Marist Men’s Rowing - Program Highlights
1970 Dad Vail Finals Freshmen Eight Silver Medal 2nd Place
1970 Dad Vail Finals Varsity 4 + Silver Medal 2nd place
1970 Head of the Charles Regatta Men’s Collegiate 8+ - Gold Medal 1st Place
1972 Dad Vail Men’s Freshman 8+ - Gold Medal 1st Place
1972 IRA National Championship Men’s Freshman Eight+ - 11th
1973 Dad Vail Final Men’s Varsity Lightweight Eight - 5th Place finish
1974 IRA National Championship Varsity Pair w/o - 11th
1977 IRA Regatta - Men’s Varsity 2-
1984 Dad Vail - Men’s Varsity Ltw 4+ - Bronze Medal 3rd Place
1999 IRA Regatta - Men’s Varsity 4+ - 6th
Grand Final
Wisconsin 6:40.60
Boston U 6:43.30
Gonzaga 6:47.00
Stanford 6:47.40
Michigan 6:54.80
Marist 6:56.40
1999 IRA Regatta - Men’s Freshman 8+ - 12th
Petite Final
Boston U 5:45.30
Cornell 5:48.70
Dartmouth 5:51.00
Syracuse 5:51.40
Northeastern 6:00.00
Marist 6:01.40
2002 Avaya Rowing Championships Men’s Varsity Heavyweight 8+ - 1st
Grand Final
Marist 5:59.79
Georgetown 6:03.24
Colgate 6:05.58
Michigan 6:07.28
Ithaca 6:07.68
Orange Cst 6:10.34
2002 IRA Regatta - Men’s Varsity 8+ - 15th
3rd Final
Stanford 5:39.52
Dartmouth 5:41.97
Marist 5:43.85
Brown 5:43.93
Boston U 5:45.30
Georgetown 5:45.95
2002 IRA Regatta - Men’s Second Varsity 8+ - 13th
3rd Final
Marist 5:57.06
Ohio St. 6:00.77
Navy 6:01.00
Purdue 6:05.09
Rutgers 6:08.12
2002 IRA Regatta - Freshman Men’s 4+ - 14th
3rd Final
Tulane 6:54.00
Marist 6:55.52
Dartmouth 6:58.83
Army 7:00.64
Purdue 7:07.79
Minnesota 7:08.04
2002 Henley Regatta - 4th
The Marist men’s varsity 8 reached the semifinals of the 2002 Henley Regatta in Henley-on-Thames, England. The field of 32 crews consisted of eight USA crews, and the Red Foxes’ varsity 8 was among the last four standing. It was the first time Marist qualified for the then 150-year-old Regatta. The members of the team included:
Phill McDowell (Coxswain), Chris Kullak (Stroke), Rob Chimchirian (Seven Seat), Andrew French (Six Seat), Dave Buckner (Five Seat),John Synder (Four Seat), Will Copeland (Three seat), Andrew Cox (Two Seat), Curtis Kelly (Bow.)
Marist advanced with a victory over Imperial College in the opening round. The Red Foxes led from start to finish, and logged the fastest time of the day, a mark of 6:41, on a 2.1 kilometer course. In the second round, Marist took down Reading University by the same three-quarters of a boat length margin as the win over Imperial. The Red Foxes defeated Reading with a time of 6:58, the third fastest time in the round.
In the quarterfinals, Marist led from pole to pole over Queens University (Belfast), and finished with a time of 6:43. The win set up a semifinal race with the only remaining American crew, Harvard. Marist, who led from wire to wire in each of its first three races, held the lead through the first marker. Harvard, the defending champions, pulled ahead for good and finished the course with a time of 6:32, three-quarters of a length ahead of Marist.
2003 IRA Regatta - Freshman Men’s 4+ - 18th
3rd Final
Boston U 6:02.22
Michigan 6:02.83
Navy 6:05.95
St. Joes 6:06.00
Northeastern 6:07.52
Marist 6:11.09
2003 IRA Regatta - Men’s Varsity 8+ - 21st
4th Final
Georgetown 5:57.79
Syracuse 5:59.92
Marist 6:01.51
Hobart 6:05.9
Virginia 6:06.76
Dowling 6:07.19
2003 ECAC National Collegiate Invitational - Men’s Varsity 8+ - 2nd
Grand Final
Michigan 6:15.65
Marist 6:22.57
UNC 6:24.17
Trinity 6:24.36
Virginia 6:29.70
UMass 6:51.00
2004 IRA Regatta - Men’s Freshman 4+ - 8th
Petite Final
St. Joe’s 7:09.21
N Carolina 7:11.57
Marist 7:12.41
Wisconsin 7:15.12
Michigan 7:18.42
Navy 7:19.85
2004 IRA Regatta - Men’s Varsity 4+ - 17th
3rd Final
Oregon St. 6:21.94
Brown 6:24.26
Ithaca 6:27.88
Rutgers 6:30.77
Marist 6:38.41
MIT 6:46.84
2004 IRA Regatta - Men’s Varsity 8+ - 19th
4th Final
Marist 6:15,60
Penn 6:17.29
N Carolina 6:20.63
Georgetown 6:22.68
Columbia 6:29.36
URI 6:29.55
2007 IRA Regatta - Men’s Varsity 8+ - 21st
4th Final
Purdue 5:49.57
Holy Cross 5:51.48
Marist 5:53.12
GW Univ 5:53.12
Columbia 5:53.36
Dartmouth 6:12.25
2008 IRA Regatta - Men’s Varsity 4+ - 2nd
On June 7, 2008, the Marist men’s varsity 4 crew of Shawn Marion (stroke seat), Matthew Keys (three seat), Jonathan Martin (two seat), Kevin Fletcher (bow seat) and Holly Adler (coxswain) achieved the highest finish for a Marist crew in that event, at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship. It was the first time a Marist crew won a medal at the IRA Championship meet.
The foursome finished the course with a time, just behind first place winner, University of Washington, an original attendee of the IRA Championships when they were held in Poughkeepsie.
Grand Final
Washington 6:19.964
Marist 6:20.745
Cornell 6:23.510
California 6:24.593
UCLA 6:32.92
Brown 6:35.563
2010 ECAC National Invitational Collegiate Regatta - Mens’ Varsity 4+ - 2nd
Grand Final
Michigan 6:59.730
Marist 7:02.626
UNH 7:04.272
Williams 7:08.860
Hamilton 7:11.963
UMASS 7:23.217
Tufts 7:37.691
2012 ECAC National Invitational Collegiate Regatta - Men’s Varsity 4+ - 1st
Grand Final
Marist A 6:53.389
Bates 7:01.676
UMass 7:05.372
Marist B 7:08.896
St Lawrence 7:15.418
Hobart 7:28.815
2016 IRA Regatta - Men’s Varsity 4+ - 17th
3rd Final
Washington College 6:44.99
Columbia 6:46.61
Navy 6:47.96
Brown 6:48.20
Marist 6:49.01
Jacksonville 6:58.33
2017 IRA Regatta - Men’s Varsity 4+ - 9th
Petite Final
Harvard 6:34.27
Navy 6:36.48
Marist 6:41.89
Wisconsin 6:46.59
MIT 6:47.50
Dartmouth 6:47.67
2018 National Invitational Rowing Championships - Men’s Varsity 8+ - 2nd
Grand Final
Bates College 5:41.384
Marist 5:42.320
Hobart 5:43.680
Boston College 5:49.944
Williams 5:52.664
WPI 5:56.232
2019 HOCR - Men’s Collegiate 8+ - 2nd
The Marist Men's Rowing Team attended the Head of the Charles (HOCR), where they competed in the Collegiate Eight. In the collegiate eight event, Marist started in fifth position after having finished in fifth the previous year. Marist had a clean course with speedy crew MIT and Hobart ahead, and posted the second-fastest time of the event to place second, just behind MIT out of 38 crews in the race. The final podium was:
MIT 14:25.90
Marist 14:29.12
Hobart 14:33.35
2019 National Invitational Rowing Championships - Varsity 8+ - 3rd
Grand Final
Hobart 6:00.049
Michigan 6:01.049
Marist 6:02.121
Bates College 6:04.305
Boston College 6:11.759
Trinity College 6:17:287
2019 IRA Regatta - Men’s Varsity 4+ - 8th
Petite Final
Boston Univ. 6:31.60
Marist 6:33.50
Dartmouth 6:34.84
Navy 6:36.39
Harvard 6:36.50
Holy Cross 6:39.85
2021 HOCR - Men’s Collegiate 8+ - 3rd
On Sunday, the Marist men's rowing team competed at the Head of the Charles Regatta (HOCR) in Boston. The Marist men's crew has a storied history with the HOCR and was one of only 5 collegiate teams to compete in the inaugural event in 1965 alongside MIT, Northeastern, Dartmouth, and Harvard. Since then, the HOCR has grown every year with Marist attending in every season since 1965, making 2021 our 55th appearance. The crew was seeded in the second position to start having placed second in the 2019 event behind MIT. They raced against 41 crews. Marist rowed the course strongly making gains on MIT in the early section of the course and gradually pulling away from 3rd seeded Hobart. The crew fell off slightly through the final more technical section of the race course and MIT moved back away to a strong finish. At the finish it was MIT to defend their title from 2019 with another first place finish at 14:54.9.
MIT 14:54.9
Drexel 14:57.55
Marist 14:58.03
2021 IRA Regatta - Men’s Junior Varsity 8+ - 20th
4th Final
Oregon State 6:42.327
Marist 6:45.756
Marietta 6:48.459
Gonzaga 6:51.562
St. Joe’s 7:00.176
San Diego 7:04.836
2021 IRA Regatta - Men’s Varsity 8+ - 22nd
4th Final
Holy Cross 6:18.923
St. Joe’s 6:21.934
Hobart 6:23.834
Marist 6:26.780
UCSD 6:29.817
Trinity 6:37.037
2022 San Diego Crew Classic - Men’s Varsity 8+ (Copley Cup) - 2nd
Grand Final
A.S.R. Nereus 6:07.04
Marist 6:12.14
Gonzaga 6:13.20
Bates 6:13.70
UC San Diego 6:14.05
San Diego 6:18.16
2022 National Invitational Collegiate Regatta - Men’s Varsity 4+ - 1st
Grand Final
Marist 6:53.123
Colby College 6:54.021
Rochester 7:07.046
Hobart 7:11.083
Boston College 7:12.456
Bates College 7:19.043
2022 National Invitational Collegiate Regatta - Men’s Varsity 8+ - 3rd
Grand Final
Williams 5:56.171
MIT 5:57.321
Marist 5:57.338
Bates College 6:01.306
Hobart 6:01.581
Tufts 6:02.521
2022 IRA Regatta - Men’s Varsity 8+ - 21st
4th Final
Oregon State 6:07.984
Colgate 6:09.382
Marist 6:10.324
MIT 6:13.158
Santa Clara 6:15.06
2022 IRA Regatta - Men’s Junior Varsity 8 + - 21st
4th Final
Santa Clara 6:18.006
Oregon State 6:18.428
Marist 6:22.732
Bates College 6:24.336
MIT 6:25.738
2022 IRA Regatta - Men’s Varsity 4+ - 23rd
4th Final
Tufts 6:48.635
Cornell 6:49.499
Pennsylvania 6:52.331
Marietta 6:56.227
Marist 6:57.635
Catholic Univ 6:57.663
Marist Men’s Rowing - National Team Alumni
Tim Petrone ‘73
1968 Junior World Rowing Championship - Spare for the Open Double Amsterdam, Holland
Bob Sneeden 75’
1970 Junior World Rowing Championships - Open Men’s Single - Ionnia, Greece - 4th Place
Andy Hashaway 07’
2012 World Rowing Championships - Lightweight Men’s 8+ - Plodiv, Bulgaria - 9th place
Chris Carlson
2017 U23 World Rowing Championships - Heavyweight Men’s 8+ - Plodiv, Bulgaria - 4th place
2018 U23 World Rowing Championships - Heavyweight Men’s 8+ - Poznan, Poland - 1st place
2019 U23 World Rowing Championships - Heavyweight Men’s 8+ - Sarasota, Florida - 2nd place
2022 World Rowing Championships - Heavyweight Men’s 8+ - Racice Czech, Republic - 4th place