Men's Crew Takes Two Races Against Penn and George Washington

Saturday, March 21

Schuylkill River

Drexel University

Penn & George Washington

Photo by: Ryan Samson

Men's Crew Takes Two Races Against Penn and George Washington

3/21/2015 3:30:00 PM | Men's Rowing

PHILADELPHIA – Drexel Crew's men faced their toughest test of the young season Saturday morning on the Schuylkill River, taking on Penn and George Washington. The Dragons earned victories in a tight varsity four race and in the second freshmen eight race.

Drexel began the morning by jumping out to a quick victory in the varsity four race. The Dragons' 'A' in the Dawn Byers boat raced to a 6:53.7 time, beating the Quakers by just less than two seconds. Drexel's 'B' in the Oxholm boat finished the course in 7:26.5.

The Dragons continued the momentum, racing against a slight headwind, as the second freshmen eight followed with a win in the Peggy Greenwalt boat with a time of 6:14.2. Penn finished at 6:28.0.

In the third varsity eight race that followed, Drexel, racing in the Annette Pennoni boat, finished behind Penn and George Washington, in that order. Penn won with a 6:00.5, while the Dragons raced to a time of 6:15.9.

Penn paced the competition in the freshmen eight race with a fast 5:55.0. The Dragons, in the Vince Vidas boat, finished in second with a 6:08.6 after George Washington failed to follow the race course under the bridge during a turn.

The day concluded with the Dragons mixing up the lineups for their second varsity eight and varsity eight boats. The second varsity eight raced in the Joseph Greipp boat to a 6:05.4 time, behind Penn's winning 5:54.7 time. The varsity eight finished the morning in the Lois Krall boat, rowing to a second-place time of 5:50.2, trailing only the Quakers' 5:46.7.

Penn's and George Washington's varsity eights were ranked in the EARC top 20 in the final poll of 2014.

The Dragons will end their spring break with a portion of the men heading west to California for the San Diego Crew Classic on March 27-28. The rest of the men, as well as the women, will head to the Cooper River in Cherry Hill, N.J. for the Murphy Cup on March 28.

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Results – March 21

Varsity 4
Drexel A – 6:53.7
Penn – 6:55.6
Drexel B – 7:26.5

Second Freshmen 8
Drexel – 6:14.2
Penn – 6:28.0

Third Varsity 8
Penn – 6:00.5
George Washington – 6:09.5
Drexel – 6:15.9

Freshmen 8
Penn – 5:55.0
Drexel – 6:08.6
George Washington – 6:06.6 (failed to follow course)

Second Varsity 8
Penn – 5:54.7
George Washington – 6:01.7
Drexel – 6:05.4

Varsity 8
Penn – 5:46.7
Drexel – 5:50.2
George Washington – 5:55.1

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Men's Varsity 8
Boat – Lois Krall
Coxswain – Christopher Henderson
Stroke – Daniel Dollin
7 – Ivo Krakic
6 – Daniel Palombo
5 – Nicholas Capaldi
4 – Marko Durica
3 – Joseph Masgai
2 – Mikulas Sum
Bow – Dave Hanrahan

Men's Second Varsity 8
Boat – Joseph Greipp
Coxswain – Victoria Kenion
Stroke – George Twardy
7 – William Cartwright
6 – Ian Luetzow
5 – Ryan Mallgrave
4 – Michael DiLucca
3 – Xavier Stanish
2 – Grigorios Papadourakis
Bow – Brian McCabe

Men's Third Varsity 8
Boat – Annette Pennoni
Coxswain – Brett Barry
Stroke – Dean Hill
7 – Cameron Staines
6 – Keegan Shannon
5 – James Purtill
4 – James Byrne
3 – Nick Herceg
2 – Adam Wisniowski
Bow – Jim Howley

Men's Freshmen 8
Boat – Vince Vidas
Coxswain – Charlie Bavisotto
Stroke – Ryan Gasparini
7 – Justin Terek
6 – Gregory Waxman
5 – Kyle Hershman
4 – J.P. Clark
3 – Justin Coney
2 – Niles Arner
Bow – Zachary Hartman

Men's Second Freshmen 8
Boat – Peggy Greenwalt
Coxswain – Malcolm Newman
Stroke – Matthew Mahnack
7 – Stephen Robbins
6 – Julien Mahler
5 – Braedon Jelinek
4 – Zachary Seither
3 – Ryan Rimmele
2 – Dillon Boyle
Bow – James Schwab

Men's Varsity 4 A
Boat – Dawn Byers
Coxswain – Samantha Iula
Stroke – Tom Foulds
3 – Nico Arechabala
2 – Louis Masi
Bow – Dan Motz

Men's Varsity 4 B
Boat – Oxholm
Coxswain – Tyler Lee
Stroke – Josh Marcacci
3 – Brian Tindall
2 – Ethan McCulla
Bow – Aengus Walker