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Men's rowing hopes to build upon newfound success

Men’s rowing hopes to build upon newfound success

By Billy Wood, Staff Writer • February 27, 2025
The 2024 Ithaca College men’s rowing season brought monumental history for the program as the crew took home its first ever Liberty League Championship Tournament win. After coming down from that high, the team is focused on getting back and taking up even more room in their growing trophy case. 
The Ithaca College rowing teams split its practice times between the boat house and on campus. The women's team practices at the Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium

Rowing teams break the ice with preseason training

By David Schurter, Sports Editor • February 20, 2025

Winter on South Hill can bring below-freezing temperatures and poor weather conditions, leading to a frozen Cayuga Lake, impossible to launch a boat onto. For the Ithaca College rowing teams, the task...

For the 2024–25 season, six teams — men’s cross-country, men’s track and field, volleyball, sculling, women's rowing and women’s tennis — will have a new head coach. Four different teams will have new assistant coaches.

Fresh coaching staff brings a new era

By Flynn Hynes, Sports Co-Editor • August 29, 2024
As the academic year kicks off, so does a new athletic season. For the 2024–25 season, six teams — men’s cross-country, men’s track and field, volleyball, sculling, women's rowing and women’s tennis — will have a new head coach. In addition, four teams — men’s basketball, men’s rowing, sculling and women’s rowing — will have new assistant coaches.
The Ithaca College women's rowing team competes at the Cayuga Inlet on April 6. The team won every competition it competed in that day.

Rowing dominates Liberty League foes on Senior Day

By Billy Wood, Sports Editor • April 9, 2024
The Ithaca College women’s and men’s rowing teams dominated in Liberty League action during races against the Rochester Institute of Technology Tigers and the University of Rochester Yellowjackets on Senior Day April 6 at the Cayuga Inlet.
from left, sophomore Bryce Williston, junior James Ross, junior Griffin Hunt, senior Wesley Hoglin, first-year student Nolyn Boswell and first-year student Max Detzer of the first varsity eight row alongside Hobart College.

Rowing surges into the spring season at the Cayuga Duels

By Billy Wood, Sports Editor • March 30, 2024
The Ithaca College women’s and men’s rowing teams squared off with multiple New York state foes at the Cayuga Duels on March 30 at the Cayuga Inlet. 
First-year freestyle/backstroke Marshall Adams is apart of both the men’s swimming team and the men’s rowing team. Adams is the only student-athlete currently at Ithaca College that pursues a dual-sport combination that is not football and track and field.

First-year athlete rides tide into unique dual sport combination

By Billy Wood, Sports Editor • March 7, 2024
Swimming and rowing could be seen as incompatible sports from the surface level. But when looked at closely, the connection may be deeper than just the water level. 
From left, Junior oarsman Miles Kenaston and junior rower Riley Maynard will look to the leadership of head coach Justin Stangel to lead them to a Liberty League title.

Sea of opportunity gives men’s rowing a chance to win it all

By Billy Wood, Sports Editor • February 28, 2024
The Ithaca College men’s rowing team is coming off a season that saw them make the National Invitational Rowing Championships for the second year in a row. The young squad will look to make it to nationals a third time with a new look for the Liberty League conference.
From left, graduate student Allison Arndt, sophomore Lily Babcock and senior Taylor Volmrich, three members of the Ithaca College women’s rowing team’s varsity eight, race on the Cayuga Inlet.

Rowing teams duel at Cayuga Inlet to start season

By Aidan Charde, Sports Editor • April 5, 2023
Under threats of heavy wind and thunderstorms, the Ithaca College men’s and women’s rowing teams started their spring seasons at the annual Cayuga Duels on April 1.
From left, senior Dehron Smith and sophomore Griffin Hunt are hopeful the Ithaca College men's rowing team can make the jump to win the Liberty League Championship this season.

Men’s rowing tries to overtake conference rivals

By Aidan Charde, Sports Editor • March 1, 2023
After a short stint of three races in the fall and a five-month break, the Ithaca College men’s rowing team is getting back in the boat for the spring season.
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