GENEVA, N.Y.—The Hobart rowing team concluded its fall racing season on Saturday with a strong showing at the Challenge on the Canal. The Statesmen won three races at their home regatta.
 
Hobart welcomed Rochester Institute of Technology and Mercyhurst to the Cayuga-Seneca Canal for a 4.4-kilometer head race. In the first session teams competed in small boats (2-and 4+) and the novice eight race. In the second session, the varsity eights competed.
 
PAIRS

• The Statesmen turned in a dominant performance in the pairs races, finishing in the top three spots. In total eight entries and put every boat in the top-10.
• First-year Lex Lauer and senior Sean Madden won the event, crossing the line with a time of 17:00.4.
• First-year Panagiotis Giannakopoulos and junior Tibor Teleki were second. They posted a time of 17:09.8.
• Junior Owen O'Connor and junior Charles Watroba rounded out the podium, finishing with a time of 17:32.2, two-tenths of a second ahead of the crew from Mercyhurst.
• Junior Colin Mester and senior Aidan Vanek were fifth. They crossed the line with a time of 17:33.6.
• Hobart also finished in sixth, seventh eighth and ninth.

 
FOURS

• The Statesmen had two entries in the varsity four race. They finished first and third overall.
• Hobart's "A" entry of Senior Reed Bluestein, senior Bode Lonergan, senior Kevin Frost, sophomore Nicholas Short and junior Álvaro Paulin took home the victory. They defeated Mercyhurst's top boat by three-tenths of a second. The Statesmen stopped the clock at 16:31.1.
• Hobart's "B" entry was powered by first-year Wyatt Neville, senior Andrew Painton, junior Mason Fairfield, senior Calix Boldt and senior Jake Shue.  They crossed the line with a time of 17:24.6.

 
EIGHTS

• Hobart had four entries in the varsity eight race. The Statesmen finished first, third, fifth and seventh.
• Hobart's top boat of Sophomore Sam Hyman, Mester, Vanek, Lauer, Madden, Watroba, Giannakopoulos, O'Connor and Teleki won the event. They clocked in at 14:32.5, eight seconds ahead of Mercyhurst.
• The Statesmen's second boat was third. Bluestein, junior Jayden Dasher, first-year Henry McComb, junior Trevor Beatley, first-year James Feeley IV, first-year James Faulkner, junior Ryan Behar, first-year Nikolai Sazonov and and Kiré Richardson powered the boat down the 4.4-kilometer course to a time of 15:22.9.
• First-year Ellie Dial, Lonergan, Frost, Short, Paulin, first-year Carlo Capitanucci, first-year Joey Burvis, first-year Chase Sneddon and first-year Marusic placed fifth with a time of 15:32.2.
• Neville, Painton, Fairfield, Bolt, Shue first-year William Walker, first-year Ryan Agans, first-year Cayden Hill and first-year Liam Yokanovich were seventh.

COACH'S CORNER
"The entire Hobart squad delivered high quality racing on our home racecourse Saturday." Head Coach Chris Kerber said. "We earned three 'A' event wins in four races against regional crews from Mercyhurst and RIT. Each athlete was able to test their mettle and race twice over a 4400-meter (2.75 mile) racecourse. Our race day, on Saturday, was underscored by a short week on the heels of the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston last weekend. The week full of selection and race preparation built into very effective racing today. A major mention to the best regatta ops team, great fans and a picture fall day at the MBH Rowing Center – Thank you so much!"