Diplomats place Third in the River Cup

The Franklin & Marshall men’s varsity rowers raced twice this weekend. The varsity eight broke into two four oared crews and finished second of out three teams and fourth out of four teams in each of their respective events. Rowing in the “B” boat were (bow to cox) Ho Hong Lau, Will Riegel, Brent Schneider, Nick Ferra and cox Juan Pitarque. In a separate race the “A” boat which finished fourth was comprised of (bow to cox) Aaron Hodes, Patrick Maloney, Daniel Falciani, Conor Borak and cox Kevin Brown.

Both boats combined under the leadership of coxswain Kevin Brown to row in the Varsity eight race and finished fourth of four entries. Penn State won the event in 5.24 followed by Lehigh University, Lafayette and F&M. The Dips narrowed their margin of defeat since their prior race with Lehigh, two weeks ago by 15 seconds.

In the Men’s Novice 4 event, Franklin and Marshall’s rowers finished third of four crew teams, behind winner Lehigh University and second place Lafayette University. The Diplomats defeated Penn State. F&M’s novice four was comprised of Greg Hershman, Kyle Rothman, Clement Hsu, Chris Virunurm and coxswain Juan Pitarque.

Both men’s crews compete at the Mid Atlantic Rowing Conference Championships on Saturday April 25th in Gifford Pinchot State Park, near York, PA.

Men’s Varsity 8

Lehigh 5.34
Penn State 5.44
Lafayette 5.52
F&M 6.05

Men’s Novice 4

Lehigh 6.33
Lafayette 6.46
F&M 6.59
Penn State 7.05

Men’s Varsity 4 “B”

Lehigh 6.05
F&M 6.22
Penn State 6.39

Men’s Varsity 4 “A”

Lehigh 5.41
Penn State 5.44
Lafayette 5.53
F&M 6.13