Philadelphia, Pa. – The Stetson men's rowing team earned a pair of medals on Saturday afternoon along the Schuylkill River at the of the 83^rd Annual Jefferson Dad Vail Regatta.
 
The Hatters Varsity 4+ crew took silver by posting a time of 6:34.487 in the grand finale, finishing just 4.822 behind La Salle, which was rowing on its home waters.
 
"I'm very proud of the work these guys have put in over the past several weeks," Stetson head coach Jamie Francis said. "Everyone performed to their potential this weekend, and that is all we can ask for."
 
The Stetson crew reached the finale by posting a time of 6:36.008 in its head race on Friday, besting crews from Washington College, Fairfield, Drexel and Pittsburgh. The Hatters also won their Friday afternoon semifinal race, posting a time of 6:38.642, defeating boats from Bowdoin and three Philadelphia area crews – Temple, Drexel and Villanova.
 
Stetson's boat was led by senior coxswain Walter Klein with a crew of junior Matthew Clendening, junior Dylan Robertson, freshman Charles Abrahams and freshman Griffin Fender.
 
Hatters' sophomore Kaden Bowles also medaled, finishing third in the singles grand finale with a time of 7:36.423. Bowles reached the grand finale by posting a second-place finish in his Friday heat race with a time of 7:25.591 and third in his semifinal race with a time of 7:33.304.
 
Stetson student Austin Hill, who is not a member of the varsity team, also competed in the open singles division, earning third in the second final with a time of 7:56.171.
 
Stetson's Varsity 8+ crew did not make it to the grand finale on Saturday, but did row in the second final, finishing fifth out of six boats with a time of 5:55.050. The Hatters' Varsity 8+ was led by sophomore coxswain Bennett Rossell and crewed by senior Grant Miller, junior Lucas Quinby, sophomore Isaac Choate, sophomore Matthew Franks, freshman William Hubbard, senior Gabriel Laverde, junior Vincent Leffler and grad student Campbell Cole.
 
The Hatters will close out their spring schedule June 3-5 at the IRA National Championship which is being held this year in West Windsor, NJ.
 
Full results of races that included Stetson rowers are listed below.

Friday Race Results
Men's Open Collegiate 1x Official

Place	Entry	Lane	Time	Margin
1	Detroit Boat Club (Malbouef, S.)	3	07:32.000
2	Grand Valley (Stone, J.)	1	07:34.040	02.040
3	Dominican (McEnulty, E.)	4	07:46.770	14.770
4	Stetson (Hill, A.)	5	08:09.190	37.190

Men's Open Collegiate 1x Official

Place	Entry	Lane	Time	Margin
1	Rhode Island (Mannion, J.)	1	07:19.221
2	Stetson (Bowles, K.)	5	07:25.591	06.370
3	Clarkson (Jackson, S.)	4	07:27.371	08.150
4	Marietta (Puntarelli, G.)	2	07:39.673	20.452
5	American (Rempe, T.)	3	07:40.853	21.632

Men's Collegiate JV 4+ Official

Place	Entry	Lane	Time	Margin
1	Stetson (Clendening, M.)	4	06:36.008
2	Washington College (Frederick, H.)	5	06:45.670	09.662
3	Fairfield (Godwin, J.)	2	06:56.138	20.130
4	Drexel (Manolarakis, A.)	3	07:08.412	32.404
5	Pittsburgh (Miles, Z.)	1	08:12.926	1:36.918

Men's Varsity Heavyweight Eight Official

Place	Entry	Lane	Time	Margin
1	Temple (Oliver, A.)	4	05:33.419
2	George Washington (George, P.)	3	05:35.137	01.718
3	Stetson (Miller, G.)	5	05:45.041	11.622
4	Rutgers (Malague, E.)	2	05:54.899	21.480

Men's Open Collegiate 1x Official

Place	Entry	Lane	Time	Margin
1	Virginia Tech (Foltz, T.)	2	07:08.642
2	Oklahoma City (Rogers, D.)	5	07:27.502	18.860
3	Stetson (Bowles, K.)	4	07:33.304	24.662
4	Detroit Boat Club (Malbouef, S.)	3	07:35.754	27.112
5	Clarkson (Jackson, S.)	1	07:35.978	27.336
6	Stetson (Hill, A.)	6	08:00.424	51.782

Men's Collegiate JV 4+, Official

Place	Entry	Lane	Time	Margin
1	Stetson (Clendening, M.)	3	06:38.642
2	Bowdoin (Curran, T.)	2	06:41.852	03.210
3	Temple (Donnellan, M.)	4	06:43.746	05.104
4	Drexel (Manolarakis, A.)	6	06:55.550	16.908
5	Villanova (DeWitt, R.)	5	07:08.582	29.940
6	MSOE (Oberfoell, G.)	1	07:12.834	34.192

Saturday Race Results
Men's Varsity Heavyweight Eight Semi Final 1 Official

Place	Entry	Lane	Time	Margin
1	Drexel (Diggons, J.)	3	05:35.323
2	George Washington (George, P.)	4	05:38.311	02.988
3	St. Josephs (Veiga de Roovere, D.)	5	05:41.067	05.744
4	Jacksonville (Veld, C.)	2	05:45.313	09.990
5	Stetson (Miller, G.)	1	05:53.687	18.364
6	Minnesota (Stanis, N.)	6	06:01.603	26.280

Men's Open Collegiate 1x Final 2 Official

Place	Entry	Lane	Time	Margin
1	Clarkson (Jackson, S.)	2	07:31.045
2	Detroit Boat Club (Malbouef, S.)	4	07:32.199	01.154
3	Stetson (Hill, A.)	6	07:56.171	25.126
4	Marietta (Puntarelli, G.)	3	08:01.127	30.082

Men's Open Collegiate 1x - Grand Final (The Lou McCormick Trophy) Official

Place	Entry	Lane	Time	Margin
1	Georgia Tech (Harrison, J.)	4	07:02.497
2	Rhode Island (Mannion, J.)	2	07:20.815	18.318
3	Stetson (Bowles, K.)	1	07:36.423	33.926
4	Oklahoma City (Rogers, D.)	5	07:37.057	34.560
5	Grand Valley (Stone, J.)	6	07:43.637	41.140

Men's Collegiate JV 4+ - Grand Final (The Ken Shaw Trophy) Official

Place	Entry	Lane	Time	Margin
1	La Salle (Kroll, J.)	4	06:29.665
2	Stetson (Clendening, M.)	3	06:34.487	04.822
3	Bowdoin (Bardsley, D.)	2	06:35.771	06.106
4	Bowdoin (Curran, T.)	5	06:39.183	09.518
5	Temple (Donnellan, M.)	1	06:40.337	10.672
6	Fairfield (Godwin, J.)	6	06:58.295	28.630

Men's Varsity Heavyweight Eight - Second Final Official

Place	Entry	Lane	Time	Margin
1	Jacksonville (Veld, C.)	4	05:43.334
2	Marietta (Hoffman, W.)	3	05:46.072	02.738
3	Rutgers (Malague, E.)	5	05:51.772	08.438
4	Minnesota (Stanis, N.)	6	05:54.736	11.402
5	Stetson (Miller, G.)	2	05:55.050	11.716
6	West Point (Shepler, C.)	1	06:07.994	24.660

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