PRINCETON, New Jersey - On Sunday the Marist Men's Rowing Team finished their fall racing season at the Princeton 3-Mile Chase Regatta in Princeton NJ. Hosted by the Princeton University Rowing Teams, the Chase is an annual "Head Race" where teams compete in a time trial style race running a 3 mile fixed course in single file as fast as possible and competing for the best times. Marist was entered in two flights of  races. In the first flight Marist raced their 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4^th varsity eights all in the Heavyweight Eights event. In the second flight Marist raced their 3V and 4V crews again in their eights while the V8 and 2V8 raced in fours.

Lineups

	V8	2V8	3V8	4V8	V4A	V4B	V4C	V4C
Coxswain	Evie Disque	Sam Carine	Anthony Proia (Flt 1) / Maddie Lebed (Flt 2)	Maddie Lebed (Flt 1) / Joe Wyrozemski (Flt 2)	Evie Disque	Sam Carine	Nichlas Jopeck	Anthony Proia
Stroke	Will Shockley	Ian Sondhof	Christopher Franco-Toro	Lucas Castro-Segura	Will Shockley	Ryan Tuttle	Ian Sondhof	Hugo MacDonald
7	Ryan Tuttle	James Hadjandreas	Max Gallentine	Nate Jacob	Nicholas Scarano	Kevin Murray	James Hadjandreas	Dean DePalma
6	Kevin Murray	Jesse Hinkle	Jackson Bower	Dante Karaiskos	Reed Livingston	JP Sprayberry	Matthew Roscoe	Jesse Hinkle
5	Reed Livingston	Adrian Edwards	Mark Carguello	Ethan King	Tristan Wistuba	Austin Thomas	Adrian Edwards	Matthias Topping
4	JP Sprayberry	Matthew Roscoe	Dane Valenti	Andrii Onizhuk
3	Austin Thomas	Dean DePalma	Jacob Poissant	Caden Todd
2	Tristan Wistuba	Hugo MacDonald	Grady Deenik	Emerson McConkey
Bow	Nicholas Scarano	Matthias Topping	Dylan Kresge	Julius Stratton

Flight 1 Results
The Marist Varsity Eight placed 17^th out of 55 crews with a time of 12:52.7, just behind Columbia and Wisconsin B by 1 second and just ahead of Princeton D. The Marist 2^nd Varsity Eight Crew placed 26^th out of 55 crews with a time of 13:17.22 just 3 seconds behind Fairfield A and 0.2 seconds ahead of Hobart A. The Marist 3^rd Varsity Eight placed  43^rd out of 55 crews with a time of 13:49.31, 3 seconds behind Purdue B and 0.3 seconds ahead of Loyola A. The Marist 4^th Varsity Eight placed 53^rd out of 55 crews with a time of 14:44.3 28 seconds behind Fordham B and 5 seconds ahead of Hobart C. The Flight was won by Princeton A in a time of 12:12.6.

Flight 2 Eights Results
The Marist 3^rd Varsity Eight placed 16^th of 21 crews in a time of 14:20.6, 3 seconds behind Penn Ltwt A and 2 Seconds Ahead of Georgetown Ltwt A. The Marist 4^th varsity Eight placed 20^th of 21 crews in a time of 14:51.2, 2 seconds behind St Joe's B and 3 minutes ahead of Princeton's Novices. The winner of the flight was Columbia's Varsity Eight with a time of 13:04.9.

Flight 2 Fours Results
The Marist A four placed 14^th of 27 crews in a time of 14:59.9, 4 seconds behind Princeton D and 16 seconds ahead of Mercyhurst A. The Marist B Crew placed 10^th of 27 crews with a time of 14:49.4 2 seconds behind Georgetown Ltwt A and 2 Seconds ahead of St Joe's A. The Marist C crew placed 18^th out of 27 crews with a time of 15:32.1, 2 seconds behind the Hobart A boat and 2 seconds ahead of Purdue A. The Marist D crews placed 21^st out of 27 crews with a time of 15:59.6 16 seconds behind that Fordham A crew and 0.3 seconds ahead of Colgate B.

Coach's Analysis:
We had a strong showing at the Princeton Chase today and it was a beautiful fall day to close out our fall racing slate. In our top crews we struggled a bit with our pacing strategy for this race with both the V8 and the A four going out a little bit too hard at the beginning of their races before losing steam in the closing stages of their races. This is not the ideal strategy for a race of this length and we paid the price for not being a little bit more patient in the early parts of these races. That said, the instinct to race hard is great to see and will help us a lot come spring time. The 2v8 highlighted the morning slate improving on their performance from the Head of the Charles and delivering a great finish ahead of some key A crews from rival programs. The 3V8 stepped out in the 1^st session and had their best row of the week really showing what they were capable of. The 4V8 was a little bit more tentative in their first flight and left too much in reserve. In the fours, the B crew upset the A crew with a slightly more balanced pacing strategy and some smooth rowing. The A boat suffered from bad pacing but still posted a strong showing in spite of what they considered a "bad row" The C crew was only 30 seconds behind the varsity eight men and showed that they're in a position to push that crew coming into the winter. The D crew also rowed well and worked hard. In the 2^nd eights flight the 3V8 rowed sloppy and seemed tired after their first heat while the 4V8 managed to have a more aggressive approach and pulled nearly the same time as their first piece in spite of slower conditions.


The takeaways from today: Marist has come a very long way since last fall at this same time taking back over 20 seconds from key rivals and putting some daylight between us and other teams that we were neck and neck with last spring. Winter training awaits and with it the opportunity to find more speed and development as we prepare for the spring. Overall we had an exceptional fall and we're looking forward already to a fast and furious spring racing calendar.! - Campbell Woods, Head Coach Marist Men's Rowing Team


WHAT'S NEXT
Marist returns to Poughkeepsie to begin their winter training and will return to competition in the spring of 2027.