ITHACA, N.Y. — The 13th-ranked Cornell men's heavyweight rowing team swept No. 25 Oregon State in Friday afternoon's races on Cayuga Inlet, winning both the 1V8+ and 2V8+ while also claiming a victory over Penn in the 4+ to open the final weekend of regular-season action.
Conditions varied throughout the afternoon with a slight tail current and crosswind early giving way to a headwind for the final two races.
Racing opened with the 3V8+, where Cornell entered both its 3V8+ and 4V8+ in the absence of an Oregon State entry. The 2V8+ produced Cornell's most decisive margin of the afternoon, with the Big Red pulling away by nearly 18 seconds. The 1V8+ followed in the shifting headwind, Cornell winning by 10 seconds.
Cornell closed the afternoon with a victory in the 4+ over Penn by just under five seconds.
RESULTS
1V8+: Cornell 5:57.8, Oregon State 6:07.9.
2V8+: Cornell 5:50.9, Oregon State 6:08.7
3V8+: Cornell 3V8+ 5:58.5, Cornell 4V8+ 6:08.3
V4+: Cornell 6:52.7, Penn 6:57.6
LINEUPS
1V8+: Jack Walker (coxswain), Abe Litvak (stroke), Iasonas Exarchou, Finn Hayes, Tony Klar, Carl Lewis, Ward Dobeck, Noah Kanefsky, Constantino Oberto-Calleri (bow).
2V8+: Sofie Cole (coxswain), Marc Albrechtskirchinger (stroke), Walid Ghamra, Joost Schirm, Johhnie Moriarty, Nate Stoulil, Shane Gazdus, Morley Pendred, Justin Umbrasas (bow).
3V8+: Yoonu Park (coxswain), Joe Savell (stroke), Michael Goodall, Bennett Dodge, Xavier Wendt, Veeran Dhaliwal, Harrison Sremac, Michael Meneshian, Zachary Vorrath (bow).
4V8+: Marcus Decorato (coxswain), Donovan Moses (stroke), Owen Baumann, Iason Diogenous, Alexander Taylor, Lucas Singhal, Mason Gossage, Oles Spodin, Florian Offner (bow).
V4+: Kevin Ha (coxswain), Marco Burrows (stroke), Alessandro Topa, James Larrabee, Findley Hartzell (bow).
A LOOK UPSTREAM
Cornell returns to Cayuga Inlet on Saturday morning for the Madeira Cup and Wray Trophy against Penn before racing Holy Cross later in the morning. Saturday's races will be streamed live on ESPN+.
Racing against Penn begins at 8:50 a.m. with the 4V8+, followed by the 3V8+ (9:10 a.m.), 2V8+ (9:30 a.m.) and 1V8+ (9:50 a.m.). The Madeira Cup is awarded to the winner of the 1V8+, while the Wray Trophy is decided on points across the top three varsity races. Cornell will then turn around for a late-morning session against Holy Cross, beginning at 11:10 a.m. with the 4V8+ and concluding with the 1V8+ at noon.
