Men's Rowing Posts Strong Showing at GW Invite

April 12, 2018

WASHINGTON - Georgetown University's men's rowing team saw extensive action over the weekend, with both the heavyweight and lightweight squads racing on back-to-back days. The heavyweights had a strong showing at the GW Invite while the lightweight crew raced against four nationally-ranked foes on the Charles River in Massachusetts.

Heavyweight
Georgetown raced in the 30th Annual GW Invite on the Potomac River over the weekend. On Friday, the Hoyas were narrowly edged by Navy in the varsity 8+ race by 2.10 seconds but defeated Michigan by more than 12 seconds. In the second varsity 8+, the Blue & Gray also finished second to Navy and defeated Michigan.

On Saturday, the Hoyas topped both Hobart and Florida Tech in the second varsity 8+ but was narrowly defeated by Florida Tech in the varsity 8+ race by less than a second. The varsity 4+ boat placed second, trailing Hobart by just .80 seconds and topping Holy Cross by nearly 10 seconds.

Varsity 8+
Coxswain: William Rau, Stroke: Liam Carty, 7: Clemente Borgogni, 6: Douglas Dreyer, 5: Sean Barry, 4: Ian Estevao, 3: Emmett Orts, 2: Luke Nassif, 1: Vincent Zhu

2nd Varsity 8+
Coxswain: Persis Moore, Stroke: Daniel Eigler-Harding, 7: Blake Sassaman, 6: Alex Blackwood, 5: Zach Lee, 4: Joe O'Brien, 3: Gavin Lafferty, 2: Henry Reinstein, 1: Matthew Fritschen

Varsity 4+
Coxswain: Persis Moore, Stroke: Thomas Stubna, 3: Aiden McAleer, 2: Joseph Ramirez-Cardenas, 1: Robert Warming

Lightweight
For the second time in three weeks, the Blue & Gray raced on back-to-back days against a bevy of foes from the Eastern Association of Racing Colleges (EARC). The 11th-ranked Hoyas finished second to No. 5 Yale in all three varsity 8+ races while topping No.12 MIT in both the varsity 8+ and second varsity 8+ events on Saturday.

On Sunday, GU finished third in the varsity 8+ and second varsity 8+ races to No. 3 Columbia and No. 4 Harvard while placing fourth in the third varsity 8+ event.

Varsity 8+
Coxswain: Ryan Zuccala, Stroke: Peter Digiovanni, 7: Kiefer Mueller, 6: Joe Cecil, 5: Liam Lafferty, 4: Hector Formoso-Murias, 3: Tommy Ruggles, 2: Artym Hayda, 1: Olivier Malle

2nd Varsity 8+
Coxswain: Hannah Elwell, Stroke: Thomas Dameris, 7: John Matthews, 6: Deion Payne, 5: Tyler Little, 4: Cass Boehm, 3: Declan Mirabella, 2: Matthew Jasko, 1: William Mangan

3rd Varsity 8+
Coxswain: Shanlyn Tse, Stroke: Ryan Teetsel, 7: Thomas Kiely, 6: Jordi Perez, 5: Peter Phelan, 4: Reid Noch, 3: Grant Draper, 2: Ben Stern, 1: Jonathan Menendez

Results
Friday Heavyweight
Varsity 4
1. Hobart, 6:42.20
2. Holy Cross, 6:50.30
3. Georgetown, 7:01.00

Second Varsity 8
1. Navy, 5:45.10
2. Georgetown, 5:50.50
3. Michigan, 5:57.70

Varsity 8
1. Navy, 5:32.10
2. Georgetown, 5:34.20
3. Michigan, 5:46.60

Saturday Heavyweight
Varsity 4
1. Hobart, 6:30.60
2. Georgetown, 6:31.40
3. Holy Cross, 6:41.30

Second Varsity 8
1. Georgetown, 5:53.60
2. Hobart, 5:59.90
3. Florida Tech, 6:00.20

Varsity 8
1. Florida Tech, 5:36.40
2. Georgetown, 5:37.50
3. Hobart, 5:37.80

Saturday Lightweight
Varsity 8
1. Yale, 6:32.577
2. Georgetown, 6:40.022
3. MIT, 6:54.610

2nd Varsity 8
1. Yale, 6:40.558
2. Georgetown, 6:58.576
3. MIT, 7:11.561

3rd Varsity 8
1. Yale, 6:36.906
2. Georgetown, 6:52.416