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Men's Crew - Novice 8 Wins Bronze; 2V Places 4th at NE Championships |
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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.
In the afternoon final, Coast Guard was battling with the lead crews through the first 750 meters of the race then had some difficulty and fell back to 6th place, finishing in a time of 6:26.8. 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), will compete again next weekend.
In the 2nd Varsity eight race, Coast Guard placed 2nd in the morning heats, also qualifying them for the afternoon Grand Finals. In one of the most exciting races of the day, three crews were battling it out for the silver and bronze medal all the way down the course.
Unfortunatley, Coast Guard got nipped at the line, finishing only .3 secs out of bronze and .7 seconds out of silver. Cox’n Courtney Elder (So), was joined by Joe Direnzo (Jr), Austin King (So), Bryan Bonomi (So), Tomas Mamaniskis (Sr), Roy Cromer (Sr), Bryan Kelly (Sr), James Heuser (Jr), and John Olbrys (So), will race again next weekend in hopes to get that elusive medal.
Despite a strong row, the Varsity 4 finished 6th in their morning heat, eliminating them from racing in the afternoon finals.
Coast Guard heads to Camden, N.J. next weekend to compete at the ECAC National Invitational.
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