Men's Rowing | 11/3/2015 2:43:00 PM

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – RIT men's crew finished the fall rowing season in solid fashion with the varsity men's eight placing fifth overall in a fast field of 27 crews at the Head of the Fish Regatta. Weather conditions were near perfect on a beautiful day as the Tigers chased down their competition against the clock in the 3,200 meter race.

Columbia and Wesleyan finished first and second, respectively, in 10:03.25 and 10:23.23. Marist, Boston College, and RIT all finished within a second of each other. Marist finished third in a time of 10:29.57. Boston College finished fourth in a time of 10:30.45 with RIT following by one one-hundredth of a second in 10:30.46.

Head Coach Jim Bodenstedt commented after the racing, "I think one thing that the varsity men are learning is that every stroke counts – they count in practice and they count in a race. We've been finding ourselves on the short end of the stick all season long – close but not close enough to medal. The guys know that crews only get faster over the long winter. If we want to win big races come the spring, we need to train hard in the months ahead and remember the sting of losing in October. We had a better race today than in previous races, but we know we have a lot of work ahead of us."

Seated in the Gos3 from bow to stern sat Sam Adams, Marcus Boeck-Chenevier (Lexington, MA/International School of Boston), Evan Jaccodine (Cambridge, MA/Pomfret School), Dylan Bannon (Amherst, MA/Amherst Regional), Justin Carter (Brockport, NY/Brockport), Eric Schulken (Mount Pleasant, SC/Academic Magnet), Konstantin Hamilton (Gaithersburg, MD/Magruder), Joe Grosso (Fairfield, CT/Fairfield Prep), and Matt Gallagher.

The Tigers JV men executed their best race of the season, finishing second overall in a 17 boat field, earning them a silver medal. Columbia finished first in a time of 10:20.15 with the Tigers following in 10:38.74. Seated in the Calla James from bow to stern sat Nick Krzysiak, Kyle Onorato (Brookfield, CT/Brookfield), Ethan Davidson (Lewisburg, PA/Lewisburg), Chris Satter (Boulder, CO/Fairview), Casey Jaeger (St. Paul, MO/Fort Zumwalt North), Tim Preskenis (Simsbury, CT/Simsbury), Connor Murdock (Hopkinton, MA/Hopkinton), James Martin, and Chris Atras.

The novice crews also put in very solid performances in a field of 40 crews, drawing attention to the fact that RIT's freshmen/novice crew is a crew to watch out for. The Tiger "A" entry finished fourth overall with a time of 10:57.85. Marist finished first in a time of 10:43.47. Seated in the Margaret Bee from bow to stern sat Sean Martin (Glastonbury, CT), Spencer Gasiorowski (), Jacob Roscoe (), Hayes Shannon (), Greg Neuberger, Aaron Hollingsworth-Harris (Manhatten, NY), Nicholas Amendola (Buffalo,NY), Mario Hanna (), and Jax Ohashi (Annandale, VA/W.T. Woodson).

While the Tiger "B" entry finished 13th overall in a time of 11:44.54, they led the "B" grouping, earning them a gold medal for the day. Seated in the Mo from bow to stern sat Jack Nelson (), Matt Wagner (), Ryan Urh (), Joseph Hunt (Churchville, NY), Xavier Thompson (), Caleb Kellicutt (Binghamton, NY), Ben Suits-Baer, Tanner Polo (), and Frank Sankey ().

The Tigers close out the fall season with good speed and depth, and will be on the hunt to win big races next spring.