Men's Rowing Competes at Occoquan Invitational

Sunday, April 10

Fairfax Station, VA.

10:00 A.M.

Drexel University

Occoquan Invitational

Men's Rowing Competes at Occoquan Invitational

4/10/2022 4:28:00 PM | Men's Rowing

FAIRFAX STATION, Va. – Taking on some of the top competition on the east coast, the Drexel men's rowing team picked up a couple of big wins at the Occoquan Invitational on Sunday afternoon.

Arguably the biggest win of the day for the Dragons came in the finals of the Second Varsity 8+. Racing in Lois Krall II, the team of Billy Ernst (coxswain), Jake Miller (stroke), CJ Rooney, Jack Anderson, Nick Perks, James Schmidt, Herbert De Cokere, John Little, and Sam Valigorsky (bow) edged Navy by two tenths of a second, winning with a time of 6:39.2. Drexel earned its spot in the final by topping Jacksonville in the heats, coming in with a 6:40.38 clocking, beating the Dolphins by nearly 15 seconds.

In the Varsity 8+ finals, No. 16 Drexel competed in Lois Krall III and turned in a time of 6:35.9, finishing second to No.12 Navy. Sam DeSilva (coxswain), Josh Diggons (stroke), Matt Reilly, Dimitrije Ibrocic, Damian Lis, Michael Pazderski, Andrew Manns, John Karen, and Roman Smigiel (bow) advanced to the finals with a win against Florida Tech in the heats by more than 14 seconds.

The final event of the day saw DU down Holy Cross in the Third Varsity 8+ as, rowing in Sandra Lee Sheller II, the Dragons finished with a 7:24.4 clocking.

Drexel returns to action on Saturday, April 16 when it hosts the Kerr Cup Regatta on the Schuylkill River.

Results
Morning Session
V8+
1. Drexel – 6:52.43
2. FIT – 7:07.00

2V8+
1. Drexel - 6:40.38
2. Jacksonville – 6:55.2

3V8+
1. Navy – 6:51.7
2. Drexel – 7:12.9

4V8/5V8+
1. Navy 4V8 – 7:08.04
2. Navy 5V8 – 7:14.2
3. Drexel – 7:47.7
4. Holy Cross – 8:29.5

Afternoon Session
V8+
1. Navy – 6:31.5
2. Drexel – 6:35.9
3. Georgetown – 6:48.3
4. Hobart – 7:05.2

2V8+
1. Drexel – 6:39.2
2. Navy – 6:39.4
3. Georgetown– 7:00.0
4. SJU – 7:19.6

3V8+
1. Drexel – 7:24.4
2. Holy Cross – 7:35.9

4V8/5V8+
1. Navy 4V – 6:54.1
2. Navy 5V – 6:54.8
3. Drexel – 7:30.6
4. Holy Cross – 7:54.9

LINEUPS
Varsity 8+
Shell – Lois Krall III
Coxswain – Sam DeSilva
Stroke – Josh Diggons
7 – Matt Reilly
6 – Dimitrije Ibrocic
5 – Damian Lis
4 – Michael Pazderski
3 – Andrew Manns
2 – John Karen
Bow – Roman Smigiel

Second Varsity 8+
Shell – Lois Krall II
Coxswain – Billy Ernst
Stroke – Jake Miller
7 – CJ Rooney
6 – Jack Anderson
5 – Nick Perks
4 – James Schmidt
3 – Herbert De Cokere
2 – John Little
Bow – Sam Valigorsky

Third Varsity 8+
Shell – Sandra Lee Sheller II
Coxswain – Alex Dragovits
Stroke – Lake Watson
7 – Kosta Petkovic
6 – Malcolm Grauley
5 – Nikola Loncar
4 – Nemanja Sajatovic
3 – Joe Glenn
2 – Richmond Coney
Bow – Chris Cail

Fourth Varsity 8+
Shell – Joseph Greipp
Coxswain – Matt Sherman
Stroke – Sean Blair
7 – Dearon Tufankjian
6 – Thomas Gola
5 – James Cesare
4 – Alister Virkler
3 – Tyler Parnell
2 – Jack Hutchison
Bow – Daniel Yurcisin

Fifth Varsity 8+
Shell – Lois Krall
Coxswain – Emma Houghton
Stroke – Maxwell Frey
7 – Sean Williams
6 – Alex Manolarakis
5 – Ari Golod
4 – Theo Girard
3 – Derek Quinn
2 – Zach Key
Bow – Carter Hubbard