Pitt Rowing Club Press Release

Office of Student Life Pitt Rowing Club 130 William Pitt Union Pittsburgh, PA 15260 www.pitt.edu/~crew

For Immediate Release February 1, 2014

Pitt Crew Wins Team Points Trophy Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – This past weekend, Pitt Crew raced in the Pittsburgh Indoor Sprints. The team won a total of 14 medals, as well as the collegiate team points trophy. Pitt’s open varsity women got the team off to a strong start. They were led by Lauren Schall’s 2nd place finish with an impressive time of 7:21.0. The open women were then followed by the open varsity men. Sophomore David Ritter paced the open men, finishing in 6:32.2, just a tenth of a second out of third place. He was followed closely by Charlie Tabachnick, Rob Gehris, and novice coach Will Massimini, who all finished under 6:43. On the lightweight side of the varsity team, Julia Maggio led all women, finishing first in 8:09.1. Alyssa Waryanka also medaled, coming in third. D.J. Civiletti placed first in the lightweight varsity men’s event, with an outstanding time of 6:49.9. He was followed by sophomore In Young Lee, who came in third. After the varsity finished, it was the novice team’s turn to win some medals. Seven open novice men finished in the top ten, with Alex Snyder leading the way in first, at 6:20.9. Following him were Chris He, Nick Bourdakos, and Mark Steffl, who all came in under at under seven minutes. The lightweight novice men managed a sweep of the medals, with Jake Miller, Jack Heidecker, and Andrew Brumbaugh placing first, second, and third, respectively. Taylor Lutz won the open novice women’s event with her time of 7:36.9. She was more than twenty seconds faster than the second place finisher. Freshman MC Cosner

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placed took home silver in lightweight novice women’s event, finishing in just under eight minutes. Pitt Crew also had impressive showings in the coxswain and relay events. Monica Cistrone won the coxswain’s race of 1,000 meters with a time of 4:12.9. She was followed by Eliese Pergi and Breana Downey, who finshed in third and fourth, respectively. In the most exciting event of the day, Pitt’s A relay team of Zach Amato, Lauren Schall, David Ritter, Taylor Lutz, Alex Snyder, and Olivia Gonsalves faced off against a strong team from Duquesne. Pitt elected to stage an “insurmountable comeback,” by having women row the first, second, and third legs. This left them down 70 meters going into the final leg of the race. Alex Snyder, however, was able to overtake Duquesne and secure a Pitt victory, pulling a 1:23.3 split over the last 500 meters of the race. Pitt’s victory in the relay capped what was already a dominating performance for the team, and secured their first place finish in the collegiate points standings. In all, it was a great day for Pitt Crew. .

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RESULTS EVENT

PLACING

COMPETITORS

Varsity Open Women

2, 13, 18

L. Schall, S. Skobeloff, C. Shin

Varsity Open Men

4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12,14, 15, 16, 18, 20

D. Ritter, C. Tabachnick, R. Gehris, W. Massimini, T. Hinz, Z. Amato, J. Lasky, T. Michael, C. Naughton, S. Kieu, B. Cooper

Varsity Lightweight Women

1, 3

J. Maggio, A. Waryanka

Varsity Lightweight Men

1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 10

D. Civiletti, I. Lee, M. Huff, C. Garver, R. Purandare, M. Dumancas

Novice Open Men

1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14

A. Snyder, C. He, N. Bourdakos, M. Steffl, T. Nerozzi, K. Schmetterling, C. Bowman, A. Thornquist, B. Hoffman

Novice Lightweight Men

1, 2, 3, 4, 6

J. Miller, J. Heidecker, A. Brumbaugh, A. Ascoli, C. Skeriotis

Novice Open Women

1, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16

T. Lutz, O. Capone, M. McAteer, H. Lawless, A. Briner, D. Mazzeo, O. Gonsalves, C. Benoit, K. Brewer

Lightweight Novice Women

2, 5, 7, 8

M. Cosner, B. Byrne, A. Cosmides, T. Lucas

Coxswains

1, 3, 4

M. Cistrone, E. Pergi, B. Downey

Relays

1, 5, 9, 11, 12

Lots of people, including alumni W. Massimini, M. Blake, J. Hallinan, and J. Nery

Feel free to email me at [email protected] with any questions about races, locations, directions, or anything else. For complete schedules, results, and media, visit the team’s website at www.pitt.edu/~crew.

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