Head Coach - Melissa Boyd, 4th year

2021 Finish

• Light Four - 3rd at Dad Vails
• Single - 2nd at Dad Vails

Returning Varsity 8+ Athletes - N/A

2022 Seniors - 3

2022 Outlook - "In 2022 we are excited to join the IRA! We’re building on our success from last year and a way to do that is to introduce our athletes to another level of speed. We’ll again be prioritizing the four for Dad Vail and we’re fortunate that we will have the opportunity to compete against IRA level competition twice before June."
-Head Coach Melissa Boyd

Head Coach - Melissa Boyd, 3rd year

2020 Finish

• N/A

Returning Varsity 8+ Athletes - N/A

2021 Seniors - 1

2021 Outlook - "We’ve had our challenges with getting water time in the fall but our guys have been working hard, often by themselves or in small groups, making the best of an unusual year. We are looking forward to the Dad Vail Regatta."
-Head Coach Melissa Boyd

Head Coach - Melissa Boyd, 2nd year

2019 Finish

• Varsity 8 - Metro Champs
• Varsity 4 - 2nd at Metro, 17th at Vails

Returning Varsity 8+ Athletes - 2

2020 Seniors - 0

2020 Outlook - "How you do anything is how you do everything."
-Assistant Coach John Boyd

Head Coach - John Boyd, 6th year

2018 Finish

• Varsity 8 - 3rd at Metro
• Varsity 4 - 9th at Metro, 18th at Vails, 21st at HOCR
• Lightweight 4 - 3rd at Metro, 12th at Vails

Returning Varsity 8+ Athletes - 7

2019 Seniors - 7

2019 Outlook - "The core of last year’s team returns this year along with the addition of some brand new faces. The Gaels’ mission remains the same: Continue to improve the overall quality of the rowing stroke and to win medals at the Metropolitan Championships. By season’s end we would like to send competitive crews to the Dad Vail."
-Head Coach John Boyd

Head Coach - John Boyd, 5th year

2017 Finish

• Lightweight 8 - 4th at Metro Champs, 6th at Dad Vails
• Novice 8 - 2nd at Metro Champs, 22nd at Dad Vails
• Varsity 2 - 16th at Dad Vails

Returning Varsity 8+ Athletes - 1

2018 Seniors - 1

2018 Outlook - "Overcoming an unusually large change in personnel from one year to the next will be the challenge for the 2018 Gaels and coaching staff. We would have liked to build on last year's lightweight 8 but it looks as though we will have to wait at least one year before we can show up again with one to Dad Vail. For now, each rower is expected to put in more work than they think is required and to be the reason that their boat is fast and not wait for someone else to do it. At Iona we don't shy from adversity, we embrace it. Our school's motto is Certa Bonum Certamen; Fight the Good Fight, and that we will."
-Head Coach John Boyd

Head Coach - John Boyd, 4th year

2016 Finish

• Team - 3rd at Metro Champs
• Varsity 8 - 4th at MAAC
• Varsity 4 - 3rd at MAAC
• Varsity Pair - Vails Semis
• Freshmen 8 - Metro Champs, 14th at Vails

Returning Varsity 8+ Athletes - 9

2017 Seniors - 0

2017 Outlook - "This spring we are fielding a team of over thirty student athletes, easily our largest group in years. Last year's freshmen and sophomores have all returned and have emerged as strong leaders in the boathouse helping guide our new freshmen. The team is still tremendously young and raw which means there will be growing pains but at the same time there, is a performance expectation set by them and the coaches. We won't graduate a single person on this team until 2018 giving us the luxury of rowing a lot of miles together over the next few years. I'm excited to help these guys realize their potential and witness them getting faster together."
-Head Coach John Boyd

Head Coach - John Boyd, 3rd year

2015 Finish

• Team - Metropolitan Champions
• Varsity 8 - MAAC Crew of the Week for win over Fordham, Won Jack Sulger Cup at Metropolitan Championships

Returning Varsity 8+ Athletes - 3

2016 Seniors - 1

2016 Outlook - "Much like 2015, this year is about building experience for our young group. Most of the guys are freshman walk-on's. There is an opportunity to build the future of our program around this class so long as they are willing to be patient and continue to put in hard work. Our young squad will be tested against other freshman crews as well as race up against varsity competition. This year we celebrate 70 years of Iona Men's Rowing."
-Head Coach John Boyd

Head Coach - Thomas Scifres, 6th year

2012 Finish

• Varsity 8 - 3rd at MAACs
• 2nd Varsity 8 - 3rd at MAACs
• Varsity 4 - 3rd at MAACs

Returning Varsity 8+ Athletes - 5

2013 Seniors - 1

2013 Outlook - "These male Gaels showed some potential at Fall Mets in October. As I write this we are 2k Testing today, so I guess we will find out who has been doing the work and who is willing to bring their A+ game. We Pull for Will. Go Gaels!"
-Head Coach Thomas Scifres

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Head Coach - John Boyd, 4th year

2021 Finish

• N/A

Returning Varsity 8+ Athletes - 5

2022 Seniors - 3

2022 Outlook - "Several of last year’s freshman have returned ready to take the next step in their development and we welcome a talented group of newcomers, recruits and walk-on’s alike, to compete alongside our upperclassmen. We’re ready to navigate an exciting schedule which includes returning to the Knecht Cup Regatta, New York States, and the Dad Vail."
-Head Coach John Boyd

Head Coach - John Boyd, 3rd year

2020 Finish

• N/A

Returning Varsity 8+ Athletes - N/A

2021 Seniors - 1

2021 Outlook - "This is going to be a fun spring. Our team is doing their part to stay healthy by following institutional and NCAA protocols so that we can stay in a position to train and compete with little interruption. Our program has started to grow some depth the last two years so we have a lot of people who will get their first taste of collegiate racing in a few months. We’re using 2021 to appreciate the opportunity we have and to develop a young and, as COVID-19 would have it, inexperienced team."
-Head Coach John Boyd

Head Coach - John Boyd, 2nd year

2019 Finish

• Team - Metro Champs
• Varsity 8 - 2nd at Metro
• Lightweight 4 - Metro Champs, 6th at Vails

Returning Varsity 8+ Athletes - 4

2020 Seniors - 3

2020 Outlook - "Practice doesn’t make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect."
-Team Captain Alessandra Danyo

Head Coach - John Boyd, 1st year

2018 Finish

• Varsity 8 - 7th at Metro
• Varsity 4 - 5th at Metro, 26th at Vails
• 2nd Varsity 4 - 9th at Metro, 19th at Vails

Returning Varsity 8+ Athletes - 4

2019 Seniors - 3

2019 Outlook - "While the program undergoes a coaching transition, the Lady Gaels have been putting in very good work this winter and I’m excited to watch them continue to develop over the course of the spring. In a few weeks we head down to Oak Ridge, TN for spring break which which will enable the team to hit the ground running when we return to New York for our season opener. We have aspirations of reaching the podium this year at the Metropolitan Championships in the Varsity 8."
-Head Coach John Boyd

Head Coach - Thomas Scifres, 6th year

2012 Finish

• Varsity Pair - MAAC Champs
• Novice 8 - 3rd at MAACs
• Lightweight Varsity 4 - 2nd at MAACs

Returning Varsity 8+ Athletes -

2013 Seniors - 1

2013 Outlook - "These lady Gaels have come a long way on the rowing machine this winter. Several ladies are striving to set team records this winter. Now we need to carry this intensity over to our on water rowing and our competition in the MAAC. As I write this we are 2k Testing today, so I guess we will find out who has been doing the work and who is willing to bring their A++ game. We Pull for Will. Go Gaels!"
-Head Coach Thomas Scifres

Head Coach - Thomas Scifres, 5th year

2011 Finish

• Varsity 8 - 4th at Spring Metro Regatta

Returning Varsity 8+ Athletes -

2012 Seniors -

2012 Outlook - "This is a really young squad, which we are working on building into a cohesive two eights and a four. Lots of rough talent that just needs to be molded a bit."
-Head Coach Thomas Scifres

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• MAAC Championships

• MAAC Championships