The Exeter crew program traveled to Lake Quinsigamond for the New England Interscholastic Rowing Association (NEIRA) Championship Regatta and returned home with some hardware!

The girls first boat captured their second straight New England title with a first-place finish in the grand final to punch their ticket to the United States Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida. The boys first boat also earned a spot at nationals with a second-place finish in the B1 grand final. All six of Exeter's boats advanced into grand finals to complete a fantastic day of racing.

The girls top boat of Ava Cathey, Evie Gaylord, Sophie Turner, Chloe Bosma, Charlotte Dassori, Nora Unger, Sophia Slosek, Amelia Post, and Victoria Mabardy turned in a blistering time of 4:54.445 to earn first overall in a star-studded field to repeat as NEIRA champions. Exeter finished four-seconds ahead of second place finisher, Deerfield, and turned in the fastest NEIRA time since Big Red's course record time of 4:46.61 in 2008.

The G1 title marks Exeter's third in the past four seasons and the thirteenth in program history.

The boys top boat of Mason Cotter, Ryan Chen, Emmett Nomellini, Matthew Minor, Monte Wood, Finn Lorgen, Arian Khichadia, Edward Garschina, and Rohit Kantamneni won their opening heat and advanced to the grand final where they placed second overall with a blazing time of 4:16.412. The time is the fourth fastest NEIRA time ever and the second fastest in program history at the regatta. Their silver medal gives Big Red an automatic bid to nationals in June.

The girls second boat of Lily Rampe, Beatrix Prairie, Bella Tyson Montgomery, Bella Peters, Lexi Gurshan, Iris Fisher, Maya Hinrichsen, Kayla Hyett, and Elsa Janicki placed fourth overall while the third boat of Zoe Miller, Kaitlynn Farkas, Avery McClelland, Ellie Savino, Olivia Dockery, Euphoria Yang, Ava Spaulding, Isla Wiegand-Hammond, and Willow Foregger captured fifth overall.

The boys second boat of Peter Roper, Ishaan Velan, Luca Kestenband, Kevin Thant, Anders Toresjo, Walt Stucke, Crane Lee, Bill O'Connor, and Albert Lu finished fifth overall. The boys third boat of Thomas Small, Eliyas Koch-Manzur, Andy Song, Ethan Cathey, Ben Lewis, Allen Klingel, Nico Crevier, Norman Rice, and Osbert Chang gathered a silver medal with a second-place overall finish.