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Heavyweight Rowing Sends Pair of 4+ Crews to Head of the Charles

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ITHACA, N.Y. — The Cornell men's heavyweight rowing team will compete in the Men's Championship Fours at the Head of the Charles Regatta on Sunday, Oct. 19, sending two boats to one of rowing's most competitive and prestigious events.

The Cornell rowing community's presence will extend throughout the weekend, with five alumni boats also competing in Saturday's events across the Veteran Eights (two entries), Alumni Eights, Senior Master Fours, and Senior Master Eights categories.

This weekend will also include a special honor for Cornell as Dave Clark '82 will be inducted into the National Rowing Hall of Fame at the National Rowing Foundation (NRF) US Team Reunion Tent at 4 p.m. Saturday. Clark won a silver medal while representing the United States at the 1984 Olympics in the coxless four.

Cornell will face elite competition in a highly-selective field Sunday, competing against 10 other collegiate crews, including Princeton (two boats), Brown, Washington, and Wisconsin.

SATURDAY'S ALUMNI BOATINGS
Men's Veteran Eights (Bow #5): Eric Spector (coxswain), David Barclay (stroke), Jonathan Grant, Andrew Kallfelz, Brian Hallstrom, David Stanton, John Boericke, Ray Hill, Ivan Rudolph-Shabinsky (bow).

Men's Veteran Eights (Bow #21) - competing as "BMA Boat Club": Emory Spector (coxswain), Scott Whitney (stroke), James Reavis, Peter Edwards, David Kearing, Nicholas Fay, Jeffrey Dean, Eric Hagberg, John Senner (bow).

Men's Alumni Eights (Bow #6) - competing as "BMA Boat Club": Thomas Brittingham (coxswain), Elias Abilheira (stroke), Finn Lynch, Iain Kazmierczak, Thomas Kunkler, Matteo Banducci, Alex Bebb, Jake Lawson, Michael Gates (bow).

Men's Senior Master Fours (Bow #26): Leigh Heyman (coxswain), Joseph Kiely (stroke), Benjamin Hall, Michael Cody, Joseph Flynn (bow).

Men's Senior Master Eights (Bow #12): Taylor Gouge (coxswain), Tyler Davis (stroke), Craig Kilgo, Miles Hingeley, Christopher Clark, Spencer Hunsberger, Brian Allsopp, Michael Kleimeyer, Adrian Niño de Rivera Frost (bow).

SUNDAY'S VARSITY BOATINGS
Men's Championship Fours (Bow #3): Sofie Cole (coxswain), Joost Schirm (stroke), Tony Klar, Finn Hayes, Constantino Oberto Calleri (bow). 

Men's Championship Fours (Bow #6): Jack Walker (coxswain), Abe Litvak (stroke), Walid Ghamra, Noah Kanefsky, Shane Gazdus (bow).

SATURDAY'S SCHEDULE
9:22 a.m. — Men's Veteran Eights (Cornell will start as Bow 5 and BMA Boat Club as Bow 21 in a field of 26 boats)

10:56 a.m. — Men's Alumni Eights (Cornell will start as Bow 3 and Bow 21 in a field of 26 boats)

11:36 a.m. — Men's Senior Master Fours (Cornell will start as Bow 26 in a field of 26 boats)

12:22 p.m. — Men's Senior Master Eights (Cornell will start as Bow 12 in a field of 19 boats)

SUNDAY'S SCHEDULE
1:05 p.m. — Men's Championship Fours (Cornell will start as Bow 3 and Bow 6 in a field of 12 boats)
 
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