Temple University Athletics
FORMER TEMPLE OARSMAN JASON READ NAMED TO UNITED STATES OLYMPIC TEAM
7.8.04 | Men's Crew
PHILADELPHIA-Former Temple oarsman Jason Read, a member of four Dad Vail Regatta heavyweight eight championship crews at Temple from 1997-2000 under head coach Gavin White, has been named to the United States Heavyweight 8 Premier Boat for the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Read, a member of the U.S. National Rowing Team, has continued to earn sculling success since graduating from Temple with a degree in economics. He placed second in the pairs Silver Goblet Challenge Cup at the Royal Henley Regatta in 2003. Read was also one of 14 finalists for the James E. Sullivan Memorial Award, which recognizes the top amateur athlete in the nation, and U.S. Rowing's Man of the Year after stroking the men's eight to a fourth-place finish at the FISA World Rowing Championships in 2001.
A Ringoes, N.J. native, Read is chief of the Amwell Valley Rescue Co. in New Jersey and was called to the scene of the World Trade Center terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. He spent several days at "ground zero" as part of the rescue effort and was honored for his courage and heroism.
Read, a member of the U.S. National Rowing Team, has continued to earn sculling success since graduating from Temple with a degree in economics. He placed second in the pairs Silver Goblet Challenge Cup at the Royal Henley Regatta in 2003. Read was also one of 14 finalists for the James E. Sullivan Memorial Award, which recognizes the top amateur athlete in the nation, and U.S. Rowing's Man of the Year after stroking the men's eight to a fourth-place finish at the FISA World Rowing Championships in 2001.
A Ringoes, N.J. native, Read is chief of the Amwell Valley Rescue Co. in New Jersey and was called to the scene of the World Trade Center terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. He spent several days at "ground zero" as part of the rescue effort and was honored for his courage and heroism.
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