WORCESTER, Mass. – Hamilton College finished in sixth place in the petite final of the men's varsity eight at the 2023 National Invitational Rowing Championships (NIRC) held on Lake Quinsigamond on Friday, May 12.
The 2023 NESCAC Men's and Women's Rowing Championships were conducted concurrently with NIRC at the event. The Continentals also finished fifth in the petite final of the second varsity eight and seventh in the petite final of the open four.
"Racing at the NIRC/NESCAC Championships is the final measure of our body of work," Head Coach
James Lister said. "Each of our boats raced closely with their peer boats from last week at New York State Championships. I am proud that each boat put together solid race performances. This young crew team has a lot of potential to build towards meeting that speed next year."
Nationally ranked No. 11 Hamilton was fourth out of five in its varsity eight heat with a time of 6:25.46 on Friday morning. The Continentals went faster in the afternoon's petite final and finished less than a second out of fourth place in 6:06.321. Marist College (6:05.348) was fourth and No. 8 Ithaca College (6:06.317) edged Hamilton for fifth. No. 3 Bates College was first in the petite final in 5:56.288.
In the second varsity eight the Continentals finished fifth in their morning heat with a time of 6:55.340. Hamilton ended up ahead of No. 8 Rochester Institute of Technology for fifth place in the petite final by almost nine seconds as the Continentals recorded a time of 6:26.602. No. 5 Tufts University was the race winner in 6:04.505.
Hamilton was fifth in its heat in the open four with a time of 7:52.628, and ended up seventh in the petite final in 7:42.251. One of the University of Michigan's three entries took first in the petite final in 6:58.222.
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V8+
Tyler Krasusky '24 (cox)
Henryk Kania '25
Ian Vogelsang '25
Henry Meisner '26
Max Klivans '25
Sam Cagnetta '23
Eric Li '25
Michael Phelps '26
Will Cho '25
2V8+
Jay Pratt '25 (cox)
Connor Grand '25
Nicholas Skillman '25
Andreas Matejka '25
Kunlun Liu '26
Owen Dimock '25
Brunildo Fischer '25
Christophe Boivin '25
Alvaro Marin Miralles '23
V4+
Ellis Strutton '23 (cox)
Dylan Koproski '23
William Strutton '25
Charlie Fischer '23
Shap McCoy '23
