Men’s Rowing Aims for Peak Performance at Eastern Sprints

Sunday, May 19

Worcester, MA

All Day

George Washington University

Eastern Sprints

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ON THE LINE: The George Washington men's rowing team looks to continue its successful spring season when it sends four boats to compete on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Massachusetts for Sunday's 75th annual Eastern Association of Rowing College (EARC) Sprints.

THE SPRINTS: The Eastern Sprints features 15 of the top 20 teams in the latest US Collegiate Rowing Poll. The event begins with morning heats where the top two boats from each of the three heats for the V8, 2V8, and 3V8 advance to Sunday afternoon's Grand Finals.

The third-and fourth-place finishers compete in the Petite Final, while the remaining boats slot into the 3rd-Level Final.

HEAT RUNDOWN: The 4V8 will open the day for GW in the 8:40 a.m. heat against Princeton, Harvard, Navy, Syracuse, and Cornell.

The 3V8 will follow at 8:40 a.m. in the first heat against Yale, Northeastern, Syracuse, and Columbia.

The Varsity 8 will take to the water at 9:24 a.m. in a heat against Harvard, Northeastern, Dartmouth, Georgetown, and Rutgers.

The 2V8 will compete last in the 10:12 a.m. heat against Yale, Boston University, Dartmouth, and Wisconsin.

The full schedule can be found here.

POLL WATCH: GW's Varsity 8 enters Sunday's competition ranked No. 15 in the latest US Collegiate Rowing poll.

WATCH: Sunday's racing will be streamed live on Local Live TV. To access the stream, viewers will need to set up a free account and password. Live results will also be posted here.

LINEUPS:

Bow- Alex Maycock

2- Jay Jacobs

3- Patrick George

4- Matt Kerwin

5- Bob Hobert

6- Riley Toporowski

7- John Knies

Stroke- Brendan Youmell

Cox- Berkeley Melvin

2V8

Bow- Lachlan Webster