WORCESTER, Massachusetts - Marist Men's Rowing traveled to New England for the Holy Cross invitational, where they faced Holy Cross, Temple, Hobart, and Boston University on Saturday.
VARSTIY EIGHT
The Varsity Eight crew consisted of
Tessa Kurtzman (cox), Will Shockley (stroke),
Ryan Tuttle (7),
Charlie Latimer (6), Reed Livingston (5),
Kevin Murray (4),
Nicholas Scarano (3),
Tristan Wistuba (2), and Holden Kopscik (bow). The V8 faced crews from Temple, Hobart and Holy Cross. The Marist crew had a strong start this week and at the 500m mark they were 3 seats behind Temple, even with Hobart and 5 seats ahead of Holy Cross. At the middle 1000m went by the Holy Cross crew continued to battle with Marist pushing to get even while Temple kept both boats at bay about 6 seats ahead and Hobart fell back by about a length. At 700m to go the crew from Holy Cross made a big move and pushed up ahead of Marist. In the last 500m Temple and Holy Cross continued to pull ahead with Temple winning the race by a length over Holy Cross who were an additional length back to Marist who defeated Hobart by about 5 seconds. Marist pulled a time of 5:50.02
2nd VARSITY EIGHT
The 2V8 consisted of Liam Ventresca (cox), Ian Sondhof (stroke), James Hadjandreas (7), Nolan Libby(6), Matthew Roscoe(5), Mark Carguello (4), Jesse Hinkle (3) Matthias Topping (2), and Dane Valenti (bow). The 2V8 raced against crews from Holy Cross, Temple, and Hobart. The 2V8 also brought a much stronger start than the previous week and at the 500m mark the crew was in the lead by two seats over Holy Cross and more than 5 seats back to the other crews. As the next 500m progressed the Marist and Holy Cross crews continued to battle, pulling well ahead of the others while Temple slowly pulled ahead of the crew from Hobart. Holy Cross made a strong move in the 3rd 500m to pull ahead and were able to get a few seats on Marist. In the closing meters the Crusaders and the Foxes fought hard with Holy Cross eventually taking a small advantage while both crews continued to move ahead of Temple and Hobart. Holy Cross defeated Marist by 1 length with Marist 1 length ahead of Temple and Open water back to Hobart. Marist pulled at time of 5:59.1
3rd VARSITY EIGHT
The 3V8 consisted of Matthew Wright (cox), Peter Martinich (stroke), Finn Lyons (7), Dante Karaiskos (6), Austin Thomas (5), Connor Tandy (4), Zak Schwarz (3), Jack Taddei (2), and Drew Ngo (bow). This boat also raced against crews from Holy Cross, Temple, and Hobart. Marist was somewhat slower off the start in this race and Holy Cross and Hobart made big moves to pull ahead of the field in the 2nd 500m while Marist stayed connected with Temple about 4 seats down and worked to get back even. Marist made a push in the 3rd 500m to get back even with Temple but were unable to do so and eventually trailed the field. Holy Cross moved ahead to take a huge lead with Hobart trailing by 2 lengths of open water, Temple 1 length behind Hobart and Marist trailing in 4th by 2 lengths of open water in a time of 6:18.5
4th VARSITY EIGHT
The 4V8 consisted of Evie Disque (cox),
Evan Brown (stroke),
Dylan Kresge (7), Joe Kraus (6),
Ethan King (5),
Thomas Superchi (4),
Caden Todd (3),
Carter Brandel (2), and
Jackson Bower (bow). The 4V8 was racing only against the 4V8 crew from Holy Cross. The boats started out very even over the first 500m and the Holy Cross crew was able to achieve a 2 seat lead during the 2
nd 500m. The holy cross crew continued to make attempts to push away but the Marist crew pushed back and in the 3
rd 500m made a push to get back even, at one point coming within 2 seats of the Crusader's lead. Holy Cross unleashed a strong sprint in the final 500m and were able to pull back ahead eventually beating Marist by a few seats of open water. The Marist crew pulled a time of 6:20.9
With the win in the Varsity Eight event, Temple were announced the winners of the Mike Quinn Cup for the 2026 Season.
COACH'S COMMENTS
" This event is often one of the hardest fought of our spring season and with cross conference competition it has real implications for IRA qualification later in the spring. Last year the Red Foxes suffered an enormous defeat here but this year the crew fought hard and put themselves in a position to be competitive with some serious crews. We still feel that there is some speed to be found at each level of this crew and as we move through the next 3 weeks towards championship time the team will be making some adjustments and doing some hard work to prepare for an extremely competitive Dad Vail Regatta. Overall we are feeling very good about our progress year over year and also very good about our progress week over week, we're looking forward to the challenges ahead."
WHAT'S NEXT?
Marist will next face MAAC rival Fairfield at home on Sat April 25
th where the team will celebrate Senior Day and close out the regular season.
Video Recap and Race Videos can be seen at the Following Link:
https://rowmarist.com/coachs-communication/holy-cross-invitational-2026
