Worcester, MA – The Vassar College Men's Rowing team closed out a historic 2024-25 season at the National Invitational Rowing Championships on Sunday. The Men's Varsity 8, who won the 2025 New York State Championship for the first time in school history, took fifth-place on Sunday in the Petite Final.
A historic season for the Varsity 8 crew saw it enter Sunday's season finale with a 20-4 record on the season, including the program's first ever victory at the State Championship, over an 11-team field that featured Army, Hamilton, Iona and RIT.
On Sunday, 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),
Robert Gee (Hopewell Junction, NY) and coxswain Miriam Barker (Idlewylde, MD) opened competition with a fourth-place heat finish in a time of 6:00.198.
Advancing to Sunday's Petite Final, the Varsity 8 boat shaved nearly three seconds off its heat time on its way to a fifth-place finish in a time of 5:57.317. In Sunday's heat, the Brewers finished ahead of WPI and Mass Maritime, while crossing the line ahead of Embrey-Riddle.
