CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard men's lightweight rowing concluded the 58
th annual Head of the Charles by taking home gold in the Men's Lightweight Eights for back-to-back years. Earlier in the day, the Crimson recorded a pair of top-six finishes in the Men's Lightweight Fours.
To open the day on the Charles River, Harvard landed in back-to-back to spots on the leaderboard, taking fifth and sixth place in the Men's Lightweight Fours event. The Harvard B boat, comprised of
Jillian Medina (C),
Joost van Asperen (1),
James Stevenson (2), Alberto Lasso (3), and
Finn Crawford (4), led the way by locking in a top-five finish. The Crimson finished with a time of 17:11.374 falling only behind Cornell, Penn, British Columbia, and Brock RC. Finishing directly behind, the Harvard A boat placed sixth with a time of 17:14.600. The second Harvard boat consisted of
Megan Ong (C),
David Picard (1), Niehil Ramaraju (2),
Stearns Weil (3), and
Nathan Evans (4).
The Crimson closed out the Head of the Charles in style, winning the Men's Lightweight Eights event for a second straight year.
Anya Cheng (C),
Zachary Mecca (1),
Michael Fairley (2),
Zarret Mills (3), Preston Darling (4),
Ryan McCarthy (5),
Brahm Erdmann (6), Benjamin Lundie (7), and Alexander Forbes (8) made up the Harvard boat that finished in a time of 14:51.920. In a tight battle against follow Ivy foe, Penn, the Crimson time bested the Quakers by less than a second.
Next Up
The Crimson will travel to New Hampshire in two weekends to compete at the Green Monster Fall Speed Order.
