May 11, 2003
Shoremen Compete at ECAC's, Dad Vail

CHESTERTOWN, MD -- The Washington College men's rowing team competed at the ECAC Championships in Camden, NJ, and the Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia, PA, this weekend. The varsity four competed at the ECAC's, while the frosh/novice four and the lightweight four competed at the Dad Vail.

At the ECAC Championships, the varsity four finished third in the third level final and 15th overall. Junior Nick Mikhalevsky (Arlington, VA/St. Andrew's School, MD) was the coxswain of WC's varsity four boat. Senior Sean Askham (Simsbury, CT/Simsbury) sat stroke, senior John Dolan (Millsboro, DE/St. Andrew's School) was in the three seat, junior Travis Elliott (Willow Street, PA) was in the two seat, and junior Justin Smith (Titusville, NJ/George School) was the bow.

Neither the lightweight four nor the frosh/novice four advanced past Friday's heats at ECAC's. The frosh/novice was fourth in its heat in 8:02.1, while the lightweights were also fourth in their heat in 7:09.9.

Junior Jennifer Daley (Baltimore, MD) was the coxswain of the lightweight four boat. Freshman Graham Mellen (Chadds Ford, PA/Unionville) sat stroke, junior Jonathan Lange (Hyde Park, NY/Franklin D. Roosevelt) was in the three seat, junior Greg Smith (Sykesville, MD/Mount St. Joseph) was in the two seat, and junior Brant Whisler (Willow Grove, PA/Upper Moreland) was the bow.

Freshman Tom Murray (Gilbertsville, PA) served as coxswain of the novice four. Freshman Martin Dunphy (Finksburg, MD) sat stroke, freshman Rick Adrian (Baltimore, MD) was in the three seat, freshman Kevin Marshall (Silver Spring, MD) was in the two seat, and freshman Mike Philipp was the bow.

This weekend marked the last competitions of the season for the Shoremen.