Crew Wraps IRA Championships

Friday, June 1

Mercer Lake - Princeton, N.J.

Temple University

IRA Championships

Photo by: Zamani Feelings

Crew Wraps IRA Championships

6.1.18 | Men's Crew

Results

PHILADELPHIA -- The Temple men's crew team wrapped up action at 2018 IRA National Championships at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J. Heats, repechages, and semifinals were contested, but Temple's finals action was canceled due to Inclement weather. The next Owls' outing will be the 2018 Henley Royal Regatta.

VARSITY EIGHT
> Temple opened the racing with a fifth place finish in its opening heat in 6:07.309, ahead of San Diego.
> The Owls' improved on their time in the repechage, clocking in at 5:49.884, outpacing Bates College.
> In the semifinals, they took fourth in a time of 6:01.310, ahead of Marist and San Diego.

SECOND VARSITY
> Temple's second varsity eight also grabbed a fifth place finish in the heats, clocking in at 6:11.084.
> In the repechage, the Owls finished in 6:06.727, ahead of FIT.
> Temple had a great semifinals race, clocking in at 6:05.031 to take third, out-sprinting OSU to finish ahead of the Beavers, plus UC San Diego.

THIRD VARSITY
> Temple's freshman eight boat raced in the third varsity category, finishing fifth in 6:20.027 in the heats.
> In the repechage, the Owls finished seventh in 6:14.526.

LIGHTWEIGHT FOUR
> The Owls had a strong race in a tight field in the heats. Temple finished in 6:21.313, just over a second out of second place.

RACING LINE-UPS

Varsity Eight	Second Varsity Eight	Third Varsity Eight	Lightweight Four
C - Samuel Vecchione	C - Evan Funchion	C - Nina Sponheimer	B - Nicholas Olimpo
8 - David Buckley	8 - James O'Toole	8 - Brian Teague	2 - Stephen Ching
7 - Sebastian Devereux	7 - Mattison Sicko	7 - Dylan Rostucher	3 - Phillip MacNeal
6 - Collin McKinney	6 - Patrick Martin	6 - Jacob Cox	4 - Chris Kovach
5 - Tyler Baldo	5 - Joseph Leyland	5 - Nicholas Glass
4 - Alex DeNolfo	4 - Andrew Grochowski	4 - Justin Frye
3 - Nicholas Carbonaro	3 - Brendan Wren	3 - Julian Green
2 - Austin Theuret	2 - Austin Dunn	2 - Grant Hemingway
B - Stephen Gennaro	B - Thomas O'Shaughnessy	B - Colin Hansen