SAINTS PLACE SECOND AT

CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

Apr. 26: Each of the three boats had impressive performances on Saturday morning, helping the St. Lawrence University men’s crew team to a second place finish behind Hobart College at the 2008 Liberty League Championships in Saratoga Springs, NY, ahead of Hamilton, Union and Vassar.

 

Despite having to compete against their opponents’ Varsity crews, the Men’s Novice Four fared well in their first Varsity race of their careers. Skidmore took first with a time of 7:36.23, while Hobart came in a distant second at 7:51.66. Vassar rounded out the top three with a time of 7:55.01, while the Saints finished fourth with a time of 8:20.69.

 

Saints competing in the race included first-years Greg Gotta (Northbridge, MA/ St. John’s), Cam West (New Britain, CT/ Avon Old Farms), Brendan McGrath (Hingham, MA/ Hingham), Nick Blum (Buffalo, NY/Williamsville East) and first-year coxswain Meghan Koeller.

 

The Second Varsity 8 placed second behind the Statemen’s boat, finishing with a time of 7:30.7, ahead of both Union (7:51.9) and Hamilton (7:52.4). The crew from St. Lawrence included first-year Joey Colagrossi (Greenwich, CT/Greenwich), junior Matt Sonagere (Auburn, ME/Edward Little High), junior Liam Delahanty (Francestown, NY/Conval Regional), first-year Dave MacClaren (Madison, CT/Stratton Mountain School), sophomore Oke McAndrews (Dover, MA/Loomis Chaffee), senior Brent Davis (Ithaca, NY/Ithaca), senior Lawson Condrey (Holland Patent, NY/Holland Patent), senior Andrew Lagos (Bow, NH/Bow), and first-year coxswain Alyssa Halton (Ithaca, NY/Lansing).

 

In the Men’s Varsity 8 race, Hobart continued to row well, winning the race handily, while St. Lawrence and Hamilton competed vigorously for second place, with the Saints emerging victorious, winning just in front of the Continentals and ahead of Union.

 

The men’s varsity 8 boat included senior Kyle Emery (Fairfax Station, VA/Lake Braddock Secondary), junior Mike Syslo (Shrewsbury, MA/St. John’s), junior Seth Corliss (Castleton, VT/Fair Haven Union), junior Jullian Holland (Falls Village, CT/Housatonic Valley), seniors Seth Hussey (Biddeford, ME/Biddeford), Kit Wright (Johnson, VT/Lamoille Union), Tedd Rama (Cottekill, NY/Rondout Valley), and Evan Smith (Lancaster, PA/Manheim Township) with first-year coxswain Allison Webster (Weston, MA/Weston).

 

St. Lawrence will compete at the NewYork State Championships next Saturday, May 3, in Whitney Point, NY.