| 4/6/2008 8:47:27 AM

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ITHACA, NY - The RIT men's crew team put forth solid performances on Saturday, as they competed against Ithaca and University of Rochester on a sunny day in Ithaca.  The men's second varsity 8 boat was the lone winner of the day.

The men's first varsity 8 boat opened the day with a third place finish in a time of 6:28.3.  The first Varsity 8, coxed by senior Madison Shelestak (Pittsburgh, PA/North Catholic), also consisted of senior stroke Duke Bonaventura (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool), junior seven seat André Jarreau (Brentwood, TN/Brentwood), sophomore six seat Justin Dixon (Factoryville, PA/Lackawanna Trail) (Factoryville, PA/Lackawanna Trail), junior five seat Jason Gallant (Clinton, ME/Lawrence) (Clinton, ME/Lawrence), sophomore four seat Trevor Reid (Somers, CT/Pomfret School) (Somers, CT/Pomfret School), freshmen three seat Chris Guerra (West Seneca, NY/Canisius) (West Seneca, NY/Canisius), sophomore two seat Kevin Macksamie (Rochester, NY/Gates-Chili) (Rochester, NY/Gates-Chili) and sophomore bow Spencer Trafton (Brockport, NY/Brockport) (Brockport, NY/Brockport).

In a testament to depth of the squad, the second varsity boat nearly equaled the time of the first boat, defeating Ithaca by nearly five seconds in 6:30.6.  That squad consisted of coxswain Dan Knorr (Clifton Park, NY/Shenedehowa), senior stroke Brendon Evans (Binghamton, NY/Binghamton) (Binghamton, NY/Binghamton), senior seven seat Nathan Fukuwa (San Pedro, CA/Vestal), sophomore six seat Brett Fritsch (North Haledon, NJ/Eastern Christian) (North Haledon, NJ/Eastern Christian), freshmen five seat David Morgenstern (Simsbury, CT/Simsbury) (Simsbury, CT/Simsbury), senior four seat Arthur Johnson (Voorhees, NJ/Voorhees) (Voorhees, NJ/Voorhees), senior three seat Ryan Galgon (Red Hill, PA/Upper Perkiomen) (Red Hill, PA/Upper Perkiomen), freshmen two seat Robert Lawkins (Garden City, NY/Garden City) and freshmen bow Bryan Abbott (Simsbury, CT/Simsbury).

RIT's men's novice 8 boat completed action by finishing third in a time of 7:15.2.  Coxswain Brendan Larabee (Pittsford, NY/The Harley School), stroke Patrick Ryan (Kingston, NY/Onteora High) (Kingston, NY/Onetora), seven seat Stu Burgess, six seat Brandon Barney (Queensbury/Queensbury), five seat Jake Torcello (Rochester, NY/Rush-Henrietta), four seat Alex Gurkusha, three seat Tony Tumminello (Columbia Crossroads, PA/Notre Dame), two seat Bryce Salmi (Chelmsford, MA/Chelmsford) (Chelmsford, MA/Chelmsford) and bow Brent Salmi (Chelmsford, MA/Chelmsford) (Chelmsford, MA/Chelmsford) led the charge.

The Tigers are back in action on Saturday, April 12 at Mercyhurst in Erie, Pa.