Men’s and Women’s rowing compete in Charles Regatta

ERIN GANNON ’19
STAFF WRITER
This past weekend, the Trinity College Men and Women’s rowing teams both competed in the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, MA, which took place on the Charles River. Each team raced two boats and an alumni boat, all of which competed in various 4800m races.
The Men’s team entered a boat in the Men’s Collegiate Eights and Men’s Collegiate Fours races. The Men’s Collegiate Eights boat was led by coxswain Isabella Pizzi ’18, and the crew members were George Demoulas ’16, Charles Tuckwell ’18, Will Corban ’17, Luke Taylor ’18, Jonathan Lemmon ’18, Ian Langer ’17, Ian Robinson ’16, and Christopher White ’16. The boat finished in 11th place out of 41 other boats.
The Men’s Collegiate Fours boat was led by coxswain Charlotte Rosenberg ’18, and the crew members were Taylor Ogan ’18, Alexander Stoczko ’17, Luciano Lutmann ’18, and John Roberts ’17. The boat finished 30th out of 46 boats.
The Women’s Collegiate Eights boat was led by coxswain Sarah Duffy ’18, and the crew members were Claudia Jensen ’16, Antonia Bowden ’18, Madeleine Boudreau ’16, Cristina Pretto ’16, Julia Gorka ’19, Jennifer Sager ’16, Sarah Black ’16, and Caroline Denny ’19. The boat finished 11th out of 32 other boats.
The Women’s Collegiate Fours boat was led by coxswain Talia La Schiazza ’19, and the crew members were Tyler Seckar ’18, Elizabeth Becker ‘16, Meghan Keleher ’16, and Sarah Beckmann ’18. The boat finished 9th out of 35 other boats.
Each team was also represented in alumni races. The Women’s Alumni Eights boat was led by coxswain Gwen Schoch ’14, and the crew members were Jillian Zieff ’14, Claire Barkin ’14, Julia Kelling ’15, Kathryn Hibbard ’14, Georgia Wetmore ’15, Sarah Melnitsky ’05, Lauren Yianilos ’14, and Gillian Burkett ’14. The boat finished 9th out of 48 boats.
The Men’s Alumni Eight boat was led by coxswain Brack Baker ’05, and the crew members were current Trinity Men’s Crew Head Coach Kevin MacDermott, current Trinity Men’s Crew Assistant Coach Edward Slater ’07, Dunstan Scully ’14, Henry Palmer ’06, Ford Reiche, Timothy Godfrey ’00, Mark Komanecky ’15, and Christopher Wilson ’07. The boat finished 20th out of 57 boats.
As the Trinity Women’s crew program celebrates its 45th anniversary, the team reflects on their weekend at the 51st annual Head of the Charles Regatta and looks to use their performance as an event they can draw on for making improvements in upcoming races. “We felt it was a good learning experience to kick start will be a ton of hard training to get ready for spring racing season,” said Jennifer Sager ’16.  The women’s team will be competing in The Head of the Schuylkill Regatta in Philadelphia, PA this upcoming weekend on Saturday Oct. 24, where they will seek to improve on their performance from this past weekend. The men’s team will scrimmage against Dartmouth on Nov. 8.