WORCESTER, Mass. – The Fairfield University rowing programs traveled to the Wormtown Chase on Lake Quinsigamond on Saturday morning. Each team placed four boats in their respective collegiate 8 event.
The women's squad was first in the water with the Fairfield B boat posting the program's best time at 17:01.7 which placed fourth overall. The shell included Maya DiMiceli, Margarete Choksi, Lucia Pozgay, Madeleine Dudley, Sophia Moore, Scout Lewis, Scarlett Steele, Grace O'Brien and coxswain Leah Murphy.
The A boat was Fairfield's second boat to cross the line which was sixth overall with a time of 17:19.8. The entry included Sasha Atencio, Shawn O'Brien, Sophia Savage, Cailey Chechitelli, Victoria Conrad, Molly Squire, Leyla Ziemba, Zuzanna Janusz, and coxswain Grace Tyszka.
Jillian Segel, Caroline Warywoda, Mia Sorrentino, Kaitlyn Fleming, Madeline Schmid, Clair Jennings, Alexis Gedgard, Catherine Martin, and coxswain Elizabeth Feulner represented Fairfield from the C boat, finishing 11
th overall by completing the distance in 18:25.3.
Fairfield's D crew secured 13
th in the field of 19 with a time of 18:49.9 which was comprised by Lucienne Greisman, Annabelle Langlais, Raquel DeLeo, Summer Crowley, Sofia Tufano, Madeline Blair, Caitlyn Gregitis, Ainsley Hoekzema, and coxswain Petra Mayers.
The men's team also positioned four boats in today's event with the A boat posting the fastest time for the Stags, finishing the course in 14:56.5 for fifth place overall. The crew consisted of Grant Retelny,
Luca Tarricone, Owen Chandria,
Luca Mellado,
Sean Rhatigan,
William Talay,
Corde Catalano,
Braeden Gibbons, and coxswain
Madeline Gross.
The B boat posted a time of 15:12.8 which placed it in the ninth slot behind the efforts of
Eamon Tonna,
Spyros Baris,
Christian Johnson, Sam Elliott,
William Liakouras,
Hayden Lyons,
Joey Stumm,
Connor Carroll, and coxswain
Cedric Wysocki.
Matt Benestead,
James Hamilton,
Ean Ray, Tim Stoeber,
Lucas Lesser, Vinny DiPalo,
Zalan Kovacs, James Penzak, and coxswain
Mohammed Badri manned the C boat which took 13
th overall based on its time of 15:45.1.
The D crew, comprised by
Graham Spence,
Dillon Fall,
Joseph Kellers, Charlie Grant,
James Casper,
Charlie Schumacher, Josh Van Buren, Andre Cordella, and coxswain
Max Cona, completed the course in 17:09.1 for a placement of 21
st.
The men's team will finish up its fall campaign with a trip to the Princeton Chase on November 1 while the women's team will compete for the final time this fall with a meeting with Marist University on November 7.
