Men’s Lightweight Rowing Puts Forth Strong Showing at Head of the Charles

Saturday, October 19

Cambridge, Mass.

Dartmouth College

Head of the Charles

Photo by: David Edington

Men’s Lightweight Rowing Puts Forth Strong Showing at Head of the Charles

10/20/2024 8:07:00 PM | Men's Lightweight Rowing

Dartmouth had three entries over the course of the weekend

By: Justin Lafleur

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The Dartmouth men's lightweight rowing team wrapped up its weekend at the Head of the Charles by seeing a pair of boats compete in Sunday's Men's Lightweight Eights, which included the "A" boat finishing fifth, but just over a second behind second place.

The Head of the Charles is a three-mile, 4,800 meter course which features a number of turns. It is completed in a time trial format.

"It was a great weekend for us at the Head of the Charles," said head coach Trevor Michelson. "The Charles is always a great early-season check-in on speed and it looks like the lightweight league will be just as competitive as ever. Unfortunately, we were on the back end of a one-second margin in the Varsity, but really excited about the progress we've made in the last five weeks and looking forward to continuing to progress through the spring racing season."

The Big Green "A" entry finished with a time of 14:19.924, within shouting distance of Princeton in fourth (14:19.302), Penn in third (14:18.903) and Cornell in second (14:18.512). Dartmouth's "B" entry in the Men's Lightweight Eights posted a time of 15:07.501, good for 11th place.

"Our second boat did a fantastic job, highlighted by our coxswain Katherine Kramer who started coxing last year and navigated a fantastic course in Boston," said Michelson. "This is the first time we've entered a second boat in the lightweight eight at the Charles in quite some time, if not ever."

On Saturday, Dartmouth had an entry in the Men's Championship Doubles, with the tandem of Wyatt Ellison and Jack Schwartz placing 15th out of 20, in a top event that featured former Olympic medalists.

"Our championship double did a fantastic job in one of the premiere events of the regatta," said Michelson. "Really excited about their development and can't wait to see them contribute to the bigger boats this spring."

The Big Green wrap up their fall schedule in two weekends when they host Columbia and Harvard.

Results

Saturday

Men's Championship Doubles — 1:51 PM
15. Dartmouth — 18:05.587
(out of 20 crews)

Complete Results

Lineup:
2: Wyatt Ellison
1: Jack Schwartz

Sunday

Men's Lightweight Eights — 2:02 PM
5. Dartmouth "A" — 14:19.924
11. Dartmouth "B" — 15:07.501
(out of 13 crews)

Complete Results

"A" Lineup:
8: Cosmo Hondrogen
7: Valentin Wang-Norderud
6: Ryan Tripp
5: Alex Ward
4: Haris Polychronopoulos
3: Oliver Shapiro
2: Bradley Edington
1: Samuel Terry
c: Benjamin Cavanagh

"B" Lineup:
8: Alexander Cocquyt
7: Jonas Thieme
6: Inigo Shorrock
5: Samuel Welsh
4: Adam Alto
3: Grey Graham
2: Grayson Lee
1: Henry Bedell
c: Katherine Kramer