Results

The Hobart College varsity eight won the collegiate eight event for the second year in a row, as the Statesmen went 1-2 in both the collegiate eight and the novice eight races at the Head of the Genesee regatta today.

"This was a very strong day of racing from the team and I was very pleased with the effort of our crews and the depth of our speed today," Head Coach Paul Bugenhagen said.

The Head of the Genesee combines a morning head race and a 1,500-meter sprint in the afternoon. The sprint time is tripled and added to morning time. The fastest combined time wins.

In the morning head race of the collegiate eight, Hobart A turned in the fastest time, 16:12.11, but was hit with a 30 second penalty that pushed it to second behind Hobart B, 16:27.25. The Statesmen were paired up in the afternoon sprint. Racing on flat water without the morning rain, Hobart B posted the fastest sprint of the day, stopping the clock in 4:41.29. Hobart A was just over two seconds back. Hobart B, Sky Drazek, Patrick Ware, Davis Muller, Owen Monahan, Matthew Sylvan, Tyler Steving, John Hibbard, Austin Letorney, and Joe Biesemeyer, had the day's best total time, 30:31.12, followed by silver medalist Hobart A in 30:52.43. Rochester was third in 31:35.17.

The novice crews in the Head of the Genesee, only compete in the morning head race. Hobart B, Carly Skehan, Jan Ahrens, Jonathan Glatman, David Kidwell, Brady Phillips, John Hunter, D. Griffin Marsh, Benj Wilhelm, and Paul Cotnam, faced little resistance from the other visiting crews. Their winning time, 17:48.79, was nearly 45 seconds faster than the closest crew not wearing purple and orange. Hobart A was second, logging a time of 18:05.16. Clarkson was a distance third in 18:33.08.

The Statesmen will be back on the water when they compete in the Head of the Charles on Oct. 19 and Oct. 20.