Champions: Men's Crew Wins First-Ever Points Trophy; Varsity Eight Remains Unbeaten

Saturday, May 8

Philadelphia, Pa.

9:00 A.M.

Temple University

Jefferson Dad Vail Regatta

Photo by: Brian Mermelstein

Champions: Men's Crew Wins First-Ever Points Trophy; Varsity Eight Remains Unbeaten

5.8.21 | Men's Crew

Results

PHILADELPHIA - After a year away from the water, Temple Men's Crew made history Saturday on the Schuylkill, winning its first-ever Jefferson Dad Vail Regatta's Men's Points Trophy. The Owls earned six medals, including three gold, in its nine entries to secure the title.

Team Effort
> Graduate student Alex DeNolfo, racing for the first time all season, started things off with a fourth place finish in the men's collegiate single.
> Then it was the men's freshman/novice four with freshman Patrick Rogers stroking the Owls' to a bronze medal. The race came down to the wire with Fairfield winning by 1.46 seconds over Mercyhurst with Temple missing silver by just .06 seconds.
> The Owls freshman/novice eight, stroked by freshman Nick Guidara, then won the team's first race of the day, beating Drexel by 2.5 seconds for the gold medal.
> Temple's JV four, stroked by freshman Brandon Hefele, picked up a point for the Owls with a sixth place finish.
> Next was the third varsity eight with sophomore stroke Trent Tighelaar leading the boat to a fourth place showing.
> The second varsity eight, with Samuel DiGiacomo at stroke, earned a bronze medal, finishing behind George Washington and Drexel.
> Temple's second gold was earned by the Owls lightweight four. Stroked by Michael Glynn, the crew easily won in open water.
> The Owls lightweight eight, with Kristopher Fisher at stroke, picked up a silver medal, finishing behind Mercyhurst.
> In the final men's event, senior Lasse Grimmer stroked the 10th-ranked and unbeaten Owls' varsity eight to a gold medal, and record 22nd title in the event. Temple edged George Washington by a mere 1.096 seconds in its closest challenge of the season.

Quotable: Head Coach Brian Perkins
> "I am just super proud of the guys. In 2018, we won a couple of events but did not win the points trophy. In 2019, every single rower made it into the finals, but did not earn enough points. This time everyone again made it into the finals and we earned enough points to win our first points trophy.
This is a good starting off point for the IRA Championships at the end of the month."
> "It was our closest race of the year. We were behind for most of it against our city rival (Drexel), but we found our rhythm and got a culture win for the program."

Up Next
> Temple has three weeks off to prepare for the IRA National Championship, being held at Mercer, N.J. on May 28-29.

RACING LINE-UPS*

Varsity Eight The Sassaman C - Summit Gillespie S - Lasse Grimmer 7 - William Hooper 6 - Matt Blaszczyk 5 - Thomas Bischoff 4 - Adam Oliver 3 - Kenneth Raynor 2 - Jacob Bucko B - Mattison Sicko	Varsity Lightweight Eight The Rena C - Julian Green S - Kristopher Fisher 7 - Cameron Norton 6 - Kai Yuen 5 - Mark Canniff 4 - David Gilchrist 3 - Lucas Songy 2 - Cole Heilman B - Matthew Fabrizio	Second Varsity Eight The Gavin White C - Evan Funchion S - Samuel DiGiacomo 7 - Nicholas Glass 6 - Nicholas Carbonaro 5 - George Torvik 4 - Conner Reilly 3 - Carver Schildt 2 - David Uhlig B - Kevin Ruehle	Freshman Eight The Marguerite C - Hunter Metnick S - Nick Guidara 7 - Brandon Van Vuuren 6 - Adam Love 5 - Slavko Savic 4 - Dylan Schaefer 3 - Fran Bruzek 2 - Michael Medina B - Logan Paulukow
Third Varsity Eight The Rick Gross C - Nina Sponheimer S - Trent Tighelaar 7 - Dawson Malcolm 6 - Steven Mullane 5 - Yoni Gilad 4 - Alex Markowski 3 - Christopher Luff 2 - Connor Warwick B - Ben Holzwarth	Lightweight Four The Hooten C - Olivia Morris S - Michael Glynn 3 - Liam Glennon 2 - Justin Frye B - Elias Deaibes	JV Four The Mirabella C – Austin Cooper S – Brandon Hefele 3 – Matthew Donnellan 2 – Joe Arvelo B – Matthew Boras	Freshman Four The Beyer C – Olivia Morris S – Patrick Rogers 3 – Konstantin Markovic 2 – Henry Allison B – Michael Donnellan Single Alex DeNolfo