CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Wesleyan men's crew team opened the fall schedule with its annual appearance in the Head of the Charles in Boston. Racing against a host of collegiate teams across all Divisions, the Cardinals' varsity 8 took third place out of 42 crews on Sunday afternoon racing in the Men's Collegiate Eights event.
The Cardinals finished behind only Holy Cross, who competes at the Div. I level, and Tufts while Wesleyan finished ahead of Trinity, Temple, Williams, and many others. Wesleyan clocked in at 3:16.873 at the first checkpoint and was seventh-fastest to the midway point of the race. Wesleyan began to make up ground in the third split, moving up to fourth place, and finished strong with a 2:33.069 split to clock in at 14:39.957 on the three-mile course. The third place finish is a big improvement on last year's 15
th place finish for the V8 at the Head of the Charles.
Wesleyan's 2
nd varsity 8 was also in action and that crew took 19
th place out of the 42 boats in the competition with a final time of 15:16.607. The Cardinals passed three boats over the final split to land a Top 20 finish on the day.
Wesleyan also fielded a 4+ boat with that crew placing 22
nd overall out of 40 in the competition, crossing the line in 17:08.987.
The Cardinals wrap up the fall slate on Saturday with a trip to Worcester for the Wormtown Chase.
Boat Lineups for Wesleyan
V8 –
Asher Israel '26 (coxswain),
Pierce Buckner-Wolfson '26,
Drew Hinton '28,
Ben Vyzas '28,
Gus Shuman '27,
Eli Smirin '26,
Roy Krueger '28,
Sam Penn '28,
Nelson Bellows '26
2V8 –
Ben Fischer '27 (coxswain),
Evan Salhanick '27,
Brett Beaman '26, Finn Gardner '29,
Will McNally '27,
Jack Cornog '26,
Luke Rowles '29,
Emmett Price '29,
Cory Reavy '26
4+ -
Hailey Love '29 (coxswain),
Thomas Jamison '28,
Rowan Cahill '26,
James Kolodner '29,
Ben Duda '29
