Andover Boys Crew B2 raced past Boston College High in 4:56.9 to extend its winning streak to four races. The boat beat BC High, the reigning Second-Boat New England Champions, by six seconds. Andover also defeated Brunswick and Salisbury last Saturday on the Merrimack River.
“It was the boat’s best race of the season and the best race of my Andover career so far. We all locked in together perfectly and produced an insane amount of power. We were really proud of our performance,” said Jake Taylor ’16.
B2 Seniors Cooper Hurley ’14, Scott Simpson ’14 and Andrew Vallejos ’14 spearheaded the victory, accompanied by Jack Lane ’15, Dylan Norris ’16, Jake Taylor ’16, Nick Faulkner ’16 and Alex Cao ’16. The coxswain was Christina Schoeller ’16.
B1, however, fell for its third straight week. The team finished less than two seconds behind a speedy Brunswick team. Andover lost momentum in the final stretch of the race after starting its sprint at the 500-meter mark.
Marc Sevastopoulo ’15 said that B1 lacked physical endurance and sprinting ability during the race. The team will conduct rigorous sprinting drills this week to improve its 1-3 record, said Sevastopoulo.
B1 was led by coxswain Jake Rauh ’14 and pulled a 4:49.1.The rowers on B1 included Rob Irvin ’15, Ben Hawley ’15, Sevastopoulo, Captain Grant Bitler ’14, Chandler Washburn ’16, Nico Robertson ’15, Rome Arnold ’14 and JS Dackiw ’14.
Andover will race against St. Paul’s and Community Rowing Incorporation (CRI) this Saturday at St. Paul’s.
