CAMBRIDGE, M.A. - The marist men's and women's rowing programs participated in the annual Head of the Charles this past weekend. The Men's Varsity Four Boat earned the highest finish of the Regatta for any Marist boat with a top-ten placement.

 

Women's Rowing

SATURDAY OCT. 19
Red Fox Navy Alumnae Women's Eight in the Alumnae Eights Category
Our Alumnae 8 (bow #26), consisted of coxswain Katie Moody '22, Lisa Chase (D'Aniello) '08, Julia Rigothi '1, Selena Mildon '21, Sydney Ford '20, Kassie Nicholson '22, Mimi Kamm '20, Annie Devorak '15, and Genevieve Anderson '23.  This crew was hungry to improve on their placement amongst the crews from the previous year and were ready to set the tone as the first crew of Marist women of the day. They had their goal set to finish in the top half of the field of crews and they achieved what they wanted to, finishing 23rd out of 52 crews, securing a guarantee entry for next year with a time of 17:49.790.

Crew:
8: Lisa Chase
7: Julia Rigothi
6: Selena Mildon
5: Sydney Ford
4: Kassie Nicholson
3: Elisabeth Kamm
2: Ann Devorak
1: Genevieve Anderson
Coxswain: Kathryn Moody


Red Fox Navy Alumnae Women's Four in the Alumnae Fours Category
Our Alumnae 4 (bow #18) consisted of coxswain Tierney Ellis, Natalia Miklos '24, Emma Jauch '23, Avalon Johnson '24, and Ashley Surette '23. These most recent Marist graduates couldn't stay away and were excited to be back on the water again.  This lineup also finished in the top half of the field of crews, which guaranteed an entry  for next year, finishing 11th out of a field of 22 crews with a time of 20:13.816.

Crew:
4: Natalia Miklos
3: Emma Jauch
2: Avalon Johnson
1: Ashley Surette
Coxswain: Tierney Ellis

Women's Varsity Four in the Club Fours Category
The lineup for the Club 4 event (bow #24), consisted of coxswain Carina Pascucci, Amelia Nelson, Katie Beichert, Rebecca Paul, and Emily Liguori. These women were focused and ready to be competitive amongst a field of very strong crews. Their goals were to stay calm throughout the course, power through the bridges, and maximize their speed on the straightaways. This crew felt like they accomplished what they set out to do, finishing 29th out of 49 boats, with a time of 19:43.020.

Crew:
4: Amelia Nelson
3: Katie Beichert
2: Rebecca Paul
1: Jennifer Liguori
Coxswain: Carina Pascucci


Women's Varsity Eight in the Club Eights Category
The Club 8 (bow #14), consisting of coxswain Ariana Novero, Kaleigh Tompkins, Natalie Ronan, Gabrielle Insero, Summer Starrett, Megan McGowan, Sophie Forster, Lillian Iannaccone, and Abby Deane. This crew had a goal of improving on their race execution from last week in Philadelphia while enjoying the moment at this historic regatta. They approached the race with a sense of purpose and excitement, especially for the members of the boat who were experiencing the Charles for the first time. The race went well for this crew, which finished 24th out of 42 with a time of 17:36.892.

Crew:
8: Kaleigh Tompkins
7: Natalie Ronan
6: Gabrielle Insero
5: Summer Starrett
4: Megan McGowan
3: Sophie Forster
2: Lillian Iannaccone
1: Abby Deane
Coxswain: Ariana Novero
 

Coach's Comments

"The Charles crews enjoyed an extraordinary day in Boston on Saturday and are looking forward to getting back to work with the entire team for the second half of the fall season!" - Tom Sanford, Director of Rowing & Head Coach of Women's Rowing


 

Men's Rowing

SATURDAY OCT. 19
Red Fox Navy Alumni Men's Eight in the Alumni Eights Category
The alumni eight consisted of Ryan Lillis '18 (cox), Dmitrey Guenther Capt '21 (stroke), Chris Rechen Capt '20 (7), Jordan Irving Capt '22 (6), Alexander Missert '22 (5), Liam Cusack Capt '23 (4), Axel Anderegg-Durwood '24 (3), Raymond Mattingly Capt '19 (2), Sam Klamar '17 (Bow). This crew started in the 18th position based on their performance in 2023. Post olympic years are typically very fast in the alumni race with many olympic athletes returning to race with their alma mater following their olympic cycle and so the Marist crew was expecting a stiff challenge to hold their position but the boat had a great showing and ended up moving up one spot to take 17th overall beating several serious crew from teams like Georgetown, Stanford, Oregon State, Temple and Columbia. Uniquely this boat contained at least one member of each graduating class of Marist oarsmen from 2017 to 2024!

Crew:
8: Dmitrey Guenther
7: Christopher Rechen
6: Jordan Irving
5: Alexander Missert
4: Liam Cusack
3: Axel Anderegg-Durwood
2: Raymond Mattingly
1: Samuel Klamar
Coxswain: Ryan Lillis


Rowing In Color Men's Four in the Club Fours Category
This boat had a time of 20:52.950 and finished in 42nd place.

Crew:
4: Spencer Crum
3: Tymir Green-Ellis
2: Christian Sunn-Gaye
1: Imran Malik
Coxswain: Erick Garcia


SUNDAY OCT. 20
Men's Varsity Eight in the Collegiate Eights Category
The Collegiate Eight consisted of Matthew Wright (cox), Jack Taddei (stroke), Adam Wittman (7), Will Shockley (6), Reed Livingston (5), Matthew Roscoe (4), Austin Thomas (3), Connor Tandy (2), Thomas Graves (Bow). Marist used an aggressive start to put pressure on crew from Fairfield in front of them and passed the Stags in the early part of the race  to set upm a clean line through the rest of the race course. The boat started in the 29th positions and finished in a time of 15.22.48 to place 20th overall in the event. This was a significant improvement over Marist's 2023 performance where the boat placed 33rd. This placing earns the crew an automatic entry for the 2025 event and an opportunity for an even more competitive result in the coming year. The winner of the Event was LaSalle University.

Crew:
8: Jack Taddei
7: Adam Wittmann
6: William Shockley
5: David Livingston
4: Matthew Roscoe
3: Austin Thomas
2: Connor Tandy
1: Thomas Graves
Coxswain: Matthew Wright


Men's Varsity Four in the Collegiate Fours Category
The Collegiate Four consisted of Tessa Kurtzman (cox) Tristan Wistuba (stroke), James Hadjandreas (3), Ian Sondhof (2), Drew Ngo (bow). Having not raced in this event in 2023, the boat was a relative unknown and started behind a crew from Alabama and ahead of Tulane.  This crew started in the 32nd position and pulled a time of 17.10.65 to place 10th overall marking a considerable improvement over their seeding and including some extremely technical driving by coxswain Tessa Kurtzman as she was driving through several tight bridges with multiple crews across. This performance sets of the Marist Four to return with an automatic entry in 2025 like the eight and sets this crew in a position to strike for the top 5 on the podium.

Crew:
4: Tristan Wistuba
3: James Hadjandreas
2: Ian Sondhof
1: Drew Ngo
Coxswain: Tessa Kurtzman
 

Coach's Comments

"It was a great weekend to be a Red Fox this weekend with lots of activity for Marist oarsmen past, present, and future on the banks of the Charles in idea fall weather and surrounded by the best and brightest of the international rowing community. The Red Fox Navy Alumni demonstrated the consistency and technical ability that made them great competitors in the past and improved their position among a highly talented fleet beating several boats containing Olympic athletes. The varsity eight returned Marist to automatic requalification in the top 50% of the fleet and demonstrated that the crew is on track to significantly improve from our 2023-24 campaign. The varsity four demonstrated our team depth and set the crew up to return for a possible medal in 2025. Of the 14 Marist athletes in attendance at the race, 8 were underclassmen including 5 freshmen and 3 sophomores indicating that the team has a bright future ahead and we are on the path to improvement. Go Red Foxes!" - Men's Rowing Head Coach, Campbell Woods
 

Up Next

Both the Marist men's and women's rowing team's are set to compete in the Head of the Fish Regatta on Oct. 26 in Saratoga, NY.