LONG LAKE, N.Y. – The Union College men's crew team ended the 2024-25 season in style on Sunday morning on Long Lake, sweeping two races with St. Lawrence University in the annual Great Adirondack Boat Race.
 
The Varsity 8+ won an exciting race against the Saints, crossing the finish line first by about three-fourths of a boat length. The Second Varsity 8+ also ended the season with a win, cruising to a victory of four boat lengths over their St. Lawrence counterparts.
 
Senior Sarah DeRosa served as coxswain for the final time for the Varsity 8+ boat, leading the charge for junior Josh Atkinson (bow), sophomore Angus Hall (2 seat), senior Alex Chan (3 seat), sophomores Tyler Perry (4 seat) and Stuart Livingston (5 seat), and juniors Erik Roberts (6 seat), Ben Stern (7 seat) and Sam Flynn (stroke).
 
Senior Charlie Whiteford coxswained the Second Varsity 8+ to a win as well on Sunday, calling out to junior Cody Morrison (bow), sophomores Reed Will (2 seat) and Wolfgang Bodge (3 seat), first-year Daniel Vega (4 seat), sophomore Kenny Kromer (5 seat), senior Josh Vaidman (6 seat), junior Nick Meyer (7 seat) and senior Miles Fee (stroke).
 
The successful weekend caps off another successful year on the water for the Garnet Charger men that featured a national ranking for the Varsity 8+ boat, a second-place finish for the Second Varsity 8+ at the New York State Championships and a Liberty League title for the Novice 4+ boat.