Tufts and Williams Men Row Very Competitive Races on Lake Onota Saturday

PITTSFIELD, MA (April 26, 2025) - Williams College and Tuts Univesity, the #2- and #3 ranked teams in the current IRCA/IRA national polls, respectively, went head-to-head in a tremendously competitive series of races this morning on Lake Onota.
 
The four varsity eight races all had margins of less than three seconds, with the Jumbos winning three of the competitions. Tufts also had the two two finishing teams in a varsity four race.

The races over the 2000-meter Lake Onota course were rowed in steady rain with a minimal cross-tail wind for the 1V/2V with flat water, with the wind building slightly for the 3V/4V and 4s.

Host Williams won the first varsity race with their 5:54.14 finish to Tufts' 5:56.97. The second varsity race was even closer, with the Jumbos' 6:01.94 winning mark edging Williams' 6:02.35 by less than a half-second.

The Jumbo 1V8 lined up with coxswain Aidan Keusch, Patrick Moran, Maxwell Rosenberger, Harrison Sweet, Max Landers, Peter Conard, Miles Smith, Mark Machle and JT Machle. For the 2V8, coxswain Jamie Forman, Charlie Guerra, Mason Sibley, Owen McKendry, Theo Balavoine, Xander Mesires, Lev Tolkoff, Seamus Ruiseal and JT Machle won for Tufts.

The third varsity race was another half-second difference as Tufts' winning time was 6:08.68 to Williams' 6:09.24. Tufts' largest margin of victory on the day came from the fourth varsity with a 6:17.07 finish to Williams' 6:19.51.

Manning the 3V8 for the Jumbos was coxswain Lucas Resnik with Alex Flynn, Gonzalo Escajadillo, Chris Millay, Abe Nelson, Finn Barrett, Ryan Kane, Justin Sun and Hayden Stone. The 4V8 consisted of coxswain Lexi Acosta, Parker Mace, Aleksi Sefanov, Nathan Henderson, Logan Thom, Jack Craig, Dominic Svagdis, Colin Cooper and Robert Arsenault.

In the varsity four race where two Tufts teams defeating Williams, the Jumbo A four crossed the finish line in a 7:04.60 mark followed by the Tufts B team (7:10.70). Williams was third with a 7:12.37 time.

Competing for the Jumbos in the 5V4A were coxswain Whitney Critchfield, Alden Taylor, Saul Meacham, Jack Donovan and Brendan McHugh. The 5V4B squad was coxswain Nina Suhrbier, Griffin Hardy, George Lakis, Asher Lefkoff and Colin Hart.

The championship season starts next week with the New England Rowing Championships on Lake Quinsigamond on Saturday.