Men's Rowing | 10/30/2011 11:54:00 PM
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY – The Tiger Oarsmen battled cold, wind, and chop on Saratoga Lake in their final race of the fall season at the Head of the Fish Regatta on Saturday, October 29th. The men's varsity eight finished ninth in the Men's Collegiate 8 event and the second eight finished seventh in the Men's Collegiate JV 8 final. A men's novice four also raced for the first time finishing sixteenth in a twenty-boat field.
Seated in the coxswain seat for the varsity eight was TJ Binotto (Poughkeepsie, NY/Nazareth Area), followed by stroke seat,
Chris Massey (Greenlawn, NY/Harborfields), seven seat,
Stu Burgess (Buffalo, NY/City Honors), six seat,
Evan Moreshead (Saco, ME/Thornton Academy), five seat,
Sean Kennelly (Mendon, VT/Rutland), four seat,
David Gasser (New Milford, CT/New Milford), three seat,
Killian Castner (Louisvlle, KY/Academic Magnet) two seat,
Chris Donnelly (Walton, NY/Walton ), and bow seat
Chris Guerra ( West Seneca, NY/Canisius).
The varsity eight finished in a time of 11:23.06, with Williams finishing first.
Seated in the JV 8 was coxswain,
Lianna Potrikus (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna), followed by stroke seat,
Fielding Confer (Waverly, PA/Abington Heights), seven seat,
Keith Martin (Poughkeepsie, NY/Our Lady of Lourdes), six seat,
Eric Schulken (Mount Pleasant, SC/Academic Magnet), five seat,
Nick Lipala (Lake Hoptacong, NJ/Jefferson Township), four seat,
Fran Perkovic (Zadar, Croatia/Gimnazia Jurja Barakovica), three seat, Devin Bunce, two seat,
Chad Monkhouse (Allegany, NY/Allegany-Limestone), and bow seat, Bobby Jones.
The JV 8 finished in a time of 12:08.56, with Williams finishing first.
Seated in the men's novice four was coxswain, Cam Baker (Fairport, NY/Fairport), stroke seat,
Shaun Avery (Lisbon, ME/Lisbon), three seat, Chris Vermilya, two seat, Evan Ney, and bow seat,
Tim Halsch (West Hills, CA/El Camino Real).
The men's novice four finished in a time of 14:56.20.
Head Coach
Jim Bodenstedt was cautiously optimistic with the crews' performances.
“We had a goal to correct some technical challenges we've been facing, but also to have fun and try to row through some boats. We did that, but based on where we are in the pack, we have a lot of work to do over the next four months if we want to be racing at a high level with the top Division III crews in the country. November, December, January and February will define our speed next spring.”
