Oak Ridge, TN - Stetson men's rowing had two boats in the finals of the SIRA at Melton HIll Lake in Tennessee. The Hatters men's two and varsity eight competed on Sunday in the finals.
Stetson would come out with the victory in the men's two race as
Matthew Clendening and
Vincent Leffler would finish with the top time of 7:28.368. They finished ahead of Virginia RA, Florida, Alabama, Rollins College and SMU.
The varsity eight of
Griffin Fender,
William Hubbard,
Gabriel Laverde,
Lukasz Bajorek,
Lincoln Hendricks,
Sacha Roiena,
Matthew Franks,
Lucas Quinby and coxswain
Bennett Rossell would finish in sixth place with a time of 6:19.564 just .05 behind Notre Dame.
Quotable:
"We have continued to make steady progress and have surpassed expectations this weekend on each consecutive race. Heading into Dad Vails, we will continue to work on he things that we can change with the month we have left. The men's pair did really well, but having 100% of our team make grand finals for the first time since 2019 tells us we are going in the right direction."
- Assistant Coach
Anthony Chacon
"I'm very happy with the improvements we've made since FIRA and I think that we can pick up even more speed heading into Dad Vails. I think we'll have a very solid end to our season."
-
Lucas Quinby
"I am more than pleased with our performance this weekend in Tennessee. The guys really came together these last two weeks of training and left everything on the water. I am excited to see where we stand against these crews in one moth in Philadelphia."
- Captain/Coxswain
Bennett Rossell
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