Georgia Tech's men's light four-plus crew scored a gold medal in the Dad Vail regatta — the national championships of collegiate rowing — held May 13-14 on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. This is the third consecutive year that a Tech team has brought home a gold medal.

Tech rowers Cameron Troxel, Brian Waters, Shane Bechler, John Kaptyn and coxswain Theresa Mara jumped out to an early lead over Fordham, University of California-Santa Barbara and Army, then pulled away to defeat Fordham by two full seconds.

Tech rowers just missed winning gold in the men's novice light eight race, falling to a strong St. Joseph University team by a boat length.

"This is a great result for these guys," head coach Rob Canavan said. "We're looking forward to rolling that talent into a fast light eight team next year."

The Tech women defeated 20 other teams to qualify two boats, light four and pair, in the finals. Both teams finished fifth in the finals.

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