Worcester, MA --- WPI Men's Crew rowed at the New England Championships Saturday on Lake Quinsigamond.  The second varsity of Drew Oprea (Hicksville, NY), Berk Birand (Istanbul, Turkey), Jeffrey Onderdonk (Colechester, CT), Nick Vitello (Tolland, CT), Ben Johnson (Northford, CT), Max French (Harwinton, CT), Don Havener (Turner, ME), Evan May (Marshfield, MA) and Brenna Colleary (Southboro, MA) took home WPI's top finish with a time of 6:17.56 in the grand final to earn a third place medal.

The varsity eight combination of Connor McGrath (Troy, NY), Scott Gary (Lubbock, TX), Neil Lettenberger (Oakland, ME), Henry Moore (Jaffrey, NH), Arthur Gager (Kennebunk, ME), Sebastien Cohn (Orinda, CA), Tobin McGee (Rye, NY), Andrew Sandefer (New Orleans, LA) and coxswain Bethany Bouchard (Nashua, NH) finished fourth in the grand final (6:04.881) in a race that saw teams second through four separated by just two seconds. 

The third eight of Garret Cavanaugh (Townsend, MA), Evan May (Marshfield, MA), Drew Domnarski (Pawcatuck, CT), Matt Kielbasa (Ludlow, MA), Elan Pelletier (Georgetown, MA), Tom Parenteau (Scarborough, ME), Andrew Emerson (York, ME),  Josh Wimble (Albans, VT) and Nina Bass (Trumbull, CT) teamed up to cross the finish line in fourth (6:38.133) and wrap up the day's competition for the Engineers. 

The second varsity four will compete at Sunday's New England Fours Championships beginning at 10am. 

Results (PDF)