Temple Wins Jefferson Dad Vail Regatta Overall Points Trophy

Friday, May 12

Camden, N.J.

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Temple University

Dad Vail Regatta

Photo by: Robin Hsiao

Temple Wins Jefferson Dad Vail Regatta Overall Points Trophy

5.13.23 | Men's Crew

Results

PENNSAUKEN, N.J. – Temple won the 2023 Jefferson Dad Vail Regatta Points Trophy for just the second time in program history Saturday afternoon on the Cooper River. The men's crew team finished with 106 points to place second in the men's point total and, with the 30 points from the Owls' women's rowing team's victory in the Third Varsity Eight, combined for 136 points to win the overall points trophy.

The men earned four medals on the day, taking home golds in the 3V8 and V4 and silvers on the day and silvers in the 2V8 and F/N8.

The only other time Temple won the Overall Points Trophy was in 2019.

Varsity Eight
> Temple's top boat, The Kevin Murphy, placed fourth in the Grand Final in a time of 5:49.515.
> The Owls were three seconds behind Colgate (5:46.458) with Drexel taking home gold and La Salle earning silver.

Second Varsity Eight
> In a closely contested Grand Final, The "Professor" Gratson, finished second to Drexel (5:48.798) by a mere 1.406 seconds to earn a silver medal.
> The Owls (5:50.204) were six seconds better than third-place MIT (5:55.492).

Third Varsity Eight
> The Marguerite took home the gold with a time of 5:55.106.
> The Owls defeated city rivals Drexel (5:57.284) and Saint Joseph's (6:06.712) who earned silver and bronze.

Novice Eight
> The Gavin White earned a silver medal, finishing in 6:05.402.
> The Owls were four seconds behind Drexel (6:01.232), but easily bested third-place Army (6:19.372)

Second Varsity Four
> The Mirabella captured the Ken Shaw Trophy, taking gold with a winning time of 6:46.413.
>The Owls easily defeated Jacksonville (6:52.067) and Drexel (6:52.447) which earned silver and bronze medals.

Novice Four
> The Angus won its Petite Final to start the day, finishing in a time of 7:01.88.
> Catholic U. placed second, nearly three seconds behind the Owls in a time of 7:03.800 with Oklahoma City placing third (7:03.988).

Single
> Elias Deaibes placed fourth in the Single, finishing in 7:28.347.
> He was 2.618 seconds behind Oklahoma City (7:25.729) with George Mason (7:20.205) and Brock (72.333), earning gold and silver in the race.

Quotable
> "Winning the overall points trophy for the second time in school history is tremendous. This was done by winning the Women's 3V8, the Men's 3V8 and 2V4. Medals in the 2V8 and F8 contributed on the men's side as well as points from the V8 and Single. Not the day we wanted for some of our flagship crews, but we can overcome and set our sites on next year. The path to victory starts today," - Head coach Brian Perkins

Temple will next compete at the IRA National Championships from June 2 thru 4 on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J.

RACE LINEUPS

Varsity Eight Kevin Murphy	Second Varsity Eight Gratson	Third Varsity Eight Marguerite	Freshman Eight Gavin White	Freshman Four Angus
C-Hunter Metnick	C-Julia Stoltzfus	C-Gabriel Lins	C-Ryan Brady	C-Frederick Mehra
S-Adam Oliver	S-Nick Guidara	S-Patrick Lamb	S-Erich Sands	4-Ben Mattice
7-Kenneth Raynor	7-Pascal Evans	7-David Uhlig	7-Stephen Gloyd	3-Michael Chemi
6-Dimitrios Stasinos	6-Adam Love	6-Lukas Wojciechowski	6-Skylor Wentzell	2-Joseph Gober
5-Slavko Savic	5-Ryan Yates	5-Fran Bruzek	5-Gavin Anderson	B-Rafi Zacks
4-Rares Nechita	4-Trent Tighelaar	4-Dean Hargrove	4-Alexander Guilbot
3-Brandon Van Vuuren	3-Kevin Harvell	3-Christopher Luff	3-Sebastian Rawson
2-Konstantin Kluge	2-Brayden MacBride	2-Bruno Stehlik	2-Garen Margossian
B-Ian Hedin	B-Marco Palomo	B-Logan Paulukow	B-Andrew Farkas