CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Wesleyan men's crew team competed in the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta on Sunday afternoon on the Charles River. The Cardinals' debut meet of the season saw the Varsity 8 boat claim fourth place in the men's collegiate eights event to highlight the afternoon.
The V8 boat placed fourth overall in a field of 38 boats, as it raced to a time of 14:28.387 on Sunday afternoon. Wesleyan's top boat was the fastest over the first 500m of the 2000m race, crossing the to the Riverside checkpoint at 3:13.951, before settling in as the fourth-fastest boat in the competition. The Cardinals finished behind a pair of DI boats in Marist and Temple while Tufts was the second-place finisher, making Wesleyan's V8 the second-fastest D3 boat in the field.
The Cardinals' 2
nd Varsity 8 boat finished 26
th overall with a time of 15:15.164. The 2V8 crossed the 500m checkpoints at 3:25.771 (Riverside), 8:18.643 (Weld), and 12:37.436 (CBC) before crossing the finish line as the fourth-fastest 2V8 boat in the field.
Next up for Wesleyan is a trip to Worcester for the Wormtown Chase in what is the second of two events the Cardinals are competing in this fall.
Boat Lineups on Sunday
Varsity 8 –
Ben Fischer '27 (coxswain),
Will McNally '27,
Luke Rowles '29,
Thomas Jamison '28,
John Cannon '30,
Roy Krueger '28,
Ben Vyzas '28,
Gus Shuman '27, and
Sam Penn '28
2
nd Varsity 8 –
Hailey Love '29 (coxswain),
Nate Weinstein '28,
Tor Kushner '27,
Atticus Keep '29,
Maxime Victoir '29,
Cabot Adams '27,
Emmett Price '29,
Andres Krizan '29, and
Evan Salhanick '27
