WORCESTER, Mass. – The Wesleyan men's crew team completed the fall portion of its 2026-27 schedule with a third-place finish at the Wormtown Chase on Saturday at Lake Quinsigamond.
Competing against a mix of Div. I and Div. III programs, the Wesleyan Varsity 8 boat finished third-fastest overall out of 25 boats in the competition. Among Div. III participants, the Cardinals' V8 finished as the fastest boat in the field, finishing well ahead of Coast Guard who placed 10
th overall. Wesleyan clocked in at 14:42.3 and finished behind only Holy Cross and MIT.
The same story played out in the 2
nd Varsity 8 and 3
rd Varsity 8 categories, as Wesleyan's 2V8 placed eighth overall and well ahead of the WPI and Coast Guard 2V8. The Cardinals' 2V8 clocked in at 15:12.3 which was nearly 12 seconds faster than Coast Guard's V8. Wesleyan's 3V8 clocked in at 15:26.6, good enough for 11
th place overall, and second-best among all 3V8 boats in the field. Wesleyan's 3V8 finished well ahead of the 3V8 from Fairfield and MIT, landing behind only Holy Cross' 3V8.
Wesleyan also fielded a 4
th Varsity 8 boat that showed well, finishing in 18
th place overall with a time of 16:22.9.
The Cardinals resume competition in the spring of 2027.
Boat Lineups
Varsity 8 -
Ben Fischer '27 (coxswain),
Sam Penn '28,
Gus Shuman '27,
Ben Vyzas '28,
Roy Krueger '28,
John Cannon '30,
Thomas Jamison '28,
Luke Rowles '29, and
Will McNally '27
2nd Varsity 8 -
Hailey Love '29 (coxswain),
Sam Bierlink '29,
Andres Krizan '29,
Emmett Price '29,
Cabot Adams '27,
Maxime Victoir '29,
Atticus Keep '29,
Tor Kushner '27, and
Evan Salhanick '27
3rd Varsity 8 -
Rachel Wilken '30 (coxswain),
Jack Arbogast '30,
Nate Weinstein '28,
Vlad Grass '28,
Ross Lee '28,
Philip Reynolds '30,
Ben Duda '29,
Devon Smith '30,
Aaron Feldhammer '28
4th Varsity 8 - Iris Lu '29 (coxswain),
James Kolodner '29,
George John '29,
Iliyan Moloo '30,
Sehbu Parsekian '30,
Harry Degnan '30,
Sean Peterson '30,
Sebastian Boom '30, and
Finn Goodson '29
