New Coaching Hires Announced

Syracuse men's rowing head coach Dave Reischman has announced the hiring of Justin Stangel and Jason Cottingham to his coaching staff. Stangel, a 2007 Syracuse graduate, returns to his alma mater as assistant coach/recruiting coordinator. Cottingham, a 2008 Alabama alumnus, has been appointed assistant coach/director of operations.

More information can be found on suathletics.com.

Syracuse women's rowing head coach Justin Moore has announced the hiring of Jim Lister as assistant coach. The UAlbany alum comes to Syracuse after coaching the previous 10 years at Duke, most recently as the Blue Devils' associate head coach and recruiting coordinator.

More information can be found on suathletics.com.

Mastracci and Gennaro Win Gold in Lucerne

Syracuse rowing alums Natalie Mastracci '13 and Mike Gennaro '11 won gold at the recent Samsung World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Mastracci's Canadian four won the gold medal on Saturday in a time of 6:34.58, over two seconds ahead of silver medalist Australia (6:36.86). She followed up her gold medal win with a bronze medal performance in the women's eight, finishing in a time of 6:01.61, behind the gold-winning United States crew (5:54.16) and the silver medalist Romanian crew (6:00.42).

In the final of the men's four, Gennaro's United States crew led the entire race, finishing in 5:50.78 to win gold. Australia took silver in 5:51.63 and Italy won bronze in 5:51.70.

To read more about Natalie and Mike's impressive performances, click on the following links from suathletics.com, rowcanada.org and row2k.com:

Mastracci Wins Gold, Bronze at World Cup

Gennaro Wins Gold at World Rowing Cup

Canadian Results Summary World Cup 3 - Day Two

Final Day: Canadian World Cup Results Summary

Eight Medals for USA Rowing at World Cup III