SEPTEMBER 20 – ALBANY, NY - On Sunday, September 20^th, the Bergen Catholic Crew Team traveled to Albany, New York to compete in the Head of the Hudson Regatta. The team braved the cold and rainy conditions to race in two events.  The Varsity 1 crew raced their newest (and as yet unnamed) eight-man boat in the Varsity 8+ Coxswain event and finished a strong second place winning Silver Medals.  The crew consisted of Xander Rossakis, Viktor Bucher, Nick Brady, James Apergis, Mark Butler, Shane Chung, Antonio Machado, Kyle McCarten and Coxswain John Marciano.
      In the Freshman/Novice 8 category, The Bergen Crew rowed the Party Bus to victory.  The crew of Michael DeFina, Ian Marcelo, Blake Mehran, Dylan Mehran, Nick Apergis, Alejandro Abut, Daniel Abramov, Reid Huang and Coxswain Halo Contreras were awarded Gold Medals for their effort and the team received the coveted Wooden Shoe trophy.  It's the second Wooden Shoe that Bergen has won in three years of competing at the Head of the Hudson.  Congratulations to all of our rowers.