Varsity Eight Bronze Highlights Final Day of Dad Vail for Men's Crew

Saturday, May 14

Schuylkill River

Temple University

Dad Vail Regatta

Temple's first varsity eight with their bronze medals at the Dad Vail

Photo by: Josh Kuzo

Varsity Eight Bronze Highlights Final Day of Dad Vail for Men's Crew

5.14.16 | Men's Crew

PHILADELPHIA -- Temple's varsity eight boat took home a bonze medal, highlighting Owl action at the 2016 Dad Vail Regatta on Saturday. It was the last Schuylkill event for long-time head coach, Dr. Gavin White, who announced he will retire at the end of the season.

The Owls' varsity eight opened the day with a second place finish in the semifinals. Temple was just off the pace of FIT (5:47.554), recording a time of 5:50.562. The Owls out-distanced Purdue, North Carolina, Ithaca, and UMass-Lowell in the semi.

In the finals, FIT (5:55.410) again came out on top, followed by Drexel (5:58.419) and Temple (6:05.636) on the podium. The bronze medal finish marked the first Temple medal in the varsity eight event since 2008. The stacked field also saw Michigan (6:08.109) take fourth, followed bye Virginia (6:10.395) and Army (6:10.406).

Two other Temple boats advanced to the grand finals in their events, the lightweight four and the novice eight. In the lightweight four semis, Temple took second in 6:45.083. In the finals, the Owls landed fifth overall, behind Virginia (7:23.496), Delaware (7:28.455), Fordham (7:31.135), and Michigan (7:31.456). Temple clocked in at 7:38.456, ahead of Lafayette in 7:44.009.

In novice eight racing, the Owls took second in their semifinal in 6:15.875, just behind Michigan's time of 6:13.889. In the finals, the Owls finished sixth overall in a stacked field, as just over 10 seconds separated the second through sixth place finishers. Temple's final time was 7:00.570.

Three other Temple crews competed on day two of the event, the novice four, Brendan Mason in the men's single, and the Owls' second varsity eight.

In the novice four semifinal, Temple finished third in the semifinal, just behind Colgate (7:02.837) and Delaware (7:06.194). The Owls finished in 7:11.777, ahead of Bowdoin, Purdue, and Virginia.

Mason concluded his first Dad Vail in the semifinals as well. He notched a fifth-place finish in 8:12.587.

The Owls second varsity eight boat suffered an equipment malfunction in their semifinal, finishing sixth.

Results

Racing Line-Ups

Varsity Eight	Second Varsity Eight	Novice Eight
Boat: Gavin R. White	Boat: Charlie Bracken '83	Boat: Vera Hutton
C - Dante Romeo	C - Samuel Vecchione	C - Caseyann Sweeney
8 - Tom Robbins	8 - Tyler Baldo	8 - Stephen Gennaro
7 - Charles Anderson	7 - Austin Theuret	7 - Tyler Judge
6 - Brian Reifsnyder	6 - Andrew Grochowski	6 - Nolan Gauthier
5 - Evan Hammond	5 - Bryan Berry	5 - Joseph Leyland
4 - Austin Dunn	4 - Matthew Minns	4 - Ryan Kipp
3 - David Buckley	3 - Reinier Smit	3 - Jeremy Caraballo
2 - Collin McKinney	2 - Hunter Devine	2 - Patrick Martin
1 - Robert Byrne	1 - Ryan Dartnell	1 - Chris Kovach

Lightweight Four	Novice Four	Single
Boat: Mike & Molly Quinn	Boat: Mike Mirabella '13	1- Brendan Mason
C - Kati Jordan Funck	C - Kylie High
4 - Vittorio DiPentino	4 - Alex James
3 - John Higgins	3 - Joseph Wellein
2 - Dylan McCreavy	2 - Jesse Lishchuk
1 - Nicholas Olimpo	1 - Austin Burke