In the season-opening HWS Challenege on the Canal, the Hobart varsity eight of Sarah Tanzer, Robert McNamara, Rob Nanovsky, Tyler Steving, Jonathan Heinlein, Brett Lawhon, Owen Monahan, Tyler Wilson-Menting, and Nathaniel Shils flew down the 4-kilometer Cayuga-Seneca Canal course in 14:57, 27 seconds faster than Ithaca College and nearly 2 minutes better than Canisius College.