WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University men's rowing lightweight squad traveled to the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the Wood-Hammond Cup this past weekend battling Princeton and Penn. 

In the varsity race, the Hoyas were even with Princeton through the first half of the race when the Tigers pushed out in the stiff headwind to a length lead in the second half of the race, holding on to win.  Georgetown was second, downing Penn and avenging a previous loss at the National Lightweight Invitational. 

The second varsity race had Princeton charge to the lead with Penn and the Hoyas close throughout the race.  Penn moved ahead, and the Hoyas made up ground twice, but could not overtake the Quakers finishing third.

The third varsity squad rowed a solid starting 750m, but the power into the headwind of the other two squads took over in the second half of the race.

Wood-Hammond Cup
2000m
Strong headwind building throughout the racing with choppy water and some whitecaps.

• Varsity 8+ (2nd - 6:28.8)
  • Coxswain: Nelson Liu, Stroke: Ruben Luthra, 7: Finn Callaghan, 6: Sean Rybus, 5:Ryan Walter, 4: William Chesner, 3: Gavin Ramm, 2: Eli Rabinowitz, Bow: Justin Taliaferro    
• 2nd Varsity 8+ (3rd - 6:29.6)
  • Coxswain: Juliana Di Carlo, Stroke: Jameson Weyrich, 7: Jackson Cederholm, 6: Zachary deMello, 5: Jai Kondapalli, 4: Sam Namian, 3: John Plum, 2: James Weld, Bow: Thomas Cullen    
• 3rd Varsity 8+ (3rd - 6:52.6)
  • Coxswain: Claire Duchesne, Stroke: Ryan Young, 7: Quentin Bazar, 6: Fenn Suter, 5: William DiGiovanni, 4: Sam Rosenblum, 3: Benjamin Doolan, 2: Pierce Dodman, Bow: Peter DeGiovanni  

Up Next

• The heavyweights will be back on the water next weekend racing against Dartmouth, Boston University and Syracuse in Fairlee, Vermont.
• The lightweight team will compete on May 14 at the Eastern Sprints.