Men’s Rowing to Compete for William J. Knecht Memorial Trophy at Knecht Cup

4/12/2025 5:30:00 PM | By: Kyrin Mayfield | @k_mayfield97

Results
CHERRY HILL, N.J. - Embry-Riddle Men's Rowing secured sports in both the varsity eight and second varsity eight finals on Sunday after impressive performances in the heats on Saturday at the Knecht Cup. Varsity eight gave everything it had to collect the final spot based on time by about half a second.

It's the second-straight year Embry-Riddle is competing at this regatta.

THE WATER

Course: Cooper River
Length: 2,000m

THE BOATS

V8+ | Sebastian Sanchez, Aidan Powers, Sam Clode, Igor Martinovic, James Zbitnoff, Sawyer Dalton, Roman Linkugel, Kemal Cengiz, Connor Matthews (Cox)
2V8+ | Quinn Calzada, Connor Goepfert, Blake Paynter, Maximus Weitekamper, Ognjen Srbinovic, Michael Chemi, Jake Blackmon, Matthew Talty, Sam Prelewicz (Cox)

THE RESULTS

V8+ | Embry-Riddle battled it out against Division III No. 1 Trinity, Stetson and Lehigh in heat No. 2 for varsity eight. The Eagles were in a tight battle with the Hatters and Mountain Hawks, and Embry-Riddle crossed the line in fourth with a time of 6:29.97, fast enough to earn a spot in the final.
2V8+ | The Blue and Gold took on Trinity, MIT, Mercyhurst, Lehigh and Fairfield in its heat. ERAU was edged at the line by Lehigh, finishing in 6:40.59, just over three tenths back of the Mountain Hawks. Even though it was a fifth-place result, all six boats advanced to Sunday's final.

UP NEXT
Embry-Riddle's 2V8+ takes to the water at 11:38 a.m. on Sunday for its final while the V8+ competes for the William J. Knecht Memorial Trophy at 1:06 p.m.

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