United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics

WORCESTER, MASS.--(5/2/09)--The Bears had an exciting day at Lake Quinsigamond, capped by the bronze medal winning performance of the Novice 8 at the New England Championships.

In the morning heats, the Novice 8, qualified for the Grand Finals and a shot at a medal. In the afternoon finals, eventual winner Trinity “A” jumped out to an early lead, but Coast Guard battled down the course with UNH and Trinity “B” for the remaining medal positions. In an exciting finish, Coast Guard beat out Trinity “B” by 0.5 secs for 3rd place, finishing in a time of 6:26.05, three seconds out of 2nd place. The Novice 8 boat consisted of Jake Conrad, Colin Schembri, Bo Wowtschuk, Steve Atwell, George Greendyke, Erich Dix, Tyler Patrick, Nick Cosenza, and Will Rimmler, all members of the Class of 2012.

In the men’s first varsity eight race, Coast Guard finished 3rd in the morning heat, qualifying them for the Grand Final.

KINGSTON, R.I.--(4/18/09)--Coast Guard had a great outing against Division I rivals UMass and URI as the varsity 8 won the race by five seconds over URI and seven seconds over UMass.

In the boat were Andrew Haley, Roy Cromer, Tom Olsen, Nick Iannorone, Phil Constantine, Kris Kesting, Tomas Nojokitis, Dan Swaim and Andrew Slater.

The 2nd Varsity also won handily over URI. The line up was John Olbrys, Sam Merrit, Bryan Kelly, Brian Bonomi, Tomas Mamaniskis, Austin King, Joe Direnzo, Dan Halsig and Courtney Elder.

The USCGA Freshman won in convincing style over the UMass freshman and the URI 3rd varsity. Colin Schembri, Tyler Patrick, Erich Dix, Bo Wowtshuk, Steve Atler, George Greendyk, Nick Cosenza, Jake Conrad and Will Rimmler made up the Bears boat.

The Coast Guard varsity 4 lost a heart breaker to URI and UMass.
Sam Arnold, Billy Campbell, James Hauser, Evan Steckle and Bailey made up the Coast Guard team.

Men's Crew - Bears Win Three Races at Lowell

LOWELL, MASS.--(4/11/09)--The Bears had an exciting and successful day on the Merrimack River. In the men’s first varsity eight race, Coast Guard finished 1st, beating Colby and UMass-Lowell in a time of 5:56.8.

Once again, Andrew Slater (Jr) joined with Andrew Haley (Sr), Nick Ianarone (Sr), Tomas Nojokitis (Sr), Dan Swaim (Jr), Phil Constantino (Jr), Kris Kesting (Jr), Tom Olsen (Jr), and Sam Merrit (Jr) in the win.

In the 2nd Varsity eight race, Coast Guard again found themselves out front, leading from start to finish, beating Colby by almost 20 seconds with a winning time of 5:52.4. Cox’n Courntey Elder (So), was joined by John Olbrys (So), Austin King (So), Brian Kelly (Sr), Bryan Bonomi (So), Tomas Mamaniskis (Sr), Roy Cromer (Sr), Joe Direnzo (Jr), and James Heuser (Jr).