Worcester, MA --- WPI Men's Crew finished a program-best second at the New England Rowing Championships on Saturday afternoon on Lake Quinsigamond. 

The Second Varsity Eight of Jeff Onderdonk (Colechester, CT), Nick Vitello (Tolland, CT), Don Havener (Turner, ME), Ricky Holak (Windham, NH), John Madura (Hewitt, NJ), Zack Theoharidis (Sedgwick, ME), Mike Mourkas (Hampden, ME), Max French (Harwinton, CT) and cox Brenna Colleary (Southboro, MA) also turned in a gutsy performance, besting Williams by just over one second (6:18.76) to take the silver medal. 

WPI's Third Eight ofCorey Stevens (Douglas, MA), Josh Wimble (Albans, VT), Andrew Emerson (York, ME), James MacDonald (Worcester, MA), Alex Becker (Webster, MA), Philip Kellermeier (Berlin, Germany), Adam Panzica (Freeport, ME), Dan Pierson (Hampton, NH) and cox Jillian Kloc (Elma, NY) crossed the finish line in 6:36.38 which was good enough for third while the Varsity Eight squad of Connor McGrath (Troy, NY), Scott Gary (Lubbock, TX), Hank Moore (Jaffrey, NH), Ben Johnson (Northford, CT), Arthur Gager (Kennebunk, ME), Sebastien Cohn (Orinda, CA), Tobin McGee (Rye, NY), Andrew Sandefer (New Orleans, LA) and coxswain Bethany Bouchard (Nashua, NH) took home fourth (6:11.91) in the grand final.

Also racing for WPI was the Varsity Four of Jack Sternal (Westfield, NJ), Frank Pallien (Oakland, NJ), Doug Griesbach (Pocono Pines, PA), Rafeal Gil-Figueroa (Vienna, VA) and cox Nina Bass (Trumbull, CT) who posted a 7:34.23 finish to place fifth in their heat.

WPI will be back in action next weekend at the ECAC Championships in Camden, NJ.

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