CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- All four Harvard rowing teams competed in the Head of the Charles Regatta over the weekend with 15 total boats racing in nine contests. Five Harvard crews won gold, including three from men's lightweight and one each from men's heavyweight and women's lightweight, plus a collegiate championship for the men's heavyweight team.

Team Capsules
Men's Heavyweight Rowing
The Championship Eight A won the college championship, finishing second overall, in a time of 13:33.393 just over half a second behind Holland Acht. The Club Eight won gold on Saturday, crossing the finish in 14:55.060. Sam Gallaudet stroked the Championship Eight to a medal performance, while Adam Cech stroked the Club Eight to gold. The Club Four took 16th on Saturday and the Championship Eight B finished in 19th on Sunday.

Men's Lightweight Rowing
The Harvard lights won gold in the Lightweight Eight, Lightweight Four and Club Four. Lightweight Four B earned a bronze and Club Four B finished 19th. Andrew Buda sat in the stroke seat for the Lightweight Eight as Harvard won its fifth consecutive men's lightweight 8+ at the HOCR. The Crimson cruised past the field and won by a nearly 13-second margin. Nikhil Ramaraju stroked the Lightweight Four to gold, while Alberto Lasso stroked the Club Four to victory.

Women's Heavyweight Rowing
The Club Eight, stroked by Claudia Chadwick, had the program's top finish in fifth, while Harvard-Radcliffe's Championship Eight finished 16th.

Women's Lightweight Rowing
In Elizabeth Hughes' Harvard-Radcliffe coaching debut, Lightweight Eight won gold and Lightweight Four took bronze at HOCR. Mary Mangan sat stroke for the eight that narrowly defeated Georgetown by .021 seconds to claim the gold. For the Four, Brenna Thomas stroked the Harvard-Radcliffe boat that earned third; 8.5 seconds off the lead.

Results

Date/Time	Event	Team	Boat	Place	Time
Saturday/12:45 PM	M Club 4+	RLM	Club Four A	1	17:09.523
Saturday/12:45 PM	M Club 4+	RHM	Club Four	16	18:22.181
Saturday/12:45 PM	M Club 4+	RLM	Club Four B	19	18:39.663
Saturday/1:30 PM	M Club 8+	RHM	Club A	1	14:55.060
Saturday/1:44 PM	W Club 8+	RHW	Club Eight	5	17:21.524
Sunday/1:12 PM	M LW 4+	RLM	Lightweight Four A	1	15:45.379
Sunday/1:12 PM	M LW 4+	RLM	Lightweight Four B	3	15:55.976
Sunday/1:51 PM	W LW 4+	RLW	Lightweight Four A	3	18:05.643
Sunday/1:51 PM	W LW 4+	RLW	Lightweight Four B	10	18:36.115
Sunday/2:43 PM	W Champ 8+	RHW	Championship 1V8+	16	15:44.127
Sunday/2:43 PM	W Champ 8+	RHW	Championship 2V8+	22	16:01.467
Sunday/2:54 PM	W LW 8+	RLW	Lightweight Eight	1	15:58.458
Sunday/3:20 PM	M Champ 8+	RHM	Championship A	*2	13:33.393
Sunday/3:20 PM	M Champ 8+	RHM	Championship B	19	13:57.082
Sunday/3:33 PM	M LW 8+	RLM	Lightweight Eight	1	13:47.570

*College Championship