Despite weather challenges preventing heats and preliminaries from running at the Knecht Cup in Camden NJ, Men's rowing proved equal to the competition during Sunday's finals. The regatta opted to race flights in lieu of time trials or heats, meaning that each boat was racing two races at once: the one at hand (the flight) and the race for medals (the event). Medals were awarded to the three fastest overall times out of all the flights for a given event. 

Racing opened with Caleb Wells taking a 5th place overall finish in the men's 1x, and a 3rd in his flight. Marist, Dominican, and Stetson took home the medals in that event, with OKC finishing 4th. Wells beat out scullers from George Mason, Lafayette, and Carnegie Mellon, as well as a B sculler from Dominican. 

The men's 2x of Malachi Grant '24 and Michel Bayarjargal '24 were off the stakeboats hot, establishing a comfortable lead through the first half of the course. They held off a late charge from OKC to finish first overall, with a wind-impacted time of 7:14.59. UNH rounded out the medals, with Pitt, Dominican, and Penn State finishing back. 

The lightweight men's 4+, driven by junior Hannah Faust, faced some challenging wind for an already light crew. Despite falling back fairly quickly off the start, the Scots rallied in the 3rd 500 for a killer sprint that brought them even with the second place crew from URI. The crews fought for every inch over the last 500, but at the line URI claimed the silver with a .6 second lead over Gordon, who finished third. 

The last race of the day was the varsity men's 4+, which will be competing at the New England Rowing Championships on May 4th. The crew, which combined the 2x and two members of the lightweight 4+, was again coxed by Faust, who arrived hot on the mic after the light four's battle. Racing in the second most competitive event class in heavyweight collegiate men's rowing, the Scots came out 10th overall and 4th in their flight, with Temple taking both gold and silver in the event. A late charge in the last 500 brought the Scots back into competition after trailing the middle thousand, pulling them even with Iona and Michigan for a total of a 3 second gap between all three teams.