Panthers to compete on the IRA’s in Mercer Lake, New Jersey on June 2

BREVARD COUNTY • MELBOURNE, FLORIDA – The Males’s Varsity 8+ crew competed inaugural Atlantic Sprints hosted by the newly based Atlantic Affiliation of Rowing Schools on the Occoquan Reservoir all through Sunday.

The Varsity 8+ began off Sunday by participating in warmth one in all two going up towards Marietta, Colgate, and Loyola.

Warmth two consisted of Marist, Saint Josephs, Jacksonville, and Stetson with the highest three groups shifting on to advance to the Grand Finals later within the day whereas to backside two groups would go on to compete within the Petite Finals.

Florida Tech managed to take end second of their warmth masking the two,000m course in 5:59.3 seconds simply behind Colgate (05:53.8) and in Infront of Marietta (06:04.3).

Becoming a member of Florida Tech, Colgate, and Marietta within the Grand Finals have been Saint Josephs (05:51.6), Jacksonville (05:53.8), and Stetson (05:56.9). Florida Tech was positioned in lane 5 to start the race beside Saint Josephs within the four-lane and Stetson in lane six.

The Panthers fell behind not too lengthy into the race dropping again to fourth whereas ultimately pulling forward. Coming right down to the ultimate few strokes of the race Florida Tech and Jacksonville have been Bow to Bow battling for third with each other till the Panthers pulled forward proper in the direction of the tip to take a spot on the rostrum for third and stroll away from the inaugural AARC Sprints with a Bronze medal end with a time of 06:09.7. taking residence first was Colgate (05:58.7) adopted by Saint Josephs (06:05.0)

Varsity 8+

■ Coxswain / Elizabeth Bowman

■ 8 / Sandro Gardella

■ 7 / Justas Kuskevicius

■ 6 / Domantas Marocka

■ 5 / Omer Bayram

■ 4 / Joshua Navarro

■ 3 / Zach Decide

■ 2 / Arnedas Kelmelis

■ Bow / Hayden Linke

UP NEXT: Florida Tech shall be again on the water June 2nd by June 4th the place they’ll compete at IRA’s in Mercer Lake, New Jersey.

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