POUGHKEEPSIE, New York - The Marist Men's Rowing Team hosted a home race today against MAAC opponent Fairfield University. Racing took place on the Hudson River at Marist's Waterfront facilities with 3 races; 1^st varsity eights, 2^nd varsity eights, 3^rd varsity eights. Conditions began in the varisty eights race with a head wind and head current of moderate speeds and some small amount of chop. The conditions deteriorated throughout racing with the 2^nd varsities and then 3^rd varsities rowing into a growing head wind AND considerably greater chop.
 

VARSITY 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 Varsity Eight had a good start and moved out to a length lead during the first 500m. In the middle 1000m the Marist crew continued to pull ahead and gradually expanded the lead during the final meters to eventually win the race with multiple boat lengths of open water in a time of 6:38.6.
 

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). Marist had another good start and was able to get several seats of a lead in the early meters of the race but Fairfield latched onto the Foxes and created an unrelenting pace in the next 1000m of the race. Fairfield continued to push but was unable to break the Marist lead and in the last 500m Fairfield ran out of steam a bit as Marist moved ahead to win by several boat lengths in a time of 6:49.0 

 

3rd, 4th, and 5th VARSITY EIGHTS

               The 3V8 consisted of Matthew Wright (cox), Jackson Bower (stroke), Zak Schwarz (7), Dylan Kresge (6), Peter Martinich (5), Dante Karaiskos (4), Finn Lyons (3), Connor Tandy (2), and Drew Ngo (bow). The 4V8 consisted of Sam Carine (cox), Evan Brown (stroke), Ethan King (7), Joe Kraus (6), Austin Thomas (5), Thomas Superchi (4), Caden Todd (3), Jack Taddei (2), and Julius Stratton (bow). The 5V8 consisted of Maddie Lebed (cox), Carter Brandel (stroke), Noah Wright (7), Alexander Bitton (6), Matteo Spain (5), AM (4), Guy Dviri (3), Joe Wyrozemski (2), and Evie Disque (bow). In this race the Marist 3v8 and 4V8 were closely matched. Both crews jumped out to an early lead in extremely rough conditions over Fairfield. The 3V8 and 4V8 raced in close contention down most of the race course with the 3V8 acquiring a lead and the 4V8 continuing to push them at times closing the distance dramatically. The 5V8 was able to hold off the Fairfield 3V for the first half of the race but Fairfield eventually passed them into the 3^rd position. The result was a 7 second win for the Marist 3V8 in a time of 7:01.5 with the 4V8 in 7:08.5 both well ahead of Fairfield with the 5V8 2 lengths behind in a time of 7:30.1

 

COACH'S COMMENTS

"A special thanks to Fairfield for joining us today. This was the first time in seven years that Marist was able to host a home race and it was awesome to be able to race from our own facilities as well as getting an opportunity to honor our senior class with a true senior day ceremony. Thanks as well to the members of our parent's crew who cooked for us today and who are MAJOR supporters on race days! Thanks to our Sports Administrators, AD's and the University President Kevin Weinman for coming down to honor our senior athletes. The athletes did a good job today in rough water and we're looking forward to the Dad Vail Regatta in two weeks!" - Campbell Woods, Men's Rowing Head Coach!
 

UP NEXT

The Men's Crew will next race at their conference championship at the Dad Vail Regatta in Cherry Hill New Jersy on the Cooper River Race Course on May 8^th and 9^th ! Spectators and Supporters are WELCOME!

Race Recap Video and Other Information Available HERE:
https://rowmarist.com/coachs-communication/marist-vs-fairfield-home