NEW ROCHELLE, NY - The Marist Men's Rowing Team competed at the Novak Memorial Metropolitan Rowing Championships on Saturday, April 26. Iona University hosts The event annually at their boathouse facility in New Rochelle, NY. Races took place over a 2000m race course with no lane lines along a section of the Orchard Beach Lagoon on Long Island Sound. The conditions were temperatures in the 50s with clouds and periods of light rain, 3-5mph headwinds, and a variable current on the race course centered around high tide. Marist entered five categories with six different crews.
The Freshman/Novice Four consisted of
Sam Carine (cox),
Jesse Hinkle (stroke),
Ethan King (3), Joe Kraus (2), and
Matteo Spain (bow). The Frosh 4 raced first in a heat with Manhattan, Fordham, and Fairfield, where they placed 2nd in a time of 7:42 to Fairfield's 7:15 and ahead of Fordham 8:02 and Manhattan 9:30. In the final, Marist faced five other crews and again placed 2nd this time in a time of 7:33 behind Fairfield at 7:25 and ahead of Lafayette 7:36, USMMA 7:56, Fordham 7:59 and Union 8:23.
The JV Four consisted of
Anthony Proia (cox), Zak Schwarz (stroke),
Caden Todd (3),
Mason Lockowitz (2), and
Julius Stratton (bow). This boat entered an event with five other entries, but on the start line, only 1 other crew presented themselves for racing, making the event a dual between Marist and Colgate. Colgate won the match-up in 7:39.5 over Marist at 8:02.7
The Varsity Four consisted of
Liam Ventresca (cox),
Evan Brown (stroke),
Noah Wright (3),
Mark Carguello (2), and
Peter Martinich (bow). This crew raced in the heat of 4 crews in the morning, placing second to USMMA in a time of 7:25, with USMMA at 7:21 and ahead of RPI at 8:36 and Stonybrook at 8:56. In the afternoon, the crew faced off in the final against five other crews at. Marist placed 2nd with a time of 7:33 behind Lafayette at 7:23 and ahead of USMMA at 7:42, Fordham at 7:55, Vassar at 8:17, and Stonybrook at 8:29.
The 2nd Varsity Eight consisted of
Tessa Kurtzman (cox),
Jackson Bower (stroke), Holden Kopscik (7),
Ian Sondhof (6),
Nolan Libby (5),
Connor Tandy (4), Finn Lyons (3), Liam Klemm (2), Adam Wittman (bow). The 3rd Varsity Eight consisted of Evie Disque (cox),
Jack Taddei (stroke),
Dylan Kresge (7),
Mason Roy (6),
Nolan Keane (5), Nick Fracasso (4),
Matthias Topping (3),
Dante Karaiskos (2),
Drew Ngo (bow). These two crews raced in the JV Eight event with three others, making it just one race without a heat. Marist placed 1st and 2nd in the event, with the 2V8 posting a time of 6:28 and the 3V8 at 6:37, ahead of Fairfield at 6:52, Union at 7:04, and Fordham at 7:34.
The Varsity Eight crew consisted of
Matthew Wright (cox),
Tristan Wistuba (stroke),
James Hadjandreas (7), Will Shockley (6), Reed Livingston (5),
Matthew Roscoe (4),
Austin Thomas (3),
Charlie Latimer (2),
Thomas Graves (bow). The V8 raced in a heat in the morning placing 1st in a time of 6:21 ahead of Vassar 6:45 and Fairfield 7:08. In the afternoon, Marist faced five other crews in the final, which they also won in a time of 6:22 ahead of Colgate 6:27, Fordham 6:30, Vassar 6:31, Iona 6:42 and Union 6:53.
Coach's Comments: "We had a busy day in New Rochelle today. Despite the expected poor conditions, the weather was quite mild, and we got great racing in on the lagoon. In the fours, Marist found great sparring partners over the course of the day and made significant strides in improving our racing between the morning heats and afternoon finals. Marist put its depth on display in the eights, taking the V8 and 1st in the final over Colgate and 2nd in the JV8 event. Special thanks to Iona for running a great event and to our alumni, family, and friends who were there to support us! With good vibes from today's racing, we'll return to work on the Hudson this week, prepping for championship season!" Campbell Woods, Men's Rowing Head Coach
The Marist Men's Crew will next compete in the Dad Vail Regatta on May 9th and 10th and the NIRC Regatta on May 11
For complete race results and coach's recap, check out our website at this
link.
