The fall season for the men and women of Princeton rowing started with a bang, with men’s heavyweight, men’s lightweight, women’s open and women’s lightweight all competing in the old and prestigious Head of the Charles.
A half-century has gone by since the inaugural Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, Mass. The event, which spans both Saturday and Sunday, prides itself as the largest of its kind, claiming more than 9,000 athletes across more than 55 different events, and 300,000 spectators to cheer them on.
While the Head of the Charles contains events such as races for club teams, the events at the end of the final day are some of the largest draws. The collegiate events are the capstone of one of the oldest Ivy League sports in one of its oldest events.
History, as is oft told, has a way of repeating itself. Such a truism certainly held for the Princeton men’s lightweight crew team, as the ‘A’ boat put out a repeat performance as the top collegiate finishers in the lightweight eight race, and second in the race overall. Freshman Cameron Kerr, sophomore Harrison Shure, senior Isaiah Brown, sophomore James Sincavage, senior Cameron Howie, freshman Daniel Hogan, senior Christian Wawrzonek and freshman Jordi Cabanas brought the honor for the Tigers. Senior Sven Henningson served as the coxswain for the race.
Wawrzonek is a columnist for the Daily Princetonian.
The lightweight men’s crew team has shown its mettle at this event in recent years, having taken first in 2013 and 2014.
Strong performances on the day, however, were certainly not limited to the men’s lightweight team alone. Their heavyweight counterparts finished sixth in a field of 25 teams, and while falling to the ‘A’ boats of fellow Ivy League schools Harvard and Yale, defeated the top Brown boat by more than three seconds. Junior Trey Francis, sophomore Julian Goldman, senior Patrick Elbe, sophomore Tim Livingstone, senior Martin Barakso, junior Nicholas Mead, junior Matthew Benstead and sophomore Tom George made up the boat, with senior Jill Barton as coxswain.
On the women’s side, the lightweight team finished fifth in a field of nine teams, and were one of the only teams from outside of Boston to compete in their pool.
While the team finished four seconds behind fourth place University of Wisconsin, they left the competitors behind them completely in the dust – sixth place MIT was more than 37 seconds behind the women from New Jersey. Senior Phoebe Huang, senior Gabriella Pezzini, freshman Grace Cordsen, sophomore Rebecca Singer, junior Christina Warren, sophomore Grace Miles, freshman Madelynn Prendergast and junior Juliette Hackett represented Princeton for the race. Sophomore Megan Mirabella acted as coxswain on the day.
The members of women’s open saw a great leap in their performance from the 2014 Head of the Charles, finishing fourth place overall in a field of 32, after finishing in 10th the previous year. They were the second highest finishing Ivy League team in the event, trailing Brown by just above six seconds but beating Yale by more than 10. The team consisted of senior Mary Ann McNulty, senior Meghan Wheeler, senior Brett Simpson, junior Dagmara Lapins, freshman Emily Kallfelz, senior Erin Reelick, junior Georgie Howe and freshman Claire Collins, with junior Amanda Rutherford as their coxswain.
With the Head of the Charles behind them, the teams can now focus on the final event of the fall: the Princeton Chase, taking place on nearby Lake Carnegie on Sunday, Nov. 1. The teams will have two weeks to rest and train before hitting the water once more.
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