For the second year in a row, Hobart won the collegiate eight event at the Head of the Genesee Regatta, which combines a morning head race and a 1,500-meter sprint in the afternoon. The sprint time is tripled and added to morning time. The fastest combined time wins. In the morning, the Statesmen had the second fastest time, 16:27.25, but Hobart's V8 was hit with a 30 second penalty, pushing the 2V8 into the lead. In the afternoon sprint, the two crews were paired up with the 2V8 winning the duel in 4:41.29, 2.15 seconds ahead of the V8. Sky Drazek, Patrick Ware, Davis Muller, Owen Monahan, Matthew Sylvan, Tyler Steving, John Hibbard, Austin Letorney, and Joe Biesemeyer collected gold medals at the HOGR.