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St. Lawrence men win novice race at Liberty League Championship Regatta

Posted 4/24/16

The Novice 8 boat for the St. Lawrence University Men's Rowing team had the best finish of the day winning its race Friday afternoon at the Liberty League Championship Regatta on Saratoga Lake near …

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St. Lawrence men win novice race at Liberty League Championship Regatta

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The Novice 8 boat for the St. Lawrence University Men's Rowing team had the best finish of the day winning its race Friday afternoon at the Liberty League Championship Regatta on Saratoga Lake near the campus of Skidmore College.

The Novice boat featured coxswain Ellisabeth Bartkus and rowers Tyler Frame, Nathaniel Boechat, Evan Ketcham, Matthew Boscow, Gregor Petakovic, John Courtney, Greg Blasz and Henry Sandiford and captured first place edging RIT by two seconds with a winning time of 7:11.30 and finished nearly 30 seconds in front of the University of Rochester boat.

In the Varsity 8 competition, the St. Lawrence first boat finished fourth while the Second Varsity 8 was third and the Third Varsity 8 boat was also third.

The First Varsity 8 boat featured coxswain Lauren Ward and rowers Travis Galowski, Matthew Rostkowski, Dan Tobin, Palchen Wangchuk, Jackson Leahy, Sam Gavett, Chester Hojniki and Casimir Misiewicz. The Second 8 included coxswain Emma Root and rowers Michael Bauman, Sam Pratt, Jeremy Sylvain, Tristan Anderson, Alex McKenna, Bernardo Moreno, Dylan Hemsted and Erik Werner. The Third Varsity 8 boat was rowed by Bubacarr Fofana, Mo Tunkara, Jack Stokoe, Parker Phipps, David Kunin, Karl Strahl, Daniel Banta, Lin Ge and the coxswain Winslow Gunning.