BOSTON, Massachusetts – This past weekend the Marist Men's Rowing Team attended the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston MA. With over 12,000 competitors representing over 800 clubs and teams from around the world in 75 different events at masters, youth, collegiate and elite levels in front of massive crowds exceeding 300,000, the Charles is the largest rowing regatta in the world and a staple in the Marist Rowing Team's yearly fall calendar. Crews race in a "head racing" or time trial format in single file over a 3-mile section of the Charles River that includes some of the most demanding and technical steering through a series of narrow and winding turns in an effort to produce he fastest time. Marist University was one of the first teams to participate in the inaugural event in 1969 and last won the collegiate eight event in 1970. This year Marist was entered with two eights in the Collegiate Eight event and a four in the Collegiate Four division. The Team also hosted two alumni eights filled with past Marist Oarsmen.
SATURDAY OCT 17th
Alumni Racing
Marist Competed in TWO events with Alumni EightsIn the Alumni A Boat Marist was represented by Ari Streeter (Coxswain, '20), Gavin Crouch (Stroke, 24), Christopher Rechen (7, '20),
Peter Martinich (6, '26),
Nolan Libby (5, '26), Sam Klamar (4, '17), Axel Anderegg-Durwood (3, '24),
Thomas Graves (2, '25), Alexander Missert (Bow, '22)
In the Alumni B Boat Marist was represented by
Tessa Kurtzman (Coxswain, '26), Michael Baltas (stroke, '22), Jake Addision (7, '24), Nick Fracasso (6, '26),
Evan Brown (5, '25), Rami Awad, (4, '19),
Matthew Wright (3, '26),
Connor Tandy (2, '26) Zak Schwarz (Bow, '26),
Also Racing on Saturday was Chrisopher Crawley (Captain, '21) who raced to 5
th place amongst some of the nation's best in the Championship Lightweight 1x Event.
SUNDAY OCT 18th
Collegiate 4+
First to race was the Marist Four in the Collegiate Four Division with the lineup of Maddie Lebed (Cox),
Hugo MacDonald (stroke),
Max Gallentine (3),
Mark Carguello (2),
Jackson Bower (bow). The boat was previously represented in 2025 by the top 4 athletes from the Marist 2
nd Varsity Eight but with the 2V racing in the Collegiate Eight Division this fall, the four was instead allocated to the top four 3
rd Varsity athletes. The boat made a strong showing with a time of 16:43.7 to place 8
th in their category just behind the University of Texas and ahead of the University of Virginia.
Collegiate 8+'s
The next race was the Collegiate Eight Event. Marist had two crew representing them in this event as A and B entries. The Marist B Entry consisted of
Sam Carine (cox),
Ian Sondhof (stroke),
James Hadjandreas (7),
Jesse Hinkle (6), Adrian Edwards (5),
Matthew Roscoe (4),
Dean DePalma (3),
Grady Deenik (2),
Matthias Topping (bow). This crew placed 21st overall in a time of 15:05.9 just 2 seconds behind the Tufts B entry and just ahead of Notre Dame. The Marist A Boat consisted of Evie Disque (cox), Will Shockley (stroke),
Ryan Tuttle (7),
Kevin Murray (6), Reed Livingston (5), JP Sprayberry (4),
Austin Thomas (3),
Tristan Wistuba (2), and
Nicholas Scarano (Bow). The Marist A crew initially placed an exceedingly close 2
nd just 0.2 of a second behind Tufts AND a dead heat with Purdue (to the 1,000ths of a second) but both of these crews received time penalties for cutting corners marled by bouys on the course resulting in Marist taking a definitive win in a time of 14:20.284. This time was not only enough to win the event but also marked a new course record in the event, topping the previous record set by Drexel in 2022 by 0.2 seconds.
Coach's Comments
"We are incredibly proud of the efforts of all of our crews this weekend who performed admirably, especially our varsity eight who took the victory in the Collegiate Eight. The Charles is an amazing celebration of the sport of rowing and winning here in front of the whole rowing community is a really special moment for our team especially having been so long since our first victory in 1970. Lots of thanks are owed to our alumni, family, friends, support staff and coaches. A win like this illustrates not just the speed of our current athletes but hard work done over the last 5 years to return to national ranking and rebuild our team in size and speed. We're excited for the rest of our fall racing calendar and the challenges to come this winter and into the spring!"- Campbell Woods, Head Coach of Men's Rowing
What's Next?
Marist will next hit the water this weekend with their 4
th and 5
th Varsity crews at the Head of the Fish Regatta in Saratoga Springs NY and will then conclude the Fall calendar on Nov 1
st at the Princeton Chase with the full crew.
Full Coach's Recap Here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiUeuCZ9B1I
