CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard-Radcliffe Heavyweight Rowing will return to its home course on the Charles River this Saturday for a regatta with its Ivy League rival, Brown. The races are set to take place this Sunday, April 3.
 
The Black and White can expect rough conditions on the Charles Sunday morning with temperatures expected to be in the low-50s and the winds around 5-10 mph.
 
FOLLOW ALONG
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SCHEDULE
9:30 – Radcliffe vs. Brown (1V)
9:40 – Radcliffe vs. Brown (2V)
9:50 – Radcliffe vs. Brown (A4/B4)
 
PROBABLE BOATINGS
 
Varsity 8
Coxswain – Sophie Haugen, Isabelle Bastian, Morgan Blind , Georgia Bradley , Bridget Galloway, Ella Hudson, Monah Javidan-Nejad, Catherine Van Stone , Lauren Smits
 
Second Varsity 8
Coxswain – Holly Conlon , Kayla Baker , Julia Abbruzzese, Heidi Jacobson, Tessa Haining , Nalani Dziama, Ella Brown, Sarah Averill , Leah Bailey
 
Varsity Four
Coxswain – Salome Garnier
Meredith Kent, Eliza Kallfelz , Alexandria Lange, Bridget O'Kelly
 
WHAT TO KNOW

• This will be Radcliffe Heavyweight Rowing's first home race in nearly three years
• The Black and White are in pursuit of its first victory over Brown since 2006
• Radcliffe split a pair of races at the Ivy/BIG 10 double duals last weekend
• The Varsity 8 boat recorded times of 6:37.9 and 6:38.9 on the day
• Harvard-Radcliffe last raced on the Charles River on April 27, 2019, posting a time of 7:21.7 to capture the Rowlands Trophy by defeating Northeastern

 
AT THE HELM
Liz O'Leary, The Friends of Radcliffe Rowing Head Coach for Women's Heavyweight Crew, enters her 36th season as the leader of the Radcliffe Heavyweights. O'Leary has brought the Black and White to the pinnacle of women's collegiate rowing and made Radcliffe a perennial contender for national championships since joining the program in 1986. The team has enjoyed success under O'Leary and has continued throughout her tenure with over 200 dual wins, top-finishing crews at Sprints, and appearances at national championships.
 
UP NEXT
The Radcliffe Heavyweights will return to action next weekend when it makes the trek down I-90 to Saratoga Springs, N.Y. There, the Black and White will battle four opponents including Princeton, Cornell, Bucknell and Syracuse on Fish Creek.