Men's Rowing Continues Fall at Princeton Chase

Sunday, October 26

Princeton, N.J.

Syracuse University

Princeton Chase

Photo by: Ray Stubblebine

10/26/2014 8:18:00 PM | Men's Rowing

Syracuse records two top-10 finishes

PRINCETON, N.J. – The Syracuse men's rowing team participated in its third event of the fall season on Sunday at the Princeton Chase. Syracuse tallied two top-10 finishes, recording a ninth-place showing in the varsity eight race and eighth-place finish in the freshman eight competition.

SU entered three boats in the varsity heavyweight eight, the first race of the day. The "A" boat placed ninth, completed the three-mile course in 13:26.703. Senior Christian Mund served as the boat's coxswain, while junior Ryan McCarry (stroke), sophomore Kyle McKenney (7), senior Patrick O'Shaughnessy-Hunter (6), senior Cameron Bierwith (5), junior Aleks Staprans (4), sophomore Joshua Hockenberry (3), sophomore Andrew Reichard (2), and sophomore Madison Weitekamp (bow) comprised the boat.

The "B" boat placed 24th in the varsity eight, finishing in 13:45.138. Syracuse's final boat in the race, the "C" boat, came in 48th out of 63 boats, covering the course in 14:22.185.

In the freshman eight, Syracuse placed eighth out of 31 boats. SU finished in fifth place out of the heavyweight boats. The boat recorded a time of 14:16.523 for the three-mile race. Dominic Santora coxed the boat, while the rest of the boat was made up of Logan Flowers (stroke), Ethan Pasucci (7), Brandon Jackson (6), Mike Glaude (5), Noah Messner (4), Sam Busco (3), Gavin Sebald (2), and Austin Taylor (bow).

Four Syracuse boats competed in the heavyweight fours. The "A" boat was the top Orange boat, placing 17th with a time of 15:17.190. The boat was comprised of Mund (coxswain), McCarry (bow), McKenney (3), O'Shaughnessy-Hunter (2), and Bierwith (bow).

The Syracuse men's rowing team will resume fall competition on Saturday, Nov. 1 at the Cayuga Lake Invitational in Ithaca, N.Y.