LAKE QUINSIGAMOND, Mass. — 

The United States Coast Guard Academy men's rowing team traveled to Worcester, Massachusetts, on Saturday to compete in the Wormtown Chase regatta. The Chase was the last regatta of the team's fall season, and thirty-six members of the men's rowing program raced in four eights, two fours, a pair, and two singles.

First up was the collegiate eight. Coast Guard entered three boats into the race. The field was led by Holy Cross, MIT, and Fairfield University, as well a formidable group from Division III Wesleyan. The top nine places in the race were shared between those four sides, with Coast Guard's A-boat finishing tenth. The Bears' 2V took 17th, while a 3V featuring three novices was 25th.

Next up was the novice eight race. The Bears started first in the field and opened up throughout to take first place, their second win in a row. This will be their last race as a novice boat, as they will be integrated into the first, second, third, and fourth eights throughout winter training in anticipation of the spring campaign.

The afternoon saw the 1V broken down into two singles, a pair, and two fours. This was the team's first opportunity to race it's newest shell, the Bill Braceland, and the crew of Brent Fournier (Bedford, N.H.), Michael Lee (Cypress, Calif.), Ty Lauritzen (Issaquah, Wash.), and Harrison Williams (Bellevue, Wash.) raced the boat to a solid second place finish. The second four, with four novices, finished in fifth.

Complete results for the Wormtown Chase are available here. The men's rowing program now turns their attention indoors to winter training in preparation for the 2027 spring campaign, which will kick off with their "Return to the River" dinner on Saturday, February 20th, and their annual trip to Clemson, which departs on Friday, March 5th.