SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – The Union College men's crew team opened the 2023-24 season on Sunday at the Mohawk Fall Classic held at the Mohawk River.

The 3,000-meter race featured a relatively calm current with a slight tailwind.

Union's Collegiate 8+ A boat started the season with a win, narrowly edging out Clarkson University by 0.36 seconds. The Garnet Chargers finished the course in 13:08.18 and was comprised of senior Tony Griffin (coxswain), first-year Angus Hall (stroke), senior Cole Abdinoor (7 seat), senior Harrison White (6 seat), junior Alex Chan (5 seat), sophomore Erik Roberts (4 seat), first-year Wolfgang Bodge (3 seat), senior Ethan Conrad (2 seat), and senior Braman Cronin (bow).

Union's Collegiate 8+ B boat took third, finishing the course in 13:48.38, ahead of both teams from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The team that competed for Union was junior Sarah DeRosa (coxswain), junior Miles Fee (stroke), sophomore Benjamin Stern (7 seat), first-year Stuart Livingston (6 seat), junior Grant Bouvin (5 seat), first-year Danny Bender (4 seat), first-year Kenny Kromer (3 seat), sophomore Cody Morrison (2 seat), and junior Josh Vaidman (bow).

The Collegiate 4+ race was close, but a last-minute sprint by Clarkson saw the Golden Knights finish first by a little less than 10 seconds. The Union A boat finished the course in 14:51.28 and the B team finished fourth with a time of 16:08.25. Union's A boat was comprised of Griffin (coxswain), Hall (stroke), Abdinoor (3 seat), White (2 seat), and Chan (bow). The B boat was made up of junior Charlie Whiteford (coxswain), sophomore Nick Meyer (stroke), sophomore Josh Atkinson (3 seat), sophomore Sam Flynn (2 seat), and first-year Chase McDivitt (bow).

The Garnet Chargers are back in the water on Saturday at the Head of the Genesee regatta in Rochester, N.Y.