Syracuse University
Conlan Cup (Boston, Columbia)
No. 11 Mens Rowing Retains Conlan Cup for Third Consecutive Year
4/26/2008 11:55:52 AM | Men's Rowing
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The 11th-ranked Syracuse men's crew squad posted its 11th-consecutive cup victory today. The Orange retained the Conlan Cup for the third straight season defeating No. 17 Boston University. No. 7 Columbia won the varsity eight race, but he Conlan Cup is a competition solely between BU and Syracuse. The Orange swept the remaining three races, winning the second varsity eight, freshman eight and second freshman eight race.
“I thought it was good racing. You could see coming down the course that we tried to keep the pressure on Columbia. When you get down early you got to keep the hammer down and keep pressing hard and it looked like we did that. Unfortunate Columbia wasn't falling into that strategy,” head coach Dave Reischman said. “If you are up in a race you have to keep the hammer down, keep racing hard and rely on your fitness and Columbia did that. I thought it was a good race for us. We weren't disappointed in the effort, we weren't disappointed in how we executed. It was good racing. Right now Columbia is a little faster. “
The varsity eight boat of Jamie Hubbell (coxswain), Ryan Armstrong (stroke), Ryan Patton (7 seat), Martin Etem (6 seat), Brian Azeff (5 seat), Tyson Bry (4 seat), Mike Bagnall (3 seat), John Combs (2 seat) and Dan Lombardi (bow) finished second at 5:45.71. The Lions posted a time of 5:42.34, while the Terriers finished in 5:56.91.
The second varsity eight boat of Jack Mutty (coxswain), Mike McHarris (stroke), Clai White (7 seat), Noah Chase (6 seat), Pete Kruse (5 seat), Ryan Knapp (4 seat), Ryan Planer (3 seat), Cam Mackenzie (2 seat) and Mark Vyzas (bow) defeated both BU and Columbia with a time of 5:55.1. The Terriers finished in 5:58.9 and the Lions in 6:27.5.
The freshman eight boat of Kenny Marfilius (coxswain), Mike Gennaro (stroke), Vice Berry (7 seat), Dan Turner (6 seat), Dan Berry (5 seat), Chip Keyes (4 seat), Kyle Daugherty (3 seat), Matt Hopek (2 seat) and Julian Morrison (bow) remained undefeated this spring (5-0) with a time of 5:54.63 Columbia was second at 6:03.08 and BU was third at 6:06.28.
The second freshman eight boat of Emily Leister (coxswain), Kevin Beargie (stroke), Gerald McNeil (7 seat), Morgan Nowak (6 seat), Peter Themistocles (5 seat), Tim Daigle (4 seat), Arnes Hadzik (3 seat), Paul DeNicola (2 seat) and Matt Sisk (bow) completed the day for the Orange with a win against BU, 6:13.3-6:27.0
The Orange takes a week off for finals and returns to the water Saturday May 10 when it travels to Hanover, N.H. for the Packard Cup (Dartmouth).
Results
Varsity Eight
Columbia University – 5:42.34
Syracuse University – 5:46.71
Boston University – 5:56.91
Second Varsity Eight
Syracuse University – 5:55.5
Boston University – 5:58.9
Columbia University – 6:27.5
Freshman Eight
Syracuse University – 5:54.63
Columbia University – 6:03.08
Boston University – 6:06.28
Second Freshman Eight
Syracuse University – 6:13.3
Boston University – 6:27.0
