POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist Men's Rowing program announced the final lineups for the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championship Rowing Regatta. The event is scheduled to take place over two days this coming Friday, May 28th and Saturday, May 29th at the Lake Mercer race course. Marist has entered boats in all three of the major scoring team events including the Varsity, Second Varsity and Third Varsity Eight boats.
 

varsity 8 lineup

 

Position	Name	Year	Hometown
Coxswain	Allie Bohenko	Sophomore	Westford, MA
Stroke	Jordan Irving	Junior	Suffern, NY
Seven	Mitchell Macijauskas	Sophomore	Colchester, CT
Six	Gavin Crouch	Freshman	Shrewsbury, MA
Five	Nathan Jalbert	Junior	Falmouth, ME
Four	August Blanchett	Junior	Edina, MN
Three	Cameron Grover	Junior	Ithaca, NY
Two	Kyle Adams	Junior	Pepperell, MA
Bow	Christopher Laibach	Junior	Wantagh, NY

 

second varsity 8 lineup

 

Position	Name	Year	Hometown
Coxswain	Alysha Johnson	Senior	Pawcatuck, CT
Stroke	Liam Cusack	Sophomore	Bethpage, NY
Seven	Thomas Maday	Freshman	Chicago, IL
Six	Michael Baltas	Junior	Worcester, MA
Five	Alexander Missert	Junior	Atlanta, GA
Four	William Holt	Sophomore	Roswell, GA
Three	Logan Farmer	Junior	Ann Arbor, MI
Two	Reilly Curtis	Junior	Avon, CT
Bow	Christopher Crawley	Senior	Hyde Park, NY

 

third varsity 8 lineup

 

Position	Name	Year	Hometown
Coxswain	Kayla-Ann Lewis	Freshman	Lagrangeville, NY
Stroke	Lucas Tavoulareas	Sophomore	Brooklyn, NY
Seven	Thomas Scarpa	Sophomore	Ridgewood, NJ
Six	James Addison	Freshman	Southbury, CT
Five	Matthew Callahan	Sophomore	Northampton, MA
Four	John Mesaros	Sophomore	Mechanicsburg, PA
Three	Thomas Burda	Senior	Pleasant Valley, NY
Two	Dom Florio	Freshman	Roswell, GA
Bow	Kevin Brown	Senior	Watertown, CT

 

race schedule

• Thursday May 27th: Team Travel and Practice Day
• Friday May 28th: Morning Time Trial Race and Afternoon Semi Finals
• Saturday May 29th: Morning Finals

 

spectators

Unfortunately, no spectators are allowed at this year's event, as the IRA's policy will enable athletes to compete in relative safety from the COVID-19 virus. Interested spectators can check out the live feed for watching the races.
 

HOW TO FOLLOW

• Check out the Marist Rowing Facebook page, where you can get live updates about race results, find links to the live feeds and also keep up with the Marist women's team, as they simultaneously compete at the NCAA Championships. The Facebook page can be found using the link at the top of the article.
• Follow the Marist Rowing Instagram @maristmenscrew for video and photo from throughout the event shared by the coaches and the athletes.
• Follow the races live with the US Rowing YouTube Channel at the links listed at the top of the article.
• The Marist coaches will be live streaming on Facebook live from the race course on Thursday afternoon, Friday morning and afternoon, and Saturday morning before racing. We invite family and friends to sign on and see some of the action from "on the ground".
• Friday, May 28th Schedule
  • 8 a.m. – Heavyweight Time Trials
  • 10:30 a.m. – Lightweight Championships
  • 3 p.m. – Heavyweight Semifinals
• Saturday, May 29th Schedule
  • Heavyweight Finals

coach's comments

    "The Men's Crew is excited to be heading to the IRA this weekend to complete what has been an immensely challenging season. Owing to COVID 19 case numbers and restrictions, the rowing team was unable to practice together on the water from March 15th, 2020 until April 23rd, 2021, a loss of over a year of formal training. The team did a magnificent job during the pandemic challenging one another virtually with nearly all training taking place alone on rowing machines in the athlete's basements, garages, and living rooms. With minimal time to prepare on the water, the oarsmen and coxswains have worked hard to place us in a position to be competitive this weekend. We are incredibly proud of their accomplishments and we can't wait to see what they can do!

    This year's regatta represents a departure from the norm, with the IRA switching to an invitational-style event owing to the inability to accurately select from annual qualifier races. The result has been an abnormally large field in the V8 and 2V8 events, with 31 and 27 crews competing in each race, respectively. Because of the number of crews, and a desire to keep the racing schedule down to only two days (to reduce exposure of our athletes), the regatta will begin this year with a time trial, with each crew completing the 2000-meter course as fast as possible on their own. The top 18 crews will progress to the A/B/C semifinals, and the top three finals with the lower crews competing for the D and E finals. With so much riding on this time trial, the focus for our crews has been to produce a maximal best result in this early race in order to set up the rest of the weekend.

    While the team remains focused on our best possible performance at the IRA, we are also aware that this has been an extraordinary year. The seeds and rankings that come with a standard season have meant very little in 2021. We are loving being back on the water and sharing the joy of training hard and competing with one another. At this year's IRA, I can definitely say that, first and foremost, we will simply be happy to be there. We want to thank all of the people who have worked hard to make this spring season possible including the Marist Athletics department administrators, our fantastic athletic training staff who have gone above and beyond this term, and our parents and alumni who have been exceedingly supportive in a difficult time. Go Red Foxes!!!" – Campbell Woods, Men's Rowing Head Coach