PITTSFIELD, Mass. - The Marist University men's rowing team participated in their first competition of the 2026 campaign, racing in a series of scrimmage races against the Williams College rowing team at their facility in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Marist competed in 4x 1900m race pieces followed by a 750m and a 350m piece to close out the morning. The conditions were ideal with little or no wind, clear sunny skies, and temps in the 55-65 degree range. Marist competed in 3 crews with the varsity and 2^nd varsity eights facing off in one flight with the Williams V8 and 2V8 and the 3^rd Varsity crew facing both Williams 3^rd and 4^th varsity boats.
 

WHO WAS RACING

The Marist Varsity Eight Crew Consisted Of: Tessa Kurtzman (coxswain), Will Shockley (stroke), Ryan Tuttle (7), Charlie Latimer (6), Reed Livingston (5), Kevin Murray (4), Matthias Topping (3), Tristan Wistuba (2), Nick Scarano (bow)

The Marist 2^nd Varsity Eight Consisted of: Matthew Wright (coxswain), Ian Sondhof (stroke), James Hadjandreas (7), Jesse Hinkle (6), Nolan Libby (5), Matthew Roscoe (4), Mark Carguello (3), Jackson Bower (2), Austin Thomas (bow)

The Marist 3^rd Varsity Eight Consisted of : Liam Ventresca (coxswain), Dante Karaiskos (stroke), Holden Kopscik (7), Zak Schwarz (6), Finn Lyons (5), Connor Tandy (4), Ethan King (3), Dane Valenti (2), Drew Ngo (bow)

The switch described in between pieces 2 and 3 was between Mark C and Finn L
 

COACH'S COMMENTS

"Today was a spectacular day for rowing with perfect conditions. A special thank you to Coach Mandel and his staff at Williams who were excellent hosts for us today and ran a smooth set of scrimmage pieces. The Marist Coaching Team was overall very pleased with our performance today showing considerable improvement across all levels of the Marist Crew. The team has been seeing some vastly improved numbers from fitness testing this fall and it was exciting to see that hard work pay off today with visibly stronger performance against an excellent crew. We're excited to be heading into our formal fall racing season to see where we can stack up among our peers in the collegiate rowing community." - Campbell Woods, Head Coach Marist Rowing


 

UP NEXT

Marist will next race at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston MA on October 19th