WORCESTER, Mass. – The Holy Cross men's rowing team had three boats race at the Eastern Sprints on Lake Quinsigamond. The 24th-ranked varsity eight led the way by defeating No. 19 Georgetown by over two seconds in the third-level final. Holy Cross finished 13th overall in the final standings for the Rowe Cup, which was won by Yale with 25 points.
In the varsity eight third-level final, the Crusaders came in second with a time of 6:21.451, behind only No. 15 Pennsylvania (6:15.035) and ahead of Georgetown (6:23.957). Holy Cross had opened the day by placing in fifth in its opening heat (6:16.571), which included No. 4 Dartmouth (5:49.924), No. 7 Syracuse (5:54.677), No. 14 Navy (5:56.671) and No. 12 Boston University (6:03.054).
In the second varsity eight, the Crusaders recorded a third-place finish in the third-level final with a time of 6:26.896, falling to Columbia (6:08.202) and Georgetown (6:18.277).
Holy Cross came in sixth in the petite final of the third varsity eight in a time of 6:43.866 against Cornell (6:08.714), Boston University (6:09.131), Navy (6:11.609), Wisconsin (6:17.634) and Pennsylvania (6:23.854).
The Crusaders now await selections to the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship Regatta, which will take place from June 3-5 in West Windsor, N.J.
Varsity Eight
Grayson Bautz
Philip Collins
Paul Bradley
Jonny Campbell
Tyler Williamson
Davis Walker
Aidan Hart-Nova
Nicholas Hanify
Robert Erwin
Second Varsity Eight
Jed Neal
Patrick Boyle
Mateo Campos
George Elias
Neil Gorman
Matthew Robertson
Michael Aronsohn
Nick Corsentino
Christopher Clark
Third Varsity Eight
Katherine Wagner
Cole Rice
Christian Giacomini
Alexander Abbruzzese
Marin Gabric
Nick Stachurski
William Mead
Patrick McLaughlin
Joe Martin
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