ROCHESTER, N.Y.—The Hobart rowing team opened the fall portion of its 2025-26 season at the Head of the Genesee Regatta this morning. Out of the five events that the Statesmen competed in, they won gold medals in four and silver medals in all five.
 
The Statesmen competed against 10 teams and the clock on the 5,000-meter racecourse at the Genesee Waterways Center. Conditions remained steady with a light tailwind and rainy conditions.
 
COLLEGIATE 4+

• Hobart had two entries in the Men's Collegiate four event. The Statesmen started the day winning gold and silver medals in the event.
• Hobart's first four was driven by Sam Hyman, Lex Lauer, James Feeley IV, Chase Sneddon, and Alan Marusic.
• They established a strong base pace and increased speed throughout the race. The men powered down the course, passing several boats. They began with an average of 32 strokes per minute and ended with 36 strokes per minute in the last 400 meters.
• They stopped the clock at 17:21.100, beating the field by 18 seconds.
• Hobart's second boat was composed of Ellie Dial, Panagiotis Giannakopoulos, Henry McComb, Colin Mester, and Charles Watroba.
• They started at a solid pace for the first 2,500 meters. Although having a slower second half, they overtook two crews along the way.
• The boat stopped the clock with a time of 17:39.460

 
MENS NOVICE EIGHT

• The Statemen novice eight was powered by Duncan Wolski, Estel Justus, Braden Hendrickson, Fletcher Grantham, Clement Newbold, Cameron Nixon, Indiana Eiger, Cooper Sernick, and Finn Nestor.
• In their first collegiate appearance, the men were authoritative from start to finish, catching up to the other two boats in their event and maintaining a rate of 33 strokes per minute.
• The novice eight finished with a time of 16:34.207, winning their first collegiate medal.

 
MENS OPEN PAIRS

• Hobart's open pairs included James Faulkner and Bode Lonergan in one, Owen O'Connor and Kiré Richardson in the second boat, Carlo Capitanucci and Álvaro Paulin in the third, Joey Burvis and Ian Selover in a fourth boat, Cayden Hill and Liam Yokanovich in another, and Holden May and Colin Gilder in the final boat.
• The six boats competed against Pittsford Crew and RIT, each rowing with might down the course with rates between 27 and 31.
• Gold was claimed by Faulkner and Lonergan with a time of 18:56.426.
• Silver was obtained by O'Connor and Richardson with a time of 19:22.633.

 
 
MENS OPEN DOUBLES

• Hobart had two boats entered in the open double race.
• Tibor Teleki and Jayden Dasher competed in the first boat and Sam Peeler and Ryan Agans in the second.
• They finished second and fourth, respectively.

 
COLLEGIATE EIGHTS

• Hobart had four boats compete in the collegiate eight event. All four boats finished in the top five.
• The varsity eight was driven by Dial, Giannakopoulus, Agans, Mester, Richardson, Peeler, McComb, Trevor Beatley and Lonergan.
• They finished first overall with a time of 16:17.142, beating the second-place boat by two seconds.
• Hobart's 2V8 consisted of Hyman, O'Connor, Watroba, Capitanucci, Paulin, Faulkner, Yokanovich, Cayden Hill, and Tibor Teleki. They finished with a time of 16:20.022, winning a silver medal.
• Hobart's third eight was conducted by Isabel Goldblatt-Hamilton, Lex Lauer, Feeley, Sneddon, Marusic, Jayden Dasher, Gilder, Burvis, and May. Rowing at a 32-stroke rate, they stopped the clock at 16:34.510.
• The fourth eight was powered by Wolski, Justus, Hendrickson, Grantham, Newbold, Henry Terrell, Elliot Morris, Thomas Hoffmann, and Liam O'Connor. They finished fifth.

UP NEXT
Hobart will be back in action Oct. 25, when it takes part in the HWS Challenge on the Canal.