Worcester, Mass - #5 Colby Men's Crew returned to Worcester this weekend to race #1 Trinity, #6 Marietta, #9 Ithaca, and #10 WPI. The crews were met with grey skies, cool temps, and a light tailwind. In a rematch between four of the eight teams who were at IRAs last year, which included the defending national champion, The Mules were expecting some tough racing. In all three races, the Colby crews beat their opponents from Ithaca and WPI, but fell to Marietta and Trinity. After the racing, Head Coach Stew Stokes commented that "We knew going into today's racing that it would be a tough test, racing against four other ranked teams. Anytime you have four top-ten teams racing each other, you know it's going to be tense. Each of our crews had parts of the race that they can be proud of and build on, and we also found a lot of areas that we need to improve on. We look forward to getting back to work next week as we prepare for the President's Cup and two tough NESCAC opponents."

Now for the lineups and results:

The first varsity with Will Leonard '29, Connor Katz '29, Andy Li '28, Ian Ucko '28, Jack Childress '26, Jack Weinberg '26, Reed Blaeser '29, William Eardley '26, and Cole Christensen '27, hung strong with Trinity and put some distance between themselves and the rest of the field in the first 750 meters, but fell to Marietta in the second half. They finished the race in third with a time of 6:00.46. Trinity won the race in 5:44.78.

The second varsity with Nate Dunn '27, Benjamin Zipkin '29, Nolan Roche '28, Alex Malkani '29, Brendan Barrett '27, William Steinwachs '29, Timothy Enos '29, Theo Grossman '27, and Jackson Harrington '28, also finished third in their race with a time of 6:13.49. Trinity won with a time of 6:00.6. 

The third varsity with Charlie Pantelick '27, Charlie King '29, Bennett Jones '27, Robbie Trowbridge '28, Garrett Leonard '29, Tyler Merritt '28, Sumner Groves '28, Shankara Rao '29, and Sawyer Dillion '28, crossed the line in 6:15.47 behind the Trinity A boat. In the same race, the fourth varsity with Leon Lee '29, Atticus Coyne '29, Josh Bradshaw '28, Alex Furber '29, Henry Evans '28, Dan Steber '27, Sam Mulcahy '28, Doug DeNatale '28, and Theo Ornstein '28 went 6:23.99. 

Now the team returns to Maine with the President's cup in their sights. Catch the Mules next Sunday when they race against Maine rivals, Bates, and Bowdoin on the Bobcats' home turf.