The Fairfield University men's and women's rowing teams returned to the water for a pair of meets hosted by Lehigh University. In the first set, the Stags competed against Iona and Lehigh followed by matchups with Iona and Loyola in the second series.
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The women's varsity 8 started the day for Fairfield and returned with a second-place finish, coming in between Lehigh and Iona. The Stags crossed the finish line with a time of 8:11.1, just off Lehigh's pace of 8:08.7. The crew came back with a first-place run against Loyola and Iona, taking the top time of 7:33.0. The Stags were represented by
Arianna Welton,
Shawn O'Brien,
Emma Szachta,
Megan Blair,
Victoria Conrad, Molly Squire,
Emily Regan, and
Sarah Wendling.
Marianna Kalin served as coxswain for both races.
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In the second varsity 8, Fairfield finished second to Lehigh (8:18.3) by finishing the course in 8:21.1. The crew responded by taking the top spot later in the day with a time of 8:15.1, Â beating out Loyola (8:48.2). Fairfield was represented by
Shaylin Tombs,
Mia Van Mater,
Miranda Schmidt,
Megan Rourke,
Kelly Cullen,
Zuzanna Janusz,
Kathryn Bergstrom, and
Sophia Savage. Lexi Tomlinson was the coxswain for both evetns.
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The varsity 4 swept its two races during the day beginning with its time of 9:08.2 which edged out Lehigh (9:27.2) and Iona (9:53.6). For the second set, Fairfield bested Loyola by crossing the finish line in 8:15.1.
Lauren Hoppe, Caity Gregitis,
Ava Forgione,
Grace McDonough, and coxswain
Alisa Tsavaris comprised the Fairfield boat.
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The final boat to compete was the second varsity 4 which rowed against Loyola, taking first place in 9:31.1.
Caroline Tomlinson, Julie Pedrazzi, Liv Burghardt, Alex Harrington, and coxswain
Grace Tyszka wore the Fairfield colors in the race.
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The varsity 8 was the first to take to the water when the men began their competition. The Stags took fourth place in the event by completing the course in 6:47.8. Loyola took the gold by securing a time of 6:35.9. Fairfield's crew included Michael Hamilton, Sam Elliott, Zalan Kovacs, Connor Carroll, Ean Ray, Ryan Wrynn, Jerry Malloy, Brady Stergion, and coxswain Matthew Tarabocchia.
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The second varsity 8 was able to post the time winning time of 6:57.4, edging out Loyola (7:01.6) and Lehigh (7:12.8). George Voegele, Michael McCarthy, Frank DiNatale, Jack Cartnick, Spencer Chidley, Nick Tapinis, Brendan Martin, Luca Tarricone, and coxswain Maddy Gross competed for the Stags.
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The varsity 4 closed out the day for Fairfield with a strong performance of 8:02.3, second only to Iona's time of 7:44.8 but ahead of Lehigh (8:10.5), and Loyola (8:47.9). The Stags' entry was comprised by Brian Peknik, Alex Hemmat, Tom McLaughlin, James Penczak, and coxswain Tom Flynn.
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