California: 2010 (Senior): Rowed on Cal's national-champion varsity 8+ at the IRA Regatta...competed on the junior varsity 8+ at the Pac-10 Championships, helping Cal finish second... as part of the varsity 8+, defeated Stanford in the Big Row. 2009 (Junior) Named the Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year...rowed on Cal's second varsity 8+ that placed third in the IRA Regatta and second at the Pac-10 Championships.
National Team: Competed at the Under-23 World Championships in the Czech Republic last summer, winning a silver medal in the men's four.
Orange Coast College: 2007-08 Transferred to Cal from Orange Coast College, where he was a teammate of fellow Cal newcomers Dan Dahlin and Will Prioleau...in 2008, he stroked the Coast varsity 8+ to the WIRA championship and a third-place finish at the ECAC National Invitational Rowing Championships...rowed on the varsity 8+ that competed in the second varsity 8+ grand final and finished fifth (Cal was second) in the 2008 IRA Regatta...named 2008 Oarsman of the Year at his team banquet.
Personal: Interdisciplinary studies major...parents are Lisa Long and Lawrence Lerno...born on Sept. 28, 1987.
