Trio of Orange Crews Finish Seventh at EARC Eastern Sprints

Sunday, May 13

Worcester, Mass.

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Syracuse University

EARC Sprints

Trio of Orange Crews Finish Seventh at EARC Eastern Sprints

5/13/2018 8:38:00 PM | Men's Rowing

Worcester, Ma. – Ninth-ranked Syracuse earned seventh-place finishes in the varsity eight, second varsity eight and third varsity eight at the EARC Eastern Sprints on Sunday on Lake Quinsigamond.

After placing third in Heat 1, the Orange varsity eight boat was set for the Petite Final in the afternoon. 'Cuse cruised to a win finishing in 6:02.7 while Dartmouth placed second in the race with a time of 6:05.611. The top time belonged to Yale (5:54.7) in the Grand Final who finished ahead of Harvard (second, 5:58.1) and Brown (third, 5:58.2).

In the second varsity eight, Syracuse won the Petite Final clocking a time of 6:04.1. Wisconsin was second across the line with a time of 6:08.6. The Orange placed seventh overall while Princeton's 2V8 took home the gold winning the Grand Final with a time of 5:58.8.

Syracuse's third varsity eight was seeded the highest (sixth) of any Orange crew but after a third-place finish in the morning heat, earned a spot in the Petite Final. Syracuse edged Central New York rival Cornell to win the race and finish seventh overall with a time of 6:03.6 while the Big Red finished in 6:03.7.

In the varsity four, Syracuse finished third behind Northeastern (6:45.3) and Boston University (6:47.5).

Sunday's Lineups and Results

Varsity Eight			Varsity Eight Petite Final
C	Dominic Santora	1	SYRACUSE	06:02.7	(7th overall)
8	Nick Tavares	2	DARTMOUTH	06:05.6
7	Jeremy Lipford	3	CORNELL	06:05.6
6	Noah Messner	4	PENNSYLVANIA	06:07.9
5	Kyle Leimeister	5	WISCONSIN	06:09.9
4	Forrest Sears	6	G WASHINGTON	06:10.5
3	Matthew Barni
2	Mike Glaude
1	Sam Busco


Second Varsity Eight		Second Varsity Eight Petite Final
C	Alex Manfredi	1	SYRACUSE	06:04.1	(7th overall)
8	Pieter Kerpestein	2	WISCONSIN	06:08.6
7	Gregory Bauerfeld	3	CORNELL	06:12.4
6	Joshua Hockenberry	4	BU	06:12.8
5	Sveta Radovic	5	G WASHINGTON	06:19.3
4	Kenneth Hubbard	6	NAVY	06:26.8
3	Sam Snedden
2	Andrew Cummings
1	Patrick Shober


Third Varsity Eight		Third Varsity Eight Petite Final
C	Zachary Vlahandreas	1	SYRACUSE	06:03.6	(7th overall)
8	SunLee Stechuk	2	CORNELL	06:03.7
7	Luka Vrbaski	3	BROWN	06:04.9
6	Mitchell Harjo	4	NAVY	06:08.5
5	Charles Bowman	5	WISCONSIN	06:10.1
4	Brennan Finley	6	G WASHINGTON	06:11.7
3	Jakob Andersen	7	COLUMBIA	06:14.4
2	Alex Engel
1	Anicet Mundundu


Varsity Four		Varsity Four Grand Final
C	Jack Mancini	1	NORTHEASTERN	06:45.3
4	Cameron Grimm	2	BU	06:47.5
3	Alex Ormsby	3	SYRACUSE	07:07.9	(third overall)
2	Niklas Schreiber	4	YALE 5VL	07:13.7
1	James Hunt	5	PENNSYLVANIA 5VL	07:21.5
		6	HOLY CROSS	07:23.6