Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Athletics

Eagles Earn Four Medals to Wrap Up Fall Season

11/8/2025 4:03:00 PM | By: Zach Phillips

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Embry-Riddle men's rowing hosted Florida Tech, Jacksonville, and Stetson on Saturday morning on the Halifax River for a competitive day of racing. The Eagles turned in a strong team performance, earning four medals overall, including three golds in the F/N4+, 2V8+, and 3V8+ events. Several races were tightly contested, with three Blue and Gold boats finishing within one second of the next crew.

It was a successful outing for the program, as ERAU placed in the top three of every event throughout the morning. The regatta provided valuable experience for the team, as they have now wrapped up their fall season and will start their spring season in March.

THE WATER

Course: Halifax River
Length: 25 miles or 40,000m

THE BOATS

V8+ (A) | Connor Matthews (cox), Roman Linkugel, Connor Goepfert, Sam Clode, Aidan Powers, James Zbitnoff, Igor Martinovic, Couper Carpenter, Maximus Weitekamper (5k)
V8+ (B) | Chase Kinniry (cox), Sebastian Sanchez, Kemal Cengiz, Jose Manuel Lopez Martin, Noah Koors, Parker Melhorn, Griffin King, Sawyer Dalton, Michael Chemi (5k)
V8+ (C) | Aaron Kustin-Salee (cox), Dan Ronen, Ian Ranker, Kian McLaughlin, Connor Westlake, Keegan McHugh, Collin Massey, Griffin McElmurray, Val Hudson (5k)
F/N4+ | Tyler Chong (cox), Ben Jewell, Luca Awad, Remy Blunier, Dylan Bennett (5k)
V8+ (A) | Matthews (cox), Linkugel, Goepfert, Clode, Powers, Zbitnoff, Martinovic, Carpenter, Weitekamper (1k)
V8+ (B) | Sam Prelewicz (cox), Sanchez, Cengiz, Lopez Martin, Koors, Melhorn, King, Dalton, Chemi (1k)
V8+ (C) | Kustin-Salee (cox), Ronen, Ranker, McLaughlin, Westlake, McHugh, Massey, McElmurray, Hudson (1k)
F/N4+ | Collin Chong (cox), Jewell, Awad, Blunier, Bennett (1k)

THE RESULTS

V8+ (A) | 3rd of 11 - 15:53.67 (5k)
V8+ (B) | 5th of 11 - 16:29.05 (5k)
V8+ (C) | 8th of 11 - 16:57.96 (5k)
F/N4+ | 1st of 4 - 19:19.17 (5k)
V8+ (A) | 3rd of 4 - 3:30.96 (1k)
V8+ (B) | 1st of 4 - 3:41.46 (1k)
V8+ (C) | 1st of 3 - 3:38.16 (1k)
F/N4+ | 3rd of 4 - 4:40.75 (1k)

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UP NEXT
Embry-Riddle will take a short break from competition until March 7, when the team returns to action with one squad racing Holy Cross in Tampa and another competing against Rollins in Winter Park.

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