Men's Crew Set for Eastern Sprints Sunday

May 16, 2008

WORCESTER, Mass. - Boston University men's crew will race in the 2008 EARC "Eastern" Sprints on Sunday, May 18 on Lake Quinsigamond, starting at 8:36 a.m. with the second freshman eight race.

Last season, the varsity eight finished second in the Petite Final to place eighth overall, improving four spots over its 12th place finish in 2006. The first and second freshman boats finished sixth and second, respectively, in their Grand Finals, while the second varsity boat won its Third Level Final to finish 13th overall. The third varsity boat placed sixth in its morning race.

BU's 1V is seeded 12th and will face top seed Brown, sixth seed Columbia, seventh seed Syracuse, 13th seed George Washington and 18th seed Holy Cross. The Terrier JV is ninth ranked and will race No. 3 Brown, No. 4 Northeastern, No. 10 Navy, No. 15 Holy Cross and No. 16 Dartmouth. The fourth-ranked 3V is up against first and fifth-seeded Harvard eights as well as eighth seed Georgetown and ninth seed Princeton.

BU will race two freshman eights - the first eight is 14th seeded, and its opponents will be No. 2 Princeton, No. 5 Northeastern, No. 8 Navy, No. 11 Dartmouth and No. 18 Rutgers. The 2F is a finals only race, and the seventh-seeded eight will race second seed Yale, third seed Cornell and sixth seed Navy.

Although BU has yet to take the title since the inception of the Eastern Sprints in 1946, the Terriers earned their best overall varsity finish in 2005 when the team placed fourth. Not only was that BU's best-ever finish, but it also marked the Terriers' first trip to the Grand Final since 1990 when the team placed sixth.

The races will be broadcast live over the internet courtesy of the ECAC. To listen to broadcasts over the phone, dial (605) 475-6000 and enter passcode 934257 (followed by the # key) at the prompt. This service is available to a limited number of listeners on a first come, first served basis.

Morning Race Schedule

8:36 a.m. - Second Freshman

8:48 a.m. - Third Varsity

9:48 a.m. - First Freshman

11:00 a.m. - Second Varsity

11:36 a.m. - First Varsity

Lineups

Varsity: cox Martin Yates, stroke Brandon Batey, 7 Milos Drljic, 6 Josh Novak, 5 Matt Trevithick, 4 Rich McGovern, 3 Matthew Dunn, 2 Chris Klotzbach, bow Milos Nikolic

JV: cox Andrea Rosmann, stroke Justin Martin, 7 Matt Galica 6 Ricardo Sinicio-Tessarotto, 5 Nemanja Bekan, 4 Andreas Brinck, 3 Andy Fisher, 2 Nick Anderson, bow Travis Clarke

3V: cox Maria Escallon, stroke Andre Guzman, 7 Ian Adams 6 Nicolas Couraud, 5 Steven Pytlar, 4 Jonathan Czerepak, 3 Matt Seminerio, 2 Seth McKeen, bow Alan Satterwhite

1F: cox Bianca Wieczorek, stroke Sebastian Muller, 7 Anthony Puentes, 6 James Potts, 5 Sjoerd Klem, 4 Wijnand Schoemakers, 3 Hideyoshi Watanabe, 2 Mike Schmitt, bow John Seibler

2F: cox Chris Myers, stroke Richard Su, 7 Arty Emma, 6 John Stansel, 5 Mike Cataldo, 4 Danny Arbucias, 3 Christ Kamberos, 2 James Petersen, bow James Simoneau