SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – The Union College men's crew team earned its best overall team finish at the Liberty League Championship since 2018, placing third at Fish Creek on Friday morning. 

Union finished 14.75 second behind first-place Ithaca College in the Varsity 8+ race, and with that event determining the champion, the Bombers won their third Liberty League title in a row. 

Sophomore Erika Canaveral guided senior Sam Flynn (stroke), senior Ben Stern (7 seat), senior Erik Roberts (6 seat), junior Stuart Livingston (5 seat), junior Tyler Perry (4 seat), junior Wolfgang Bodge (3 seat), junior Angus Hall (2 seat), and senior Josh Atkinson (bow) to a time of 6:38.340, beating out fourth-place St. Lawrence University by nearly seven seconds. 

The Garnet Chargers had two crews racing in the Second Varsity 8+ event, with their Second Varsity 8+ crew also placing third with a time of 7:07.822. Union's Third Varsity 8+ boat placed fifth, crossing the line with a time of 7:17.993. 

Senior Khadija Amir was the coxswain in the Second Varsity 8+ boat along with sophomore Daniel Vega (stroke), senior Nick Meyer (7 seat), junior Ben Tohanczyn (6 seat), first-year Ben Grassi (5 seat), first-year Ben Kittelberger (4 seat), junior Kenny Kromer (3 seat), junior Reed Will (2 seat), and senior Cody Morrison (bow). Sophomore Elizabeth Canaveral led the Third Varsity 8+ squad in first-year Nate Nguyen (stroke), first-year Samar Rokkam (7 seat), first-year Nico Sanza Stribling (6 seat), first-year Thomas Unkles (5 seat), first-year Jesse Balboni (4 seat), first-year Taekjin Jeong (3 seat), first-year Nicholas Livingston (2 seat), and sophomore Ian Porter (bow).

The Garnet Chargers will be right back on the water Saturday, May 2 at 10 a.m. as they race in the Novak Memorial Metropolitan Championships, hosted by Iona University in New Rochelle, N.Y.