USD Men's Rowing 2009-2010

MEET THE TOREROS ~--------------------~ HENRY PERAZZELLI Height: 6' O" Year: Sophomore Position: Port Hometown: Marina Del Ray, CA

KYLE POPKE Height: 5'5" Year:Sophomore Position: Starboard Hometown: Hawthorn Hills, IL DALTON SALVO Height: 5' 1O" Year: Sophomore Position: Port Hometown: Sierra Madre, CA WILLIAM STONEY Height: 6'2" Year: Sophomore Position: Starboard Hometown: Mercer Island, WA

NERIYAH RITBLATT Height: 5"8"

Year: Sophomore Position: Coxswain Hometown: Poway, CA

TAYLOR SHRAMO Height:6'7" Year:Junior Position: Starboard Hometown: Mission Viejo, CA MICHAEL VIETS Height: 6"2" Year: Senior Position: Port Hometown: Boulder City, NV

CHRIS VOETS Height: 6'3" Year: Sophomore Position: Starboard Hometown: Del Ray, CA

MICHAEL WEISS Height: 6'1" Year: Senior Position: Starboard Hometown: Riverside, IL

CONNOR WITT Height: 5' 1O" Year: Junior Position: Starboard Hometown: Gardnerville, NV

David Janiak 3rd Year Assistant Coach David Janiak,a US Rowing Level II certified coach, is entering his third season as assistant varsity and head novice coach for men's rowing under head coach Brooks Dagman. This last season, Coach Janiak helped lead the Toreros to a program best National Ranking of 18th in the Varsity 8 and 14th in the Varsity 4 at the IRA Regatta on Lake Natoma, CA. Coach Janiak's Novice squad was also very competitive following last year's performances in which the Toreros placed 2nd at the Dad Vail Regatta in the eight, won aWIRA Championship in the 4 with additional victories in both the eight and four at the City Championships. David rowed at Cal Berkeley from 1998 - 2000. During that time Cal was winner of the San Diego Crew Classic, Pac-10 Championships and IRAs. A recruited novice,Janiak learned rowing from acknowledged mastersof the sport Steve Gladstone and Craig Amerkhanian.While living in Prague, he

competitively rowed for a club that included Czech national team members, currently David rows competitively with the SDRC. Coach Janiak lives in San Diego with his wife Heather, a former professional volleyball player in Europe as well as a four– year varsity player at Cal. David holds a degree in Philosophy from Cal.