WORCESTER, Mass. – In a dominating showing the No. 5 ranked Wesleyan men's crew team captured first place in the varsity 8 race, earning the Class of 2003 title in a meet hosted by WPI at Lake Quinsigamond on Saturday morning. The Cardinals also captured first place in the 2
nd varsity 8 and 3
rd varsity 8 races on the day.
Wesleyan's top boat.-
Asher Israel '26 (coxswain),
Joe Kagan '23, Chris Saade '25,
Oliver Diamond '23,
Emmett Nunes '23,
Nelson Bellows '26,
Paul Kiyonaga '25,
Brett Beaman '26, and
Pierce Buckner-Wolfson '26 - earned the title with a time of 6:06.79 that was over six seconds faster than the runner-up No. 4 WPI who clocked in at 6:13.21 on the 2000m course. This marked just the second time in the last six seasons that Wesleyan has captured the Class of 2003 title and the first time 2019.
The Cardinals continued to roll on the day as Wesleyan also captured first place in the 2
nd varsity 8 competition. Racing against three other boats, Wesleyan -
Leo Rosenblum '24 (coxswain),
Max Ewing '24,
Hugo Harington '25,
Eli Smirin '26,
Freddie Bell '25,
Kiran Kling '24,
Eli Kooistra '26,
Oliver Saffery '23, and
Cory Reavy '26 - clocked in 12 seconds faster than the runner-up (WPI) while the Cardinals' time of 6:14.4 was the third-fastest time of any boat in any race on the day. The only two boats fastest was Wesleyan's varsity 8 and WPI's varsity 8. The Cardinals' second boat was faster than No. 8 Hamilton's top boat (6:17.89).
Rounding out the day was Wesleyan -
Meg Rubenstein '25 (coxswain),
Andrew Steinert '25,
Nate Newcomer '25,
Josh Silbert '26,
Jack Cornog '26,
Nader Moghadam '26,
Teddy Manning '25,
Otis Harrison '26, and
Finn Brown '23 - beating WPI in the 3
rd varsity 8 race, with a time of 6:25.72. The Cardinals also fielded a 4
th varsity 8 boat -
Imogen Frazier '25 (coxswain),
Nick Jarrett '25,
Alex Glotzer '25,
Nick Dillon '23,
Colin Flynn '26,
Morgan Shatzman '25,
Rowan Cahill '26,
Austin Halsey '26, and
Ro Barrett '26 - that finished right behind WPI with a time of 6:37.92.
Next up for Wesleyan is a trip to Medford, Massachusetts to face Tufts, Bates, and UMass on Saturday, April 15 from the Malden River.
