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 J. D. Bridges began rowing at Haverford College under Margaret Gordon and was team captain his junior and senior year. Upon graduation in 2002 started as an assistant at Moorestown High School in Moorestown, New Jersey. In fall of 2003 he became the boys varsity coach and was the head coach in 2005-2006. Under his guidance the boys program nearly doubled in size by his last year as head coach, when the team won a State Championship and had more finals appearances from all squads - men and women - than ever before in the club's six-year history. In the fall of 2006 J. D. moved back to Philadelphia and was an assistant coach for the Shipley School in the spring 2007 season. As the novice boys coach he led the four to an undefeated season (winning State and City Championships) and Shipley's first ever boys freshman eight into the semifinals at the Stotesbury Cup. All his novice crews reached finals in every race. In the summer of 2007 J. D. was an assistant coach for the Penn AC Junior Development Camp, the nation's premier summer junior rowing program. The team's eight placed third at the USRowing Club National Championships and helped Penn AC capture the overall men's point trophy with additional medals in the intermediate lightweight four and eight. J. D. also coached the Junior 2x, who won bronze at Nationals and placed sixth out of sixty-three boats at the Royal Canadian Henley. J. D. lives in Philadelphia and will receive his masters in Sport and Exercise Psychology from Temple University this spring. He is a Level III certified USRowing coach.
 Kate Freeland began rowing in the summer of 1996 for Bachelors Barge Club. She continued rowing there throughout her high school career as a member of the Women's JV 8+, JV 4x, JV 2x, and V 4+. During her career with Bachelors Barge Club she compiled numerous victories, most notably the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta. She was afforded the opportunity to travel to the Women's Henley Regatta in the summer of 1999 as a member of the JV 4x and went on to earn a silver at the U.S. Rowing National Club Championships. Kate continued her rowing during the Spring as a member of LMHS's crew team where she was a member of the women's Freshman Eight, the JV 4x, and the V 4x. During her career with LMHS she compiled numerous victories, winning the Scholastic Rowing Association of America Nationals as a member of the JV 4x in 1998. In 1999 her boat went 8-2, with a victory in the Stotesbury Cup Regatta. Kate continued her rowing career at Trinity College where she was a member of the Freshman Eight and Women's V8+. Her career was halted in her junior year and eventually ended in the Spring of her Senior year due to significant injury to her shoulder and back. Last Spring Kate was a volunteer coach for LMHS's Women's Varsity team and continues her commitment to the team this year as coach for the Junior Varsity team. Kate is currently a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, earning her Master's in Secondary Education. ________________________________________________________________________________________
 This is Regan's third year on the LM coaching staff, but her ties to Lower Merion Crew go back to her high school days. Regan stroked LM's Varsity Quad her senior year leading to an undefeated season through Stotesbury Regatta. She was also lucky to be a part of the Bachelors Barge Club crew that competed at the Women's Henley Regatta in England and Junior World Championships in Bulgaria in 1999. Regan rowed for a year at UMass in the Varsity Lightweight 8+. She has since graduated from Saint Joseph's University with her Bachelor's and Master's degrees, and she currently works as a high school math teacher. Regan coaches the Freshmen/Novice Women, arguably the coolest squad on the whole team. ROCK ON!
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.JPG) David started coxing freshman year at St. Joe’s prep. He got rowing (both sweep and sculling) experience during the summer and continued this into his sophomore and junior years winning medals in the single. He won Stotesbury as a coxing in the Second 8 for St. Joe’s senior year. He joined Drexel’s rowing program as a freshman, going to the IRA’s that year. He coxed the varsity heavy 8 his junior and senior year. Since graduation David has been coaching with Team Concepts, assisting LM Crew in the spring of 2007 and continued into this previous fall. David also has international experience coxing the US National Team pair with coxswain in Germany this past summer.________________________________________________________________________________________
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