ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The RIT men's rowing team competed on the Genesee River at the Head of the Genesee Regatta on Saturday, recording podium finishes, appearances from first-year athletes, and entries across multiple boat classes.
 
The men's varsity fours opened racing with sixth, seventh, and tenth-place finishes in the Men's Varsity 4+ event as the RIT B finished sixth, edging RIT A by three seconds.
 
In the Men's Open Single, first-year Avi Oppenheim placed second in a field of ten competitors. His fellow first-years followed that with a third-place finish behind a Division I team, Hobart. RIT's novice walk-on crew completed their first-ever competition with a time of 23:27.7.

In the Men's Collegiate Novice 8+, RIT completed the course in 19:06.7.

Rounding out the men's racing, the Tigers placed fifth in the Varsity 8+ battled through a competitive field to finish fifth overall, crossing the line just three-tenths of a second behind Ithaca's second eight.
 
RIT LINEUPS
Varsity 4+ A
Jackson Blazek
Sam Ferreira
Tyler Emerson
Aaron Ryder
Riley McMichael
 
Varsity 4+ B
Evelyn Wheel
Jarid Whitten
Tom Kirkham
Joey Lazarus
Liam Holman
 
Varsity 4+ C
Emily Schwennesen
Cooper Fleishman
Connor Martin
Tristan Dole
Carter Jacobs
 
Open 1x
Avi Oppenheim
 
Collegiate Novice 4+ A
Annie Doyle
Jacob DeMarco
Griffin Oake-Libow
Gavin Nguyen
Alexander Sargent
 
Collegiate Novice 4+ B
Kiley Boyle
Eli Jorgenson
Tre Mills
Bryce Oviedo
Luke Reidy
 
Collegiate Novice 8+
Annie Doyle
Griffin Oake-Libow
Avi Oppenheim
Gavin Nguyen
Rory Harmer
Jacob DeMarco
Alex Roberts
Eli Jorgenson
Alexander Sargent
 
Collegiate 8+
Jackson Blazek
Sam Ferreira
Riley McMichael
Aaron Ryder
Tom Kirkham
Tyler Emerson
Joey Lazarus
Jarid Whitten
Liam Holman

WHAT'S NEXT
RIT travels to compete in the Head of the Charles in Cambridge, Mass. this Friday through Sunday (Oct. 16-18).