ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The Navy heavyweight rowing program under the direction of second-year head coach Matt Fluhr is pleased to announce that rising senior Nathaniel Duffy has been elected to serve as the team's captain for the 2026-27 academic year. Duffy has been a standout on the water for the Mids his first three years in Annapolis and looks forward to having even more success in his final season with Navy.

"I am extremely honored to have been named team captain and I am excited for what is in store during the 2026-2027 campaign," remarked Duffy. "I am fortunate to be surrounded by incredible teammates who push one another each day and carry forward the legacy of this team." 

The younger brother of two previous Navy heavyweight rowers, M.J. ('21) and Billy ('23), Duffy made an immediate impact on the program as he raced with the first varsity eight crew in all seven competitions as a freshman in 2024 before doing the same in 2025. The Fairfield, Connecticut native continued rowing with the V8 in 2026 in all of the crew's races during the spring, thus bringing his career total to 22 events over his first three seasons with the Mids. This past June, Duffy was chosen to the IRCA All-America Second Team for the second consecutive season for his efforts on the water and most recent raced alongside his fellow Navy heavyweight teammate Ben Vogel ('26) at the USRowing Under-23 Selection Camp.

At the year-end IRA National Championship, Duffy and the Navy V8 placed 14th in the country as it finished runner-up in the C Final coming up just 0.159 seconds shy of No. 13 Cornell's victorious time of 5:47.435 versus a 5:47.594 mark for the Mids.