LORTON, Va. – The Washington College men's rowing captured the Petite Final in the men's varsity eight race on Sunday at the 2023 MARC Championship on Occoquan Reservoir.  The varsity eight won the Petite Final in 6:49.50, 5.30 seconds better than second place Milwaukee School of Engineering in the 2000-meter race.  In the heat race, the Shoremen were fourth with a 6:46.80, 21.30 seconds behind first place Bucknell. 

Varsity Eight Lineup
Cox: Patrick Beene
8: Garrett Cole
7: Emmett Wurster
6: Noah Gentry
5: Markus Norberg
4: Andrew Ellestad
3: Will Granados
2: Joseph Woodmansee
1: Jonathan Miranda
 
Notes
- The Shoremen were originally supposed to have a varsity four boat compete as well, but it was scratched on Saturday. 
- Races were delayed due to thunder and lightning in the area.

Quote From Emmett Wurster
"It was a fine day of racing with its fair share of spring showers and lightning delays this weekend at the Mid Atlantic Regional Conference (MARC) Championship. The varsity eight was able to finish the season with a win in the petite final ans placing seventh overall!  In the last 1000m of our Petite we really pushed and began moving out in front of the other crews and I could feel the excitement in the boat as we did that, which allowed us to finish with open water. I am proud of my teammates!!" 
 
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