WORCESTER, MA - The Iona University men's rowing team entered two boats into the 2024 National Invitational Rowing Championships held on Lake Quinsigamond. Making their debut at the event, the Gaels' varsity four boat secured gold in the grand final, while the program's varsity eight boat participated in the petite final.
MEN'S VARSITY FOUR
Iona's varsity four boat took first place in both the heat stage and in the grand finale. In the morning heats, the Maroon & Gold finished four seconds ahead of second place University of Rochester and posted the top time among the eight boats in the two heats. The Gaels also finished ahead of Williams (+13.36) and New Hampshire (+17.16).
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Iona topped Rochester again in the finale to take gold posting a time of 7:10.51. The Yellowjackets took silver just over three seconds behind the Gaels. MIT (+16.71), New Hampshire (+17.73), Bates (+30.31), Rochester's second boat (+30.54), Conn College (+55.20) rounded out the finishers in the final.
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The Gaels' championship boat consisted of senior coxswain
Hayden Skigen, graduate
Sergey Karpov, senior
Zachary Morocho and freshmen
Henry Demers and
Alejandro Maya.
MEN'S VARSITY EIGHT
The varsity eight crew posted a 6:18.11 in the heat stage of the championship, good for fourth place and a berth into the petite final. Wesleyan (-12.12), Bates, Hobart finished ahead of the Gaels with the latter two advancing to the grand finale.
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In Iona's final event, the squad finished fourth in a hotly contested six-boat race which saw first and sixth separated by just over nine seconds and the top three inside of a second. With its time of 6:16.61, Iona was six seconds behind race winner Colby College. Hobart and the Coast Guard Academy finished second and third.
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Freshman
Johanna Moran coxed, junior
Ethan Megal, sophomore
Andrew Catinella, junior
Finn Bolger, sophomore
Abraham Ocampo, junior
Daniel Vanadia, seniors
Thomas Koetzner and
Oliver Sanchez and sophomore
Jack Allen.
RESULTS
| Men's Open 4 Heats |
| Pl. |
School |
Time |
Heat |
Ht. Pl. |
| 1.) |
Iona |
7:15.36 |
2 |
1 |
| 2.) |
Rochester (A) |
7:19.67 |
2 |
2 |
| 3.) |
Williams |
7:28.72 |
2 |
3 |
| 4.) |
New Hampshire |
7:32.51 |
2 |
4 |
| 5.) |
MIT |
7:33.17 |
1 |
1 |
| 6.) |
Rochester (B) |
7:44.69 |
1 |
2 |
| 7.) |
Bates |
7:52.50 |
1 |
3 |
| 8.) |
Conn College |
8:09.06 |
1 |
4 |
| Men's Open 4 Grand Final |
| Pl. |
School |
Time |
|
|
| 1.) |
Iona |
7:10.51 |
|
|
| 2.) |
Rochester (A) |
7:13.76 |
|
|
| 3.) |
MIT |
7:27.20 |
|
|
| 4.) |
New Hampshire |
7:28.22 |
|
|
| 5.) |
Bates |
7:40.82 |
|
|
| 6.) |
Rochester (B) |
7:41.05 |
|
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| 7.) |
Conn College |
8:06.11 |
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| Men's Varsity 8 Heats |
| Pl. |
School |
Time |
Heat |
Ht. Pl. |
| 1.) |
Wesleyan |
6:05.99 |
1 |
1 |
| 2.) |
Trinity |
6:07.59 |
3 |
1 |
| 3.) |
MIT |
6:07.72 |
2 |
1 |
| 4.) |
Bates |
6:09.44 |
1 |
2 |
| 5.) |
Williams |
6:12.76 |
2 |
2 |
| 6.) |
Hobart |
6:13.34 |
1 |
3 |
| 7.) |
Tufts |
6:15.16 |
3 |
2 |
| 8.) |
Colby |
6:17.07 |
3 |
3 |
| 9.) |
Iona |
6:18.11 |
1 |
4 |
| 10.) |
Coast Guard |
6:18.52 |
2 |
3 |
| 11.) |
Marist |
6:23.93 |
2 |
4 |
| 12.) |
WPI |
6:26.93 |
3 |
4 |
| 13.) |
Hamilton |
6:29.37 |
1 |
5 |
| 14.) |
Skidmore |
6:44.42 |
2 |
5 |
| 15.) |
Vassar |
6:44.67 |
3 |
5 |
| 16.) |
Conn College |
7:00.96 |
3 |
6 |
| Men's Varsity 8 Petite Final |
| Pl. |
School |
Time |
|
|
| 1.) |
Colby |
6:10.60 |
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| 2.) |
Hobart |
6:11.09 |
|
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| 3.) |
Coast Guard |
6:11.38 |
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| 4.) |
Iona |
6:16.61 |
|
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| 5.) |
WPI |
6:17.70 |
|
|
| 6.) |
Marist |
6:19.72 |
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UP NEXT
In three weeks the Gaels take on the 2024 IRA National Championships on Lake Mercer in West Windsor, NJ for the final event of their 2023-24 campaign.
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