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Men’s Rowing Sweeps Rollins Invitational

3/9/2025 4:52:00 PM | By: Kyrin Mayfield | @k_mayfield97

Results
WINTER PARK, Fla.- Embry-Riddle Men's Rowing completely dominated Rollins and Florida by winning all five of the races the Eagles competed in. Four of those races had a margin of victory of 10 or more seconds.

THE WATER

Course: Lake Maitland
Length: 2,000m
Conditions: Absolutely perfect. No wind. Even racing in all lanes and all events

THE BOATS

1V8(A)+ | Connor Matthews (cox), Sebastian Sanchez, Connor Goepfert, Sam Clode, Igor Martinovic, James Zbitnoff, Sawyer Dalton, Roman Linkugel, Kemal Cengiz
1V8(B)+ | Sam Prelewicz (cox), Quinn Calzada, Aidan Powers, Blake Paynter, Michael Chemi, Griffin King, Maximus Weitekamper, Jake Blackmon, Matthew Talty
2V8+ | Rylie Cataldo (cox), Ognjen Srbinovic, Hayden Lesser, Dan Ronen, Jack Hobart, Kevin Ritz, Ian Ranker, Griffin McElmurray, Val Hudson
1V4+ | Matthews (cox), Zbitnoff, Goepfert, Paynter, Martinovic
F/N8+ | Prelewicz (cox), Sanchez, Powers, Clode, Dalton, Ronen, Hudson, King, Cengiz
2V4+ | Matthews (cox), Linkugel, Chemi, Blackmon, Weitekamper
3V4+ | Cataldo (cox), Calzada, Ranker, Colden Gotobed, Hobart

THE RESULTS

The 1V8 'A' boat set a blistering pace, finishing in 5:55.7 to win by ten seconds over ERAU's 'B' boat (6:06.7). Rollins (6:09.1) and Florida (6:13.9) finished in third and fourth.
The 2V8 cruised to a 4-second win at 6:16.0, ahead of Rollins (6:40.1) and Florida (6:55.9).
Varsity 4 clipped the Tars by 3.2 seconds with a time of 6:53.6.
F/N8 had the largest margin of victory of the day, winning by 26.1 seconds (6:05.7) over RC and another 25 seconds clear of UF.
The Eagles entered a pair of boats in the Varsity 4 'B' race. The 'A' boat was the victor with a time of 6:52.2 while 'B' boat (7:07.4) was edged by Rollins at the line.

UP NEXT
The Eagles head to DeLand, Florida for the Stetson Showdown on Saturday, March 15.

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