Temple Men's Crew Grabs Two Medals in Five Races at the Head of the Schuylkill

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Schuylkill River

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Head of the Schuylkill

Temple's Freshman Eight boat races on the Schuylkill River

Temple Men's Crew Grabs Two Medals in Five Races at the Head of the Schuylkill

10.26.19 | Men's Crew

PHILADELPHIA — The Temple men's crew team raced at the 2019 Head of the Schuylkill Regatta, coming away with a pair of medals with top 10 performances from all five boats that raced.

Freshman Eight
> Temple's rookies won bragging rights with a gold medal performance in the freshman eight event.
> The Owls' "A" boat compiled a gold-medal time of 12:35.863 to out-pace 17 crews.
> Temple's "B" boat also had a strong showing, taking seventh in a time of 14:03.471.

Championship Eights
> Temple had a pair of lightweight boats enter the heavyweight championship eight event coming away with a bronze medal and a sixth place finish.
> The Owls' "A" boat finished in 12:42.511 to get on the podium, while the "B" boat was sixth in 12:55.445.

Fours
> Temple's varsity four boat wrapped up a solid day of racing with a sixth place finish.
> The Owls clocked in at 13:56.661 to finish as the fourth highest collegiate crew in the race.

Up Next
> Temple's varsity eight and second varsity eight boats will race at the Princeton Three Mile Chase.