Big Green Compete at 56th Annual Head of the Charles

Saturday, October 23

Cambridge, Mass.

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Dartmouth College

Head of the Charles

Big Green Compete at 56th Annual Head of the Charles

10/24/2021 2:58:00 PM | Women's Rowing

The Dartmouth women's rowing team traveled to Boston for the return of the Head of the Charles after a two-year break

By: Charlotte Brackett

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Dartmouth women's rowing team competed at the 56th Head of the Charles Regatta over the weekend.

First held on Oct. 16, 1965, the Head of the Charles is the largest regatta in the world and returned to Boston for the first time in two years after being canceled last year. Hundreds of thousands of fans turn out each time to watch more than 11,000 athletes representing over 800 schools and clubs.

The regatta was canceled last year due to the pandemic, marking the first time it was called off since 1996 because of a severe storm. Because of that, the two-day event was expanded to three to allow more athletes to participate.

Saturday
The Big Green opened the weekend in the Club Four, finishing eighth out of 54 entered boats. Coxed by Isabelle Lewitt and stroked by Cece Plass, Dartmouth finished in 18:58.58, a second behind Boston University and a second ahead of Columbia.

In the Club Eight half an hour later, the Green placed ninth (17:14.66) out of 31 crews. The event was won by USC by a margin of six seconds. Dartmouth left a two-second gap between it and BU in 10th place.

Sunday
Returning to the water for the third and final day on Sunday, the Big Green started with a 12th-place finish in the Championship Four (19:23.05). It was another 50 seconds before the team in 13th (Marist) crossed the finish line.

The Championship Eight wrapped up the day by taking 16th (17:00.98). Coxed by Samantha Sizelove and stroked by Emma Hochberg, Dartmouth edged Northeastern by almost four full seconds.

The Big Green will compete in two scrimmages to end the fall, next returning to action in March.

Club 4
Lewitt (C), Plass (S), Smith (3), Kendall (2), Moreland (B)

Club 8
Jain (C), Brause (S), Lynch (7), Wu (6), Alexander (5), Bates (4), Paisley (3), Figura (2), Grussing (B)

Championship 4
McInerny (C), Glasgow (S), Duckworth (3), Handy (2), Leversedge (B)

Championship 8
Sizelove (C), Hochberg (S), Nelson (7), Cronin (6), Urdang (5), Martin (4), Craighead (3), Dundas (2), Tellander (B)