Men's Crew Places Three Eights in Top 15 Nationally

Saturday, May 29

Mercer, N.J.

Temple University

IRA National Championship Regatta

Photo by: Zamani Feelings

Men's Crew Places Three Eights in Top 15 Nationally

5.29.21 | Men's Crew

Results

WEST WINDSOR, N.J. -- Despite having to juggle all three lineups prior to the start of the 2021 IRA National Championships, the Temple men's crew team placed all three of its varsity eights in the Top 15 nationally for the first time in school history while rowing through cold, wind and rainy conditions Saturday at Mercer Lake.

Varsity Eight Finals
> The third varsity eight opened the day for the Owls, placing fourth in the second final. Temple finished in 6:39.487, a mere .320 seconds behind third place George Washington (6.39.167) and ahead of fifth place Saint Joseph's (6:40.590) by over a second. Overall the Owls placed 10th nationally.
> In the second varsity eight, Temple and Drexel battled it out with the Dragons (6:38.263) pulling away from the Owls (6:43.223) at the end to win the third final. Temple's runner-up showing placed the boat 14th nationally.
> In the final race for Temple Men's Crew of the season, the Owls' varsity eight again battled the Dragons with Temple coming out on top with a third place finish in third final with a time of 6:27.315. That was over two seconds faster than Drexel (6:29.823) and secured 15th place for the Cherry and White nationally.

Quotable
> "We could not be more proud of guys. They finished the season strong. We are really excited for the future of the program." - Head coach Brian Perkins

RACING LINEUPS

Varsity Eight
The Sassaman
C - Summit Gillespie
S - Matt Blaszczyk
7 - William Hooper
6 - Adam Love
5 - Thomas Bischoff
4 - Jacob Bucko
3 - Kenneth Raynor
2 - Trent Tighelaar
B - Mattison Sicko

Varsity Lightweight Eight
The Rena
C - Julian Green
S - Kristopher Fisher
7 - Cameron Norton
6 - Mark Canniff
5 - David Gillcrist
4 - Lucas Songy
3 - Kai Yuen
2 - Matthew Fabrizio
B - Cole Heilman

Second Varsity Eight
The Gavin White
C - Hunter Metnick
S - Dylan Schaefer
7 - Brandon Van Vuuren
6 - Nicholas Carbonaro
5 - Slavko Savic
4 - Conner Reilly
3 - Carver Schildt
2 - Nick Guidara
B - Fran Bruzek