WASHINGTON - Georgetown University's men's rowing heavyweight first varsity 8+ won both of its events at the GW Invite on Saturday afternoon on the Potomac River. The Hoyas lightweight squad was edged by Yale in a trio of races but swept MIT in weekend action.

Heavyweights
After being rained out last weekend against Drexel and Saint Joseph's in Philadelphia, Pa., the heavyweight squad saw the first day of action at the GW Invite postponed on Friday because of poor racing conditions on the Potomac. Racing a modified schedule, the Hoyas showed no signs of rust as the first varsity 8+ boat won both of its races on the day.

1st Varsity 8+: James Shearman (coxswain), Liam Carty, Sean Barry, John Carroll, Ian Estevao, Hayden Pascal, Carson Yates, Emmett Orts, Daniel Eigler-Harding

Race #11
Georgetown 5:14.70
Florida Tech 5:16.10
Navy 5:17.50

Race #32
Georgetown 5:15.80
Hobart 5:20.20

2nd Varsity 8+: William Rau (coxswain), Matthew Fritschen, Alex Blackwood, Will Turner, Luke Nassif, Vaughan Merrick, Chris Cacace, Tom Walker, Joshua Gatcke

Race #5
Florida Tech 5:28.10
Georgetown 5:32.10
Navy 5:32.90

Race #26
Hobart 5:36.50
Georgetown 5:30.80

3rd Varsity 8+: Jennifer Yang-Wong (coxswain), Chad Kanner, Francesco Ambrosio, Dimitri Katsanos, Robert Danziger, Kyle Ratner, Aiden McAleer, Deion Payne, Blake Sassaman

Race #20
GW 5:25.50
Hobart 5:29.60
Georgetown 5:44.50

Lightweights
The lightweight squad returned to action after an off weekend against Yale and MIT on Saturday. The Hoyas were edged by Yale in all three races but swept MIT on the day.

1st varsity 8+: Ryan Zuccala (coxswain), 8: Olivier Malle, 7: Hector Formoso-Murias, 6: Kevin McGowan, 5: Thomas Ruggles, 4: Joe Cecil, 3: John Dolan, 2: Conor McCarrick, 1: Artym Hayda Yale 525.3
Georgetown 532.5
MIT 540.8

2nd varsity 8+: Leigh Miron (coxswain), 8: William Mangan, 7: Jonah Conlin, 6: Chris Graff, 5: Kiefer Mueller, 4: Jordi Perez, 3: John Matthews, 2: Thomas Dameris, 1: Jake Lockwood
Yale 533.1
Georgetown 542.5
MIT 550.8

3rd varsity 8+: Hannah Elwell (coxswain), 8: Jack Sardinia, 7: Ben Stern, 6: Tyler Little, 5: Jack Price, 4: Reid Noch, 3: Brendan Fish, 2: Cass Boehm, 1: Thomas Kiely
Yale 5:41.9
Georgetown 551.4

Georgetown returns to action on Saturday as the lightweights host Navy on the Potomac while the heavyweights face Holy Cross in Princeton, N.J.