, Eton, England
First year on national team was 2006.

Jamie Faris

Hometown: Fort Saskatchewan, AB
Birth date: Oct. 15, 1982
Club affiliation: Brentwood College RC
Education: Brentwood College School; B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, 2004

Key results:
2006 - 9th in the M8+, World Championships, Eton, England
2005 - 3rd in the Senior M2x, Canadian Henley Regatta, St Catharines, Canada
2004 - 2nd in the M8+, World U23 Championships, Poznan, Poland
2003 - 1st in the M8+, World U23 Championships, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
2002 - 1st in the M8+, World University Regatta, Nottingham, England
2002 - 2nd in the M4- and M8+, Commonwealth Regatta, Nottingham, England
2000 - 8th in the M8+, World Junior Championships, Zagreb, Croatia

Steve van Knotsenburg

Birth date : Feb. 21, 1982
Hometown: Beamsville, Ont.,
Club affiliations: Ridley Graduate Boat Club, Brown University Men's Crew, Providence, RI; St. Catharines Rowing Club
Interests: Cycling, sleep, Calvin, cooking, boardshorts, gaudy sunglasses, fine dining, beach, and pets
Education: Brown University - 2006 (Biology)

Key results:

2007 - 8th in the 4x, Lucerne World Cup, Switzerland
2007 - 14th in the 4x, Linz World Cup, Austria
2006 - 3rd in the 2-, National Championships, Welland, Ont.
2005 - World Championship spare, Gifu, Japan


Other info: 2001 2nd in Eastern Sprints in the freshman eight

 

 

Men's Pair 2-
(b) Daniel Casaca - Toronto, Ont
Chris Jarvis - St. Catharines, Ont.

 

 

Dan Casaca

Birth date: June 30, 1984
Hometown: Toronto, Ont.
Club: Don Rowing Club (Mississauga, ON)
Education: University of California

Key Results: to come.
2007 - 1st in the M2- Pan Am Games, Rio, Brazil - with Chris Jarvis
2006 - 1st in the M8+ U23 World Championships, Hazewinkel, Belgium.
2005 - coxed four, World Championships, Gifu, Japan

Member of the 2003 U23 team.

 

 

Chris Jarvis

Hometown: Grimsby, ON
Birth date: Sept. 10, 1980
Club affiliation: St. Catharines Rowing Club
Interests: Cooking, dancing, biking, running, singing. Public speaking, inspiration, advocacy and education.
Education: Northeastern University 2006 (Chemical Engineering); Grimsby High School 1999

Key results:
2007 - 1st in the M2- Pan Am Games, Rio, Brazil - with Dan Casaca
2006 - 9th in the M8+, World Championships, Eton, England
2005 - 4th in the M2-, World Championships, Gifu, Japan - with Malcolm Howard
2004 - disqualified in the M2-, Olympic Games, Athens, Greece - with Dave Calder
2004 - 1st in the M8+, World Cup, Munich, Germany
2003 - 2nd in U23 Regatta


Other info: 2006 recipient of Canadian Diabetes Inspiration Award. President and Co-founder of InsulIndependence.org

 

Kristopher "Kip" McDaniel

Hometown: Cobble Hill, BC
Birth date: Jan. 27, 1982
Club affiliation: Shawnigan Lake RC
Occupation: financial journalist

Education: Graduated from Shawnigan Lake School, BC, and from Harvard. Attending Cambridge University in England.

Key results:
2006 - 9th in the M8+, World Championships, Eton, England
2005 - 3rd in the M4-, World Championships, Gifu, Japan

Other info: Rowed in 2006 and 2007 Boat Race for Cambridge. Two-time national champion at Harvard (in stroke seat). Rowed for USA at Lucerne World Cup 2004. His father was a competitive rower.

Derek O'Farrell

 

Hometown: Unionville, ON
Birth date: June 5, 1983
Club affiliation: McGill University RC
Interests: Sports, reading and movies.

Education: St. Michael’s College School, Toronto; McGill University, Montreal

Key results:
2006 - 3rd in the M2+, World Championships, Eton, England
2005 - 3rd in the M8+, World Under 23 Championships, Amsterdam, The Netherlands