NEW ROCHELLE, NY – The Iona University men and women's rowing teams fielded four boats at their first spring 2025 home event. Their all new 8+ had a christening ceremony before the meet took place against Manhattan University. A quote from Coach
Ben MacDougald, "Before our first race, we had the honor of christening our new 8+, the Robert J. Musial. We are deeply grateful to the Trainor family for their generosity and unwavering support of our athletes and program. It was a privilege to have the Trainers with us, along with many alumni and friends of the program. A first race is always special, but being surrounded by the legacy of former oarsmen reminds us of the shoulders we stand on and those who helped us get to where we are today. We are truly humbled by the support of everyone who joined us."
MEN'S VARSITY 8+
The Gaels V8 boat took first place in the two-team race field, posting a time of 7:02.00. Iona topped Manhattan by over a minute. The Gaels' boat consisted of graduate student coxswain
Kelsie Weeks, sophomore
Henry Demers,
Ethan Megal, junior
Abraham Ocampo, senior Danny Vanadia, junior
Andrew Catinella, freshman John Karonous, junior
Jack Allen and sophomore
Alejandro Maya.
WoMEN'S VARSITY 8+
The Maroon & Gold earned first place in the Women's varsity V8+ race, beating out Manhattan by two and a half minutes. Iona's V8 boat featured senior coxswain
Cara Donnelly, seniors
Emma Ibbetson,
Kaeli Dean,
Grace Barber,
Grace Mutze and
Layne McDonald, juniors
Lorelei Teddy and
Clare Robertsen, and sophomore
Tehya Mann.
WoMEN'S 2V 8+
Iona's 2V 8+ boat finished first, posting a 9:31.00, beating out Manhattan by over two minutes in one of their best showing of the season. Senior
Ciana Quintana coxed, senior
Anna Meehan, Kiara McGarty, Vilte Panavas, MaryGrace Gerger, junior
Jacqueline Ceja, Leah Dennis, sophomores Kristy Hughes and
Amelia Rosario.
MEN'S Varsity 4+
Iona's varisty four plus boat finished second, posting a 8:58.77. They fell just two seconds behind Manhattan's boat. Sophomore
Nick Pagliuca coxed senior
Finn Bolger, sophomore
Aaron Lewis, Braden Bogenrief and freshman
Jonah Cone.
COMPLETE REGATTA RESULTS
| Men's Varsity 8+ |
| Pl. |
School |
Time |
| 1.) |
Iona |
7:02:00 |
| 2.) |
Manhattan |
8:28.39 |
| Women's Varsity 8+ |
| Pl. |
School |
Time |
| 1.) |
Iona A |
8:04.82 |
| 2.) |
Manhattan A |
10:34.44 |
| Women's 2V 8+ |
| Pl. |
School |
Time |
| 1.) |
Iona |
9:31:00 |
| 2.) |
Manhattan |
11:34:74 |
| Men's Varsity 4+ |
| Pl. |
School |
Time |
| 1.) |
Manhattan |
8:56:31 |
| 2.) |
Iona |
8:58:77 |
UP NEXT
The Gaels compete at the Lehigh River in Allentown, PA for a quad school meet between Lehigh, Loyola Maryland and Fairfield on Saturday, April 5th.
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