Varsity Boys Crew

Lauren Travers has been coaching the boys team at Germantown Academy since 2006.

The Patriots did not compete in 2020.

In 2019, GA had two boats compete at SRAA Nationals.

In 2018, the GA crew had a school-record seven boats in the finals for the Philadelphia Scholastic Rowing Association Championships. They also had two boats finish in the top six at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta.

Lehane has also coached the Whitemarsh Boat Club (WBC) juniors since 2006. Her crews have won or earned medals at King’s Head, Head of the Schuylkill, the Cooper Cup, City Championships, Stotesbury, and Scholastic Nationals. Lauren also gives private lessons and teaches learn-to-row classes at Whitemarsh Boat Club.

Lehane began rowing as a freshman in high school at the Agnes Irwin School. While at AIS, Lauren won the Philadelphia City Championships twice, earned a bronze medal at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta, and won the Scholastic National Championships as a senior. She then went on to row for four years at Boston College, where she won the New England Championships twice, the Jesuit Invitational twice, earned silver medals at the Big East Championships and the Dad Vail Regatta, and won a gold medal at the Dad Vail Regatta as a junior.

Lauren continues to compete, representing Whitemarsh Boat Club, winning the King’s Head Regatta, Navy Day, Independence Day, Quaker City Masters and the Head of the Schuylkill.

(Updated: 12/15/2023)

Dick O’Hern is the girls head rowing coach and he runs much of the logistical side of GA’s crew. He works with team parents to organize their weekly regatta support, he buys and maintains most of the team equipment, and he works with head coach Travers to get the team on the water each spring.

He’s been with the team since the spring of 2002, though primarily in a tangential assistant role until the spring of 2014. That year, he joined the team as an assistant, working with all rowers though mostly girls. In 2016, he became the full-time novice girls coach, and in 2021 he became head girls coach.

A couple of noteworthy highlights are the girls novice 8 (class of 2019), in his first year as novice coach, winning their first race of the season. That crew finished a commendable 4th at City Championships, and 7 of those girls rowed all four years at GA with three going on to row in college. Another proud achievement is the girls junior quad in 2021 (class of 2022). They had a great finish to their season, making it through the semifinals at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta and claiming 5th place in the finals. His primary goal as coach is to help each rower find her place in the sport, to learn to love rowing, and to work hard at rowing well.

(Updated: 12/15/23)