AUGUSTA, Ga. – Florida Tech is bringing home some hardware after its one day on the Savannah River for the Head of the South Regatta as the crew picked up a pair victories in both the Championship 4+ and 8+ on Saturday. 
 
Tech put four boats in the Champ 4+ race but it was the "A" boat that took the win as it finished in 15:18.8, ahead of Stetson (15:44.0) and Embry-Riddle (15:58.4). Florida Tech's "B" boat placed fourth (16:00.7) ahead of Jacksonville's "A" boat (16:04.3) in fifth, while Tech's "C" boat took sixth (16:04.5) and "D" boat ended in ninth (17:14.6).
 
In the Champ 8+, Florida Tech "A" took the top spot again with a time of 14:06.8 ahead of JU (14:16.7), Stetson (14:26.2) and Embry-Riddle (14:50.3). The "B" boat finished fifth in the event with a time of (15:12.6).  

Champ 4+ "A"
Coxswain / Ben Komita 
1 / Jackson Moore 
2 / Domantas Marocka
3 / Justas Kuskevicius
4 / Arnedas Kelmelis

Champ 4+ "B"
Coxswain / Elizabeth Bowman 
1 / Zach Judge
2 / Vasileios Baroutas
3 / Joshua Navarro
4 / Luca Janus
 
Champ 4+ "C"
Coxswain / Justin Woodyard 
1 / Gennaro Zappariello 
2 / Dimitrios Karademitros
3 / Jaden Krekow
4 / Thomas Francis
 
Champ 4+ "D"
Coxswain / Eliza Osborn
1 / Christian Kopriva 
2 / Bryce Fuson
3 / Kyle Stewart
4 / Mason Yaskovic
 
Champ 8+ "A"
Coxswain / Ben Komita 
Stroke / Arnedas Kelmelis 
7 / Jackson Moore 
6 / Domantas Marocka 
5 / Justas Kuskevicius 
4 / Luca Janus 
3 / Joshua Navarro 
2 / Vasileios Baroutas 
Bow / Zach Judge

Champ 8+ "B"
Coxswain / Justin Woodyard 
Stroke / Thomas Francis 
7 / Jaden Krekow 
6 / Dimitrios Karademitros 
5 / Gennaro Zappariello 
4 / Mason Yaskovic
3 / Kyle Stewart 
2 / Ian Garvey 
Bow / Collin Granville 

COXSWAIN'S CORNER
"Today was a successful day of racing for everyone," said Komita. "It's great to finally be back to racing after two years. This weekend makes me even more excited to build off our fall and go even faster in the spring."
 
UP NEXT:  This concludes the fall portion of Florida Tech's 2021-22 season. The crew will be back in action in the spring of 2022. 
 
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