Men's Rowing | 4/18/2015 6:23:00 PM
ROCHESTER, NY – The RIT men's crew team hosted Union on the Genesee River on Saturday, April 18. RIT completed a sweep of all events in their final home race of the season. The Tigers honored fourth year bioinformatics major
Cameron Baker (Rochester, NY/Fairport), the squad's sole senior.
The second varsity 8 opened racing with a first place finish.
Henry Zimmerman (Winnetka, IL/Winnetka),
Jordan Short (Gill, MA/Northfield Mount Hermon),
Chris Satter (Boulder, CO/Fairview),
Dylan Bannon (Amherst, MA/Amherst Regional), Austin Steinmetz,
David Stolze (Fairport, NY/Fairport),
Najib Quinones (Copenhagen, NY/Copenhagen),
Pat McGaw (Potsdam, NY/Canton) and
Ethan Davidson (Lewisburg, PA/Lewisburg) crossed the line of the 1,700-meter course in 6:03.53. Union was second in 6:40.74.
The varsity 8 also earned a victory, picking up a win with a time of 6:02.03. The line-up of
Cameron Baker (Rochester, NY/Fairport),
Eric Schulken (Mount Pleasant, SC/Academic Magnet),
Justin Carter (Brockport, NY/Brockport),
Joe Grosso (Fairfield, CT/Fairfield Prep),
Konstantin Hamilton (Gaithersburg, MD/Magruder),
Tim Frey (New Freedom, PA/Susquehannock),
Andrew Fisher (Syracuse, NY/Onondaga),
Doug Moyer (Downingtown, PA/Dowingtown West) and
Samuel Adams (Oneida, NY/Oneida) beat out Union's time of 6:13.67.
The Tigers third varsity 8 and novice 8 squared off in the final event of the day. The novice 8 of
Christopher Atras (Willow Grove,PA/Archbishop Wood ),
Raymond James Martin (Scotia, NY/Burnt Hills),
Marcus Boeck-Chenevier (),
Lucas Battisti (Chantilly, VA/W.T.Woodson),
Tim Preskenis (Simsbury, CT/Simsbury),
James Krisher (Camillus, NY/West Gensee),
Jim Burke (Pittsburgh, PA/Central Catholic),
John Vavala () and
Nicholas Krzysiak (Utica, NY/Proctor) completed the course in 6:24.31, besting the third varsity 8 (6:36.56). The 3V line-up featured
Elliot Courtney (Babylon, NY/Babylon), Jeff Straunch,
Alex Corvino (Westford, MA/Westford Academy), Kirk Wagner,
Jimmy Cummings (Westford, MA/Westford Academy),
Mike Doremus (Kinnelon, NJ/Kinnelon),
Edwin Jensen (Fishkill, NY/John Jay),
Ryan Fairbanks (Cape Vincent, NY/Thousand Islands) and
Kyle Onorato (Brookfield, CT/Brookfield).
RIT competes in the Liberty League Rowing Championship next Friday, April 24, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
