Men's Rowing | April 18, 2016

PHILADELPHIA – La Salle men's rowing won the petite final of the men's varsity eight event at the 2016 Kerr Cup on the Schuylkill River on Saturday, clocking a time of 6:03.53. The Explorers launched four boats on the day, the most of any regatta so far this season.
 
Crewing the varsity eight were sophomore Grant Maddock (cox), sophomore Kenny Roller, senior Jack Schall, sophomore Kieran Hughes, senior Marqus Brown, sophomore Jake Fabel, sophomore Josh Brooks, sophomore Zack LaBarth, and senior Kris Walls.  The boat qualified for the petite final earlier in the day, finishing third in its heat (6:12.76) ahead of Maryland and Haverford. 
 
The men's varsity four boat also had a strong performance on the river, finishing third in its heat with a time of 7:02.74.  The time placed them almost five seconds ahead of Lehigh in their heat and placed them 11^th overall in the field of 21 boats over four heats.   The varsity four was made up of freshman Elijah Allis (cox), sophomore Kyle Adams, senior Matt Cardin, senior Nick McGloin and sophomore Waleed Omar.
 
The novice four boat, comprised of Christi Gosse (cox), Sadik Canca, Bob Noga, Hoang Le and Justin Coogan, finished fifth in its heat with a time of 7:56.51.  The time was good for 12^th overall in the field of 17 boats spread over three heats.
 
Rounding out the day's events the men's lightweight four boat finished fourth in their heat, ahead of Rochester, with a time of 6:50.20.   Rowing in the lightweight four was junior Emily Giegerich (cox), freshman Evan Horvath, freshman Scott Dunn, freshman Keaton Schneider and sophomore Mike Gormley.
 
The team returns to the Schuylkill on Saturday, April 23^rd for the Bergen/Kelly Cup.  The annual alumni pig roast will be held in conjunction with the regatta, check back to GoExplorers.com for more details.