April 13, 2003
Shoremen Compete at Knecht Cup
Bronze for Lightweight Four Highlights Regatta

CAMDEN, NJ -- The Washington College men's rowing team competed at the Knecht Cup, held in Camden, NJ, yesterday and today. The lightweight four highlighted the regatta for the Shoremen with a bronze-medal finish.

The lightweight four placed second in its heat in 7:40.7 to make the final. The six-boat final turned out to be an exciting race for the light weights. Down a boat length to Iona, with 250 meters to go, the Shoremen sprinted through and earned the bronze medal improving their time to 7:34.16. WC's lightweight four has yet to place lower than third at any regatta this season.

The novice four fought its way through one of the largest fields in the regatta into the Petite finals. The novices raced in the finals early Sunday morning, after progressing through the heats and earning a spot in the Petite final by finishing inches ahead of Haverford in the semifinals. They placed sixth in the Petite final, their third race in two days.

The varsity four missed the finals in a close race during their heat by placing fourth. The top four boats were all within two seconds of one another in that race.

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.

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, junior Justin Smith (Titusville, NJ/George School) was in the three seat, junior Travis Elliott (Willow Street, PA) was in the two seat, and senior John Dolan (Millsboro, DE/St. Andrew's School) was the bow.

The Shoremen host Mary Washington on Saturday.