Men's Varsity Eight Leads Drexel Against Gonzaga and Marietta

Saturday, April 10

Drexel University

Marietta and Gonzaga

Men's Varsity Eight Leads Drexel Against Gonzaga and Marietta

4/10/2021 8:27:00 PM | Men's Rowing

PHILADELPHIA, Pa - The Drexel men's rowing team put up a dominant performance on the Schuylkill River on Saturday morning, moving past both Gonzaga and Marietta in five total races.

Of Drexel's five shells competing, the Dragons varsity eight team and second varsity eight team both recorded two first place finishes against the Bulldogs and the Pioneers. The fastest finish of the day came from Drexel's Lois Krall II shell, which first posted a time of 5:54.2 against Gonzaga and then followed it up with a time of 6:00.5, outpacing Marietta by more than 10 seconds (6:12.6).

The Dragons grabbed a first place finish against Gonzaga's second varsity eight shell with a time of 5:50.5 and came close to sweeping the top two finishes over the Bulldogs before Drexel's B boat received a lane violation. Drexel made up for it against the Pioneers second varsity eight and third varsity eight teams, securing the top two slots in both races. The Dragons freshman team and second varsity eight team finished first and second respectively, crossing within a second of one another. Drexel's third varsity and fourth varsity shells rounded out a strong day in the final race, continuing the trend of first and second place finishes.

Drexel will compete again next weekend as they host the annual Kerr Cup Regatta on Saturday, Apr. 17.

Finishes
Drexel vs Gonzaga
Varsity 8
1 / Drexel / 5:54.2
2 / Gonzaga / 6:05.2

Second Varsity 8
1 / Drexel A / 5:59.5
2 / Gonzaga / 6:23.9
3/ Drexel B / 6:04.6 *eliminated after moving in Gonzaga's lane*

Drexel vs Marietta
Varsity 8
1 / Drexel / 6:00.5
2 / Marietta / 6:12.6

Second Varsity 8
1 / Drexel Freshman / 6:08.0
2 / Drexel 2nd V8 / 6:09.1
3 / Marietta / 6:14.3

Third Varsity 8
1 / Drexel 3V / 6:19.8
2 / Drexel 4V / 6:24.2
3 / Marietta / 6:42.4

LINEUPS
Men's Varsity 8+
Boat / Lois Krall II
Coxswain / Hunter Reed
Stroke / Anthony Williams
7 / Nikola Loncar
6 / Vuk Mladenovic
5 / Matt Reilly
4 / Jake Miller
3 / Damian Lis
2 / Dimitrije Ibrocic
Bow / CJ Rooney

Men's Second Varsity 8+
Boat / Sandra Lee Sheller II
Coxswain / Billy Ernst
Stroke / Josh Diggons
7 / Damjan Lazic
6 / Alex Manolarakis
5 / Joe Aach
4 / John Karen
3 / Joe Glenn
2 / Alister Virkler
Bow / Chris Cail

Men's Third Varsity 8+
Boat / Lois Krall
Coxswain / Sam DeSilva
Stroke / Garrison Bentz
7 / Herbert De Cokere
6 / Malcom Grauley
5 / Sam Valigorsky
4 / Sean Blair
3 / Kyle Rutherford
2 / Brenton Molsbergen
Bow / Roman Smigiel

Men's Fourth Varsity 8+
Boat / Greenawalt
Coxswain / Alex Dragovits
Stroke / Loucky Horgan
7 / Tyler Parnell
6 / Gabe Kirk
5 / Craig Hammon
4 / Anthony Fama
3 / Erik Tingley
2 / Richmond Coney
Bow / Logan Dieterle

Men's Freshmen 8+
Boat / Joseph Greipp
Coxswain / Emma Gothelf
Stroke / Lake Watson
7 / Kosta Petkovic
6 / Jack Anderson
5 / Nick Perks
4 / James Schmidt
3 / James Cesare
2 / Jack Hutchison
Bow / Daniel Yurcisin