PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The Mercyhurst rowing team traveled to Pittsburgh on Saturday to compete in the Head of the Ohio Regatta hosted by the Three Rivers Rowing Association.
 
First racing for the Lakers were the Women's 4+ boats. Crew A, coxed by Carlie Lehrman, finished in sixth place out of twenty boats with a time of 15:27.06. The crew consisted of Eva Louisa Eschbach, Charlotte Paschke, Ava Spagnolli, and Natalie McCabe. Crew B, coxed by Ava West, finished fifteenth with a time of 17:15.02. The crew included Nayila Harris, Erica Schneiderman, Rai Johnson, and Grace Sammartino.
 
The next to race for Mercyhurst were the Men's 4+ boats. Crew A, including coxswain August Schwartz Wallace and crew Oliver Stover, Josh Cole, Joaquin Lopez, and Marcus Santoro, finished ninth of twenty-three boats with a time of 14:18.03. A second crew coxed by Kai DeLeon competed for the Lakers, finishing sixth with a time of 14:12.07. The crew included Liam Cox, Quinn Zloty, Elan Aguiar, and Stiles Cotton.
 
The Lakers competed in the Women's 8+ competition, racing a boat consisting of Eva Louisa Eschbach, Charlotte Paschke, Ava Spagnolli, Natalie McCabe, Juliet Woodman, Nayila Harris, Jordane Hynes, Amelia Stone, and coxswain Madie Taylor. The crew finished fifth out of fifteen boats with a time of 14:21.08.
 
Mercyhurst entered three boats in the Men's 8+ race. Crew A, consisting of Mateja Jelisavic, Maverick Hoyt, Bogdan Protic, Marko Dojcinovic, Tristian Chang, Henry Church, Ralph Kasow, Luka Loncar, and coxswain Dylan MacLean, earned a third-place finish with a time of 12:15.07. Crew B, including coxswain August Schwartz Wallace and crew James Garoh, Jovan Saric, Liam Wise, Cole Bardeschewski, Nowa Kikonyogo, Hudson McCaffery, Levi Mathieson, and Brayden Pinkham, finished fourth of eighteen with a time of 12:24.50. Crew C finished eighth with a time of 13:08.07. The crew included Oliver Stover, Josh Cole, Joaquin Lopez, Marcus Santoro, Elan Aguiar, Liam Cox, Quinn Zloty, Stiles Cotton, and coxswain Kai DeLeon.
 
Up Next
The women's rowing team will compete in the Yinzer Cup on Saturday, October 17^th in Pittsburgh, Pa.