News Details (Posted: May 19, 2008):

Exeter Area Grad Stars for Hamilton College Crew Team

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Robert Healy III
(315)-859-4535

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For more information contact: Jim Taylor (315) 859-4685 ATTENTION SPORTS EDITORS: The weekly Hamilton College round-up is designed to provide a concise summary of the past week’s results and information on athletes. MEN’S CREW: Season complete. Hamilton College rowed in the Eastern College Athletic Conference championships/National Invitational Regatta held on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass., on May 10 and 11. The varsity eight finished fifth in one of four heats on Saturday afternoon. Hamilton went on to place fifth in a semifinal and then second behind St. Lawrence University in the fourth-level final on Sunday. Hamilton’s best time of the entire weekend came during Sunday afternoon’s semifinal when the varsity eight finished in 6:30.074 on the 2,000-meter course. Ricky Bottini ’10 (Poughkeepsie, N.Y./Kent School [Conn.]) was coxswain for the varsity eight. Charlie Palanza ’10 (Tucson, Ariz./Green Fields Country Day School) was stroke, and Tim Belden ’10 (Stamford, Conn./Brunswick School) was in the bow seat. The rest of the boat included (seats seven through two in descending order): Willy Cowles ’09 (Farmington, Conn./Milton Academy [Mass.]), JEFF CARDONI ’11 (KENSINGTON, N.H./EXETER AREA HS), Ben Sholl ’09 (Glencoe, Ill./New Trier Township HS), Jonathan Wilson ’09 (Newcastle, Wash./Eastside Catholic HS), Mike Millar ’08 (Owego, N.Y./Owego Free Academy) and Andre Matias ’11 (Luanda, Angola/Blair Academy [N.J.]). Trinity College edged the University of Michigan in the grand final with a time of 5:56.354.