Head of the Snake 2026
On Saturday, October 3, the Aggies traveled to Worcester, MA for the morning to compete at Head of the Snake. The Aggies had a showing of two Varsity 8+’s and in addition to Varsity, the team welcomed the Novice squad with a 1N8+. The day started off cloudy and cool but quickly warmed up making it ideal race day weather.
The first event for UMass was the Men's Collegiate Novice 8+. Here's how they placed:
1N8+: 2nd out of 3
The Men’s Novice 8+, comprised of Alina Keney (Coxswain), Henry Geyer (Stroke), Charlie Siems (7), Ryan Smithwick (6), Adrian Chang (5), Brennan Anderson (4), Hans Chen (3), Arda Ozdener (2), and Carlos Loredo (bow), had a strong race coming in 2nd. They achieved over a 2 minute gap between the boat behind them.
The next event fot the Aggies was the Men’s Collegiate Varsity 8+ category.
1V8+: 17th out of 22
The Mens Varsity 8+, composed of Chad Zannotti (Coxswain), Danny Smith (Stroke), Ryan Greenwod (7), Augustus Elam (6), Marcus Rooney (5), Ryan Tessitore (4), Teddy Tsekov (3), Graham Schwendt (2), and David Leroy (bow) finished within seconds of the boats in front of them.
2V8+: 16th out of 22
The Second Varsity 8+ made up of Skyler Ellis (Coxswain), Parker Cole (Stroke), Sam Haynes (7), Ale Iavarone (6), Shane Hess (5), Corbin Howard (4), Anders Borger (3), Josh Mastromatteo (2), Ryan Perry (Bow) put up a strong fight against the 1V8+.
The boys are looking to continue improving these results this Saturday at Head of the Housatonic
Results: https://herenow.com/results/21477
