CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Wesleyan women's crew team competed in the prestigious Head of the Charles Regatta on Sunday afternoon on the Charles River. The Cardinals' Varsity 8 boat followed up a first place finish last week with a seventh place showing on Sunday at the Head of the Charles.
The V8 boat placed seventh overall in a field of 29 boats, as it raced to a time of 16:59.804 on Sunday afternoon. Wesleyan's top boat clocked in at 3:50.601 at the first 500m checkpoint (Riverside) and followed at 9:20.961 (Weld) and 14:07.755 (CBC) before finishing just under the 17-minute mark at the finish line. The Cardinals finished behind Tufts' A and B boats as well as the top boat from Wellesley, Middlebury, Bates, and Trinity, while Wesleyan finished ahead of Williams and a host of DI boats.
The Cardinals' 2
nd Varsity 8 boat finished 21
st overall with a time of 17:59.116. The 2V8 crossed the 500m checkpoints at 4:05.301 (Riverside), 9:53.137 (Weld), and 14:55.316 (CBC) before crossing the finish line as the fifth-fastest 2V8 boat in the field.
Wesleyan rounds out the fall slate on Saturday in Worcester at the Wormtown Chase.
Boat Lineups on Sunday
Varsity 8 –
Aria Trotta (coxswain),
Taryn Myers '29,
Sydney Romer '28,
Eliza Kane '29,
Hailey Hutchison '27,
Ruby Roberts '27,
Julia Lissack '27,
Fiona Powell '30, and
Regan Anderson '28
2
nd Varsity 8 –
Dana Hennings '27 (coxswain),
Sam Sheahan '28,
Victoria Pereira '27,
Annie McDaniel '28,
Assana Bowen-Woods '28, Sophia Braver '27,
Olivia Pearce '30,
Lily Rampe '30, and
Iris Donovan '30
