The varsity 8 highlighted the men's performance on the water, posting a first and third place finish. The A boat, comprised of Matt Sutter,
Charlie Riordan,
Mike Clarkson,
Barak Davidi,
Lars Erickson, Mike Pagliaro,
Seamus O'Brien,
John Imor, and coxswain
Matt Marshall, won the event with a time of 7:04.47. The B shell crossed the line third with its time of 7:44.94 behind the efforts of
Sean Crosby,
Liam Creegan, Mike Bottega, Matt Daza,
August Feliciano,
Charles Cooper, Drew Harrison,
Tom Cole, and coxswain
Alyssa McNally.The race also included Iona (2
nd in 7:20.72) and Albany (4
th in 8:06.91) which collected second (7:20.72) and fourth (7:20.72) respectively.
The second varsity 8 race started the day for the women's program and took two of the three spots with the B boat winning the event in 8:14.26, six seconds better than runner up Manhattan. Fairfield's A entry was just one second off from giving the team a sweep of the top spots, running the course in 8:21.40.
The Stags' B boat included Mariel Staffier, Rebecca Patti, Camryn Colonna, Michaela Bassett, Kelsey Carthew, Maggie O'Connell, Eileen Keenan, Allison Sloan, and coxswain Katie Clark. The A boat was comprised by Maggie Ethier, Aileen Morley-McLaughlin, Kartina Kirchgaesser, Brook Sillart, Audrey Sedensky, Morgan Connell, McKenzie Cunningham, Sam Altomare, and coxswain Faith Kenny.
The women's varsity continued the team's winning trend by securing gold with its winning time of 7:43.89 as Brenna McDonnell, Ana McDonough, Ani Dennen, Grace Fallon, Maddie McSherry, Mallory Burlington, Caroline Maroney, Bethany Gove, and coxswain Laura Mason crossed the line first for the Fairfield crew. Manhattan placed second with a time of 7:55.61, followed by Sacred Heart (8:02.00) and Genesseo (8:20.03).
Three varsity 4 boats were in the water for Fairfield and all three finished in the top five in its respective run. The A crew took the win by gliding to a time of 8:49.85 behind the efforts of Kelsey Carthew, Maggie O'Donnell, Eileen Kennan, Allison Sloan, and coxswain Katie Clark. The B boat was third in the race behind Manhattan (9:09.29) by running the race in 9:33.39 as Marial Staffier, Rebecca Patti, Camryn Colonna, Michaela Bassett, and coxswain Meg Smith competed for the Stags. The Stags' C boat was fifth in the event with a time of 10:03.80 through the rowing of Jess DeMarse, Sara MIddlebrook, Kait Sweeney, Erka Kodra, and coxswain Brianna Perez.
The men's varsity 4 collected a second-place finish in its event by timing out in 8:03.77 with
John Fee, Jake Godwin,
Garrett White, Joe Trapp, and coxswain
Jordyn Saxe comprising the crew. The event was won by Genesseo (7:47.72) while Iona's two entries rounded out the third and fourth slots in times of 8:23.71 and 8:50.93 respectively.
The women's lightweight/novice 4 race also ended with a Fairfield first-place finish with Ani Dennen, Katrina Kirchgaesser, Brenna McDonnell, Erin Dobbs, and coxswain Meg Smith taking home the top spot in 9:06.75. Sacred Heart lightweight (9:13.57) and Iona lightweight (9:17.86) rounded out the top three spots.