Crew Battles at the NEIRA Championship Regatta

Brunswick picked up a pair of top-10 finishes at the 2019 NEIRA Championship Regatta on Saturday at Lake Quinsigamond in Massachusetts. The 1^st Varsity boat finished fifth in the Grand Final, while the 2^nd Varsity boat won the Petite Final. The Bruins’ 3^rd Varsity boat took sixth in a qualifying heat.

 

In the final race of the year, Brunswick collected 10 team points to finish in eight-place, as Kent posted a regatta-best 37 points in a field of 13 schools.

 

This race was the final of the season for the Bruins and the last race for seven seniors: Matthew Pillari, Tommy Kimberlin, Christopher Bass, Scott Gibbons, Hank Michalik, Daniel Augustine and Jack Hoeffel.

 

On the 1,500-meter course, the 1^st Varsity boat qualified for the Grand Final with a strong, second-place finish in a qualifying heat against five boats.

 

In the six-boat Grand Final, all the boats had strong starts, as Kent broke away for an early lead over the field by the 500-meter mark. Despite the fifth-place finish, the Bruins matched the fourth-best result for the program over the past 19 NEIRA Championships. Last year, Brunswick finished second in the Grand Final.

 

1 Exeter 4:45.501

2 Brunswick 4:47.197

3 Brookline 4:52.533

4 Shrewsbury 4:56.157

5 Hingham 4:56.669

6 Stonington 5:05.819

 

1 Kent 4:57.213

2 St. Paul's 5:00.633

3 Salisbury 5:01.769

4 Exeter 5:02.621

5 Brunswick 5:05.849

6 Andover 5:07.129

 

B Ryan Connolly

2 Nick Dow

3 TJ Lewis

4 Daniel Augustine

5 Hank Michalik

6 Scott Gibbons

7 Christopher Bass

S Tommy Kimberlin

C Matthew Pillari

 

The 2nd Varsity Eight, after a third-place finish in a qualifying heat, posted a wire-to-wire win in the Petite Final, holding off a late charge by St. John’s. The Bruins won by one-tenth of a second to secure an overall seventh-place finish in 2^nd Varsity competition.

 

1 St. Paul's 4:44.568

2 Andover 4:45.040

3 Brunswick 4:47.072

4 Fairfield Prep 4:53.464

5 Glastonbury 4:57.424

6 Farmington 4:59.296

 

1 Brunswick 5:02.196

2 St. Johns 5:02.296

3 Hanover 5:05.392

4 Fairfield Prep 5:08.008

5 Salisbury 5:11.976

6 Simsbury 5:30.428

 

B Fran Miguens

2 Harrison Azrak

3 Nikhil Jaiswal

4 John Dunn

5 David Swigart

6 Theo Evans

7 Jack Hoeffel 

S Christian van den Born 

C Peter Sheldon

 

The 3^rd Varsity boat finished sixth in a qualifying heat and did not advance to the Grand Final.

 

1 Kent 4:49.482

2 St. Paul's 4:50.294

3 BC High 4:52.426

4 Fairfield Prep 4:55.098

5 Brookline 4:59.890

6 Brunswick 5:13.578

 

B Parker Russell

2 Tommy Sandford

3 Andrew Shaffer

4 Sam Swigart

5 Robert Jacobson

6 Ford Brown

7 Will Baxter

S Peter Kapp

C Ashton Arjomand

 

1. Kent 37

2. Exeter - 33

3. St. Paul's - 31

4. Andover - 27

5. Boston College H.S. -18

6. Salisbury - 12

7. Brookline - 11

8. Brunswick - 10

9. Hanover H.S. - 8

10. St. Johns Prep - 7

11. Fairfield Prep - 6

12. St. John's H.S. - 6

13. Shrewsbury H.S. -3

 

Online results: http://www.row2k.com/results/resultspage.cfm?UID=FB01C69F36A661E0C86BE0633EDA2B75&cat=6