WORCESTER, Mass. – Hamilton College finished in seventh place out of eight schools in the 2025 NESCAC Men's Championship and took the top spot out of six boats in the third-level final of the varsity eight at the National Invitational Rowing Championships held on Lake Quinsigamond on Sunday, May 11.
 
Nationally ranked No. 11 Hamilton posted a time of 5:59.500 on the 2,000-meter course. No. 9 Worcester Polytechnic Institute was the runner-up in the third-level final in 6:02.654 and No. 12 Skidmore College finished third with a time of 6:07.750.
 
The NESCAC champion was determined by the top performer in the varsity eight. No. 1 Trinity College was the race winner in a grand final that included four other conference schools and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
 
The Continentals ended up in the third-level final by finishing fifth in their six-boat heat with a time of 5:59.330. No. 5 Williams College was first in the heat in 5:43.991 and No. 2 Wesleyan University was the runner-up in 5:48.897.
 
Hamilton landed in third place out of four entries in the third-level final of the second varsity eight with a time of 6:41.421. Skidmore captured first place in 6:31.975 and Connecticut College edged the Continentals for second place with a time of 6:40.679.
 
Hamilton qualified for the third-level final after the Continentals finished fifth in their five-boat heat with a time of 7:10.918. No. 1 Trinity was first in the heat in 6:01.172 and No. 6 Bates College was the runner-up in 6:02.108.

LINEUPS

MV8
C Timothy Bingenheimer '28
S Oliver Plese '28
7 Max Klivans '25   
6 Kai Polozie '27 
5 Ian Vogelsang '25  
4 Hunter Howard '27  
3 Brunildo Fischer '25 
2 Christophe Boivin '25
B Parker Seymour '28

M2V8
C Robert Neithart '26
S Luke Davis '28
7 Kenneth Aitken '28 
6 Hunter Flattery '28
5 Nicholas Skillman '25  
4 Nicolai Tolstoy '27 
3 Mark Vasquez '28
2 Conor Wood '28
B Sam Lacy '27