The Union College men's Varsity Eight defeated Amherst by 19 seconds in their spring opener on Saturday, finishing in 6:08.00 on the 1,500-meter course. Competing for Union were coxswain Eric Lombeyda, stroke seat Ian MacKellar, 7 seat Ben Beckwith, 6 seat Nicholas Kender, 5 seat Thomas Walker, 4 seat Quentin Cachon, 3 seat John Scriven, 2 seat Liam Doherty and bow seat Isaac Neustadt.