THE BASICS:
 
- Event: Dad Vail Regatta
 
- Location: Pennsauken, N.J. (Cooper River)
 
- The Lead: The MIT men's lightweight Varsity 8+ won The Thomas Loschiavo Trophy for the second year in a row, the Varsity 4+ captured the silver medal, and the Second Varsity 4+ finished fifth in the Grand Final at the Dad Vail Regatta this weekend.
 
INSIDE THE RACES:
 
- Battling only Mercyhurst for The Thomas Loschiavo Trophy, MIT's V8+ recorded a decisive 24-second victory as it crossed the finish line in 6:13.366.
 
- Racing for the James J. Lynch Trophy, V4+ claimed silver in 6:51.593, finishing 11.617 seconds behind winner Mercyhurst and comfortably ahead of third-place Western Ontario.
 
- In the Grand Final of The Ken Shaw Trophy, the 2V4+ placed fifth with a time of 7:24.392, just 4.477 seconds behind third place West Point. La Salle won the race in 6:59.620, followed by Drexel (7:06.207), West Point (7:19.915), Colgate (7:20.168), MIT, and Georgia Tech (7:24.475).
 
BOATINGS:
 
V8+
Cox: Jane Atkinson
8: Sam Costa
7: Daniel Kurlander
6: Marc Rizk
5: Richard Sollee
4: Harry Sillifant
3: Sam Boshar
2: Lucas Young
1: Kieran Dunn
 
V4+
Cox: Hannah Ono
4: Hector Astrom
3: Michael Donnellan
2: Trent Lee
1: Yicheng Huang
 
2V4+
Cox: Gavin Ng
4: Josef Kirkman
3: Nicolas Camenisch
2: Christopher Hom
1: Luke Kelly
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT will wait to learn if it qualifies for the IRA National Championship which will be held May 30-June 2 at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J. 
 
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