The Statesmen's third varsity eight of Amanda Salzman, Billy Bird, Nick Faiello, Jordan Rooth, Brady Phillips, Dylan Brodie, Sam Menchel, Alex Sanford and Nick Snow collected gold medals in the Men's Varsity Eight - DII/III event at the Knecht Cup this past weekend. The Hobart eight powered down the course with a winning time of 6:30.42, 6.63 seconds clear of Rollins College.