SCOTIA, N.Y. – The Hamilton College Continentals put forth a strong start to the fall portion of their 2026-27 season at the Mohawk Fall Classic on the Mohawk River on Sunday, Sept. 27.
 
Hamilton finished in second place out of seven entries in the collegiate eights race with a time of 12:02.30 on the 3,700-meter course. Middlebury College edged the Continentals for first place in 11:57.35.
 
In the collegiate fours, Hamilton placed two boats in the top three out of seven entries. One of the Continentals' entries took the top spot in 13:53.20 and the other was third with a time of 14:16.13. Gordon College was the runner-up in 13:57.01.
 
Hamilton grabbed first place in the collegiate pair with a time of 14:36.79 that topped the seven-boat field. Gordon finished a distant second in 15:01.09.
 
The Continentals won't compete again until Hobart College's Challenge on the Canal in Waterloo, N.Y., on Saturday, Oct. 24.

LINEUPS

Collegiate 8+
Coxswain Timothy Bingenheimer '28
Stroke Oliver Plese '28
7 Kai Polozie '27
6 John Howard '29
5 Hunter Howard '27
4 Nicholas Graff '30
3 Thomas Patino '29
2 Parker Seymour '28
Bow Thomas Huang '30

Collegiate 4+
1st place
Coxswain Liam Dhumale-Smyth '30
4 Graff
3 Sawyer Stuelpe '30
2 Thomas Inhofe '29
1 Huang

3rd place
Coxswain Gus Nappellio '29
4 Kai Jolly-Ballantine '29
3 Patino
2 Weston Trish '29
1 Bryson Huber '29

Collegiate 2x
Polozie
John Howard