United States Coast Guard Academy - Department of Athletics - Men's Crew

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).

In an impressive showing, the men’s novice 8 beat UMass-Lowell by almost 50 seconds. Finishing in a time of 6:16.3, the 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 final race of the morning, the Varsity 4, rowed well, but was unable to match the speed of Colby, finishing second in the a time of 6:57.1. Cox’n Bailea McMillen (So), was joined by Stroke Evan Steckle (Jr), James Heuser (Jr),Billy Campbell (Fr), and Chris Bodner (Fr).

Coast Guard faces Division I competition in UMass and URI next Saturday and has their only home regatta of the season, facing Conn College in a battle on the Thames on Sunday.