New Rochelle, NY – The Vassar College Men's Rowing team continued a strong spring season on Saturday at the Novak Memorial Metropolitan Championships hosted by Iona. The Varsity 8 boat for the Brewers turned in a strong fourth-place finish.
 
After placing second in its heat on Saturday, Vassar's Varsity 8 entry placed fourth in the final that consisted four Division I crews. The Brewers topped the host Gaels and Union in the race with the crew of Willem Doherty (Newtown, CT), Henry France (Brooklyn, NY), Jasper Piermarini (North Brookfield, MA), Hogan Flechtner (Sudbury, MA), Trygve Aarestad (Roslindale, MA), Ben Vinson (Fayetteville, AR), Patrick Cincotti (Brighton, MA) and Robert Gee (Hopewell Junction, NY) steered by coxswain Miriam Barker (Idlewylde, MD) raced to a time of 6:31.24.
 
Also in action on Saturday for the Brewers was the Varsity 4 boat that placed fifth in the final. The boat of Gabriel Leonard (Rougemont, NC), Cormac St. John (Seattle, WA), Alexander Gough-Schnapp (Cambridge, MA) and Patrick Horiszny (Red Hook, NY) along with coxswain Frances Dunn (Saratoga Springs, NY) produced a time of 8:17.66.