NEW HAVEN, Conn. - It was a prolific decade for Yale Heavyweight Crew with three IRA National Championships, five Eastern Sprints and Ivy League titles, a pair of collegiate championships at the Head of the Charles and a Ladies Challenge Plate at Henley. The guys who served as the turbo charges for these boats comprise the program's all-decade team.

These nine oarsmen include four world champions, four 2021 Olympians and five varsity captains, while seven of the nine earned IRA national titles.

"All these men, amongst others, were instrumental in the transformation of Yale Heavyweight Crew," said Steve Gladstone, the Craig W. Johnson '68 Head Coach of Yale Heavyweight Crew. "They had a deep commitment to their teammates and demonstrated that commitment by their actions."
 
YALE HEAVYWEIGHT CREW ALL-DECADE TEAM

Tom Dethlefs '12 (Lawrenceville, NJ)
He was captain of the 2012 Bulldogs and a 10-time national team rower for the U.S. from 2008-2019 who served as an alternate for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team. Dethlefs was the 2011Under-23 World Champion in the 8+ and was training with the U.S. National Team and competing for a spot on the 2021 Olympic Team.







Hubert Trzybinkski '16 (Berlin, Germany)
Trzybinkski captained the 2016 Yale team that won the Eastern Sprints and finished second at the 2016 I.R.A. National Championships. He is a seven-time national team rower for Germany (from 2008-2013) who won two Junior World Championships (4x, 2008; 2x, 2009) and two Under-23 World Championships (1x, 2011; 2013). 







Ollie Wynne-Griffith '17 (London, UK)
He sat in the bow of Yale's 2017 I.R.A. National Champion after helping the Elis finish second at the 2016 I.R.A. Wynne-Griffith helped Yale win the Ladies Plate at the 2015 Henley Royal Regatta. He has rowed 13 times for Great Britain's national team from 2012-2021 and has qualified for a spot on the 2021 Olympic Team.







Nate Goodman '17 (Montclair, NJ)
Goodman had the four seat of Yale's 2017 I.R.A. National Champion after helping the Blue take second the year before at nationals. He helped the Bulldogs win the Ladies Plate at the 2015 Henley Royal Regatta in addition to being a three-time national team rower for the U.S. in 2012, 2013 and 2016.






Rob Hurn '17 (Brisbane, Australia)
He was an inspirational captain of the 2017 team that got the program started on its current national championship run. Hurn, who was ill but still managed to help the 2017 Yale 1V win at Sprints, missed nationals but returned to help the Bulldogs' 2V beat Harvard. He rowed all four years in the Yale Varsity 8+. His boat was second at the 2016 I.R.A. National Championships after winning the Ladies Plate at the 2015 Henley Royal Regatta. Hurn is a five-time national team rower for Great Britain and Australia from 2012 to 2018.



Sholto Carnegie '18 (Oxford, UK)
Carnegie earned Gold at the I.R.A. National Championships in 2017 and 2018 and took second in 2016. He was in the Yale boat that won the Ladies Plate at the 2015 Henley Royal Regatta. Carnegie is a 10-time national team rower for Great Britain who has qualified for a spot on Team GB at the 2021 Olympics.







Paul Jacquot '18 (Chalon-sur-Saone, France)
He captained the 2018 team to an I.R.A. National Championship after helping the Bulldogs win Gold the year before. Jacquot's Yale 1V finished second at the 2016 I.R.A. National Championships. He also had a seat in the boat that won the Ladies Plate at the 2015 Henley Royal Regatta. Jacquot is a 12-time national team rower for France and Switzerland since 2014 and just earned a spot with the Swiss National Team at the 2021 Olympics.




Charlie Elwes '19 (Newbury, UK)
Elwes is a three-time I.R.A. National Champion who also has a runner-up finish at the 2016 event. He is a seven-time national team rower for Great Britain since 2013 who was an Under-23 World Champion in 2019 in the 4- for his country. Elwes just earned a spot with the Team GB for the 2021 Olympics.








Tom Digby '20 (Oxfordshire, UK)
He was captain of the team in 2020 after helping the Bulldogs win I.R.A. National Championships in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Digby was the recipient of Yale's William Neely Mallory Award, the most prestigious athletic honor given to a senior male athlete and the first heavyweight oarsman to win the award since 1958. He is a six-time national team rower for Great Britain since 2014. Digby was an Under-23 World Champion in 2019 in the 4- for Great Britain.