FELLSMERE, Fla. – The Florida Tech men's rowing team finished in third place at the Florida Fall Invite at Canal 54 on Saturday afternoon. The Panthers hosted teams from around the state, including Embry-Riddle, Stetson, and Jacksonville.
 
The invite began with each boat compete in a 4500-meter head race. The men's varsity eight boat finished in second place with a time of 16:18.7, which was just behind the Stetson men's varsity eight boat, which finished with a time of 16:09.8. The men's freshman novice eight finished in ninth place in the time trials with a time of 18:00.0.
 
In the 1000-meter sprint, the men's varsity eight boat finished in third place with a time of 3:06.6 while the men's freshman novice boat finished in eighth place with a time of 3:19.8. Embry-Riddle's varsity eight boat took first place (3:03.3) and Stetson finished in second (3:04.0).
 
With a combined time of 19:25.3, the men's varsity eight boat finished the invite in third place, just behind Embry-Riddle (19:24.2) and Stetson (19:13.8).
 
COACHES CORNER:
"It was a great day of racing for the guys today," said head coach Adam Thorstad. "I'm happy with the work that we have put in this Fall, but now it's time to buckle down and shift gears in Winter training mode in preparation for the Spring season."
 
Men's Varsity Eight
Coxswain / Alex Doeringer-Smith
8 / Domantas Marocka
7 / Omer Bayram
6 / Justas Kuskevicius
5 / Arnedas Kelmelis
4 / Hugo Ruzicka
3 / Apostolos Bitzilekis Apostolidis
2 / Thomas Matt
Bow / Hayden Linkel
 
Men's Freshman Novice Eight
Coxswain / Preston Widener
8 / Maxwell Robinson
7 / Pedro Castro
6 / Mitchell Davis
5 / Tristan Pavlakis
4 / Liam Holle
3 / Anthony Tomic
2 / Nikolas Elwell
Bow / Victor Zaharia