Strong Sunday Effort Leads Lehigh To Two Runner-Up Finishes at Knecht Cup

Saturday, April 15

Cooper River - Cherry Hill, N.J.

Lehigh University

Knecht Cup

Strong Sunday Effort Leads Lehigh To Two Runner-Up Finishes at Knecht Cup

4/16/2023 4:10:00 PM | Men's Rowing

Results

CHERRY HILL, N.J. – Both Lehigh Varsity Eight boats claimed runner-up finishes in petite finals as the Lehigh men's rowing team completed the two-day Knecht Cup Sunday on the Cooper River.

"The team channeled the energy of a big stage in a positive direction," said Steven J. '69 & Karen A. Lee Head Rowing Coach Peter Costas. "The desire and competitiveness has been there for us this season, but today was a great step in letting it fuel aggressive racing instead of acting as a burden."

The Second Varsity Eight finished fourth in its heat Saturday with a time of 6:33.71. The Mountain Hawks posted a time of 6:24.16 in the petite final to finish second in the race. George Washington's B boat won the race at 6:13.42. Lehigh finished ahead of Army, Marietta, George Washington A and Fairfield.

"The 2v set a great tone with their piece," Costas said. "Schuyler steered a great course for them and they delivered their most complete race of the year to this point. Very excited for what's possible going forward."

Second Varsity 8+
Coxswain: Schuyler Joerger - Junior
8 Sam Jones - Sophomore
7 Charlie Miles – First-year
6 Derek Hammerstone - Sophomore
5 Pat Flynn – First-year
4 Will Snider – First-year
3 Ethan Hempel – Graduate student
2 David Huang – First-year
1 Henry Vietor – First-year

Saturday Heat 2
La Salle 6:05.48
MIT 6:10.48
Drexel B 6:12.69
Lehigh 6:33.71
George Washington B 6:47.87
Marietta 6:54.42

Sunday Petite Final
George Washington B 6:13.42
Lehigh 6:24.16
Army 6:28.15
Marietta 6:33.50
George Washington A 6:33.55
Fairfield 7:08.22

The First Varsity Eight finished third in both its preliminary and semifinal heats Saturday before posting a second place finish in the petite final. Lehigh was just over a second behind the winning boat from Michigan.

"The 1v similarly came out loose and aggressive," Costas said. "It took guts to hand in the 3rd fastest semifinal time of their race yesterday and trust each other enough to try pushing out the pace of the race. They found some nice responses to keep running with a fast pace. Also, their most complete piece of the season."

First Varsity 8+
Coxswain: Abe Berlin – Senior
8 Max McFadden - Senior
7 Max O'Meara – First-year
6 Joseph Carruth - Sophomore
5 Josh Bellon - Senior
4 Zac Wexler – First-year
3 Baxter Reihman - Junior
2 JP Neubert - Senior
1 Andrew Kammer – Senior

Saturday Heat 2
MIT 6:06.83
Mercyhurst 6:15.41
Lehigh 6:29.48
Fairfield 6:42.78

Saturday Semifinal 3
Drexel 5:45.77
George Washington 5:57.80
Lehigh 6:05.50
Adrian 6:11.15

Petite Final
Michigan 6:07.43
Lehigh 6:08.62
Army 6:19.84
Adrian 6:26.75
Catholic 6:27.95
Iona 6:28.74

Next up, the Mountain Hawks will race in the MARC Championships, April 29 at the Occoquan Reservoir in Virginia.

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