PHILADELPHIA, PA — Asilver-medal finish out of 17 boats in the men’s college frosh/novice four highlighted the performance of the Washington College men’s rowing team at the Head of the Schuylkill regatta in Philadelphia on Saturday.
The frosh/novice four finished in 15:50.96 to take second place behind first-place University of Pennsylvania. Army took third, while LaSalle was fourth. Eleven of the 17 boats in the race were from NCAA Division I schools. The only other boat to finish in the top eight from a non-Division I school was Hamilton, which finished in fifth place.
Freshman Chris Moylan (Silver Spring, MD/DeMatha) was the coxswain of the Shoremen’s boat in the men’s college frosh/novice four. Freshman Blake Weishaar (Denton, MD/Sts. Peter & Paul) sat stroke, freshman Robert Billings (Easton, MD/Easton) was in the three seat, sophomore Aric Charowsky (Townsend, DE/St. Thomas More Prep) sat in the two seat, and freshman Dominic DiMarino (Wilmington, DE/Concord) was the bow.
Moylan was a captain on his high school rowing team at DeMatha, a D.C. area prep school, where he was coached by Andrew Bright, a 2007 Washington College graduate.
The Shoremen’s top boat finished 10th in the men’s open heavy championship eight. The field of competitors included four rowing club boats, seven boats from NCAA Division I schools, and a boat from NCAA Division II Philadelphia University. With their 10th place finish, the Shoremen finished ahead of Villanova, Philadelphia U., and Lehigh. National team-level club Pennsylvania Athletic Club won the race, with the New York Athletic Club second0, and Drexel coming in third.
In the men’s open club eight, the Shoremen finished 11th of 21 boats. Quaker Rowing Club won the race with Saint Joseph’s University coming in second. The Shoremen were one of only five boats from NCAA Division III schools in the race.
The Shoremen close out their fall regatta schedule one week from today at the Head of the Occoquan.
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