SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Colgate's busiest day of racing thus far this season saw the Raiders bring home significant hardware from the Head of the Fish Regatta.
Colgate landed third-place medals in the Varsity 8+ and brought home silver in the open 2- manned by
Alex Damjanovic and
Luke Smith. Raider novice boats brought home bronze medals in the Novice 8+, two gold from entries in the Novice 4+ and another bronze also in the Novice 4+.
Here are the results of each boat:
Varsity 8+
Cox:
Tali Filstein.
Crew: 8
Luke Smith, 7
Alex Damjanovic, 6
Gian Civitello, 5,
Thomas Feeney, 4
David McKay, 3
Noah Barkoff, 2
Connor Appleyard, 1
Andrew Smith.
Results: Colgate finished third after crossing in 10:09.12. The Raiders trailed only Marist (9:49.46) and MIT (10:02.50) but finished ahead of such notables as Massachusetts (10:09.46), Tufts and Connecticut.
Men's Open Pair 2-
Crew:
Alex Damjanovic and
Luke Smith.
Results: The Colgate duo finished second behind only Marist. The Red Foxes crossed turned in a time of 11:38.00 to Colgate's 11:53.68. In third place was Greenwich Crew in 12:13.72.
Men's Collegiate Double 2x-
Crew:
Seth Rosen and
Jack Foley.
Results: The Colgate rowers finished fifth with a time of 12:14.88. First place went to Tufts in 11:36.67, followed by Rhode Island, Clarkson and Gordon, the latter boat just clipping the Raiders with a clocking of 12:14.62.
Novice 8+
Cox:
Lily Barna.
Crew: 8
Elliot Duessel, 7.
August Girardi, 6.
Luke Davenport, 5.
Lucas Austin, 4.
Colin Clark, 3.
Harry Goodin, 2.
Alex Lohr, 1.
Ryan Pere.
Results: Colgate finished third with an official time of 10:54.58, trailing only Tufts (10:20.73) and Marist (10:31.41). Connecticut (11:16.19) and Skidmore rounded out the top five.
Novice 4+ A
Cox:
Miranda Tompkins.
Crew: 4.
Andrew Smith, 3.
Noah Barkoff, 2.
Thomas Feeney, 1.
Elliot Duessel.
Results: First place overall, with a time of 11:28.05.
Novice 4+ B
Cox:
Lily Barna.
Crew: 4.
Alex Lohr, 3.
August Girardi, 2.
Colin Clark, 1.
Ryan Pere.
Results: First place among the B entries and second overall, with a time of 11:56.15. Marist A and C finished third and fourth overall in 12:08.42 and 12:58.35, respectively.
Novice 4+ C
Cox:
Seth Rock.
Crew: 4.
Luke Davenport, 3.
Lucas Austin, 2.
Harry Goodin, 1.
Rahul Bahanduru.
Results: Third place among all B and C entries with a time of 12:59.95, and fifth overall out of 15 total entries.