United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics

HARTFORD, CONN.--(9/30/07)--The Coast Guard Academy Crew team opened the 2007-08 season with an impressive showing at the Riverfront Regatta in Hartford on Sunday. On a beautiful fall day, CGA crews medaled in all nine events they entered.

The CGA Men’s team, facing stiff competition from Division I Army and rival Division III powerhouse Trinity, took home Gold in the Men’s Collegiate Novice Four. The Men’s Collegiate Four took silver in their race and the Men’s First Collegiate Eight, Men’s Second Collegiate Eight and Men’s Novice Collegiate Eight took bronze. Coast Guard also took fifth in the Men’s Collegiate Four.

Coast Guard Academy Crew will be back in action Saturday at the Head of the Housatonic Regatta in New Haven. The race schedule and results will be available at www.regettacentral.com.

Men's Crew - Bears Place 2nd at N.E. Championships

WORCESTER, MASS.--(5/6/07)--CGA Men’s Crew showed its depth and over all team speed by finishing second out of fifteen teams with 72 points at the New England Rowing Championships held Sunday under windy conditions at Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, MA.

Medal winning performances by the Men’ Novice 8 (Silver), Men’s 2V (Bronze), Men’s 3V (Bronze) and an 8th place finish by the Men’s V8 garnered enough points to finish just behind a very strong Trinity (96) squad but outpaced NESCAC rival Williams (66).

WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS.--(4/28/07)--The Coast Guard Men’s rowing team finished their dual racing season with wins against divisional rivals Bates and Tufts as well as ECAC foe Ithaca. The Bears are now well placed to compete in the New England Championships on Sunday.

The Men’s Varsity 8 raced twice on Saturday at the regatta on Lake Onota in Pittsfield Ma. In the morning race the CGA men lost to D1 Marist by 6 seconds and finished ahead of Tufts by 8 seconds, finishing in a time of 6:22.9. In the afternoon seeded finals, the Bears finished 3rd behind Marist and Williams but outpaced Ithaca. The Varsity 8 was comprised of Tenley Barna (Jr), Kris Kesting (Fr), Roy Cromer (So), Tomas Mameniskis (So), Kyle Chavers (Sr), Matt Vanderslice (Jr), Dave Gilbert (Sr), Riley Matsco (Jr), and Nick Iannarone (So).

Men's Crew - Bears Sweep at URI

KINGSTON, R.I.--(4/21/07)--The US Coast Guard Academy Men's Crew swept University of Rhode Island's, University of Massachusetts-Amherst's and University of Connecticut's Varsity, Second Varsity and Novice eights on Saturday at Kingston, RI.

The Bears 1V led from the start and had built as much as a five second lead through the 1500 meter mark but let much of it slip away as both UMass and URI mounted strong attacks over the last 500 meters. The first three crews crossed the finish line within a length of one another with Uconn trailing well off the pace. The Bears finished first in a time of 6:27.99, just 1.3 secs ahead of UMass and 2.4 secs ahead of URI. The Varsity 8 was comprised of Tenley Barna (Jr), Kris Kesting (Fr), Roy Cromer (So), Tomas Mameniskis (So), Kyle Chavers (Sr), Matt Vanderslice (Jr), Dave Gilbert (Sr), Riley Matsco (Jr), and Nick Iannarone (So).