LOWELL, Mass. – The Wentworth Institute of Technology rowing team kicked off its spring campaign racing at the University of Massachusetts Lowell in a regatta held on the Merrimack River.

The Leopards entered a boat into the Men's Varsity Four face, which had two heats of three boats each and the top four times advanced to the finals. In the heat, Wentworth had a time of 7:00.1, narrowly edging Colby for first (7:00.5) with both teams' boats recording fast enough times to make the finals. In the finals, the Black & Gold had a second-place time of 7:14.3, finishing behind Coast Guard.

LINEUP:

Virginia Partlow (Jr., Mechanicsville, N.Y.) – Coxswain
Tanner Griffin (So., Old Lyme, Conn.) – Bow
Tommy Velardi (Jr., Madbury, N.H.) – Second Seat
Will Sandblom (Jr., Bedford, Mass.) – Third Seat
Tim Pugliese (Fr., Dorchester, Mass.) – Stroke

NEXT UP:

• Wentworth returns to action on Saturday, April 23, at the UMass Lowell Invitational

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