BOSTON — Cornell men's heavyweight rowing placed both of its Championship Four boats inside the top eight at the 2025 Head of the Charles Regatta on Sunday afternoon.
Cornell's 'A' boat, coxed by
Sofie Cole and stroked by
Abe Litvak, finished seventh with a time of 15:50.663. The Big Red's 'B' entry, led by coxswain
Jack Walker and Whalid Ghamra serving as the stroke, placed eighth in 15:52.094.
The 'A' crew got off to a strong start, as Cornell sat third at the Riverside Boat Club checkpoint with a 3:30.982 split, trailing only Washington and Princeton's top entries. Upon reaching the Weld Exhibition, the Big Red had slipped to sixth and ultimately crossed the finish line in seventh. Cornell's 'B' boat climbed from ninth to eighth over the middle portion of the 3-mile course and maintained that position through the final checkpoint at Cambridge Boat Club.
Washington captured the event title in 15:15.844, narrowly edging Princeton's 'A' boat by just over half a second. British Columbia, California, and Princeton's 'B' crew rounded out the top five in the 12-boat Men's Championship Fours field.
Cornell alumni also competed across multiple events on Saturday. The Cornell Alumni Veteran Eight finished ninth and the BMA Boat Club Veteran Eight placed 12th overall.
In the Senior Master divisions, Cornell alumni placed 16th overall (13th among Senior Master Fours), and seventh in the Senior Master Eights (sixth among Senior Master-classified boats).
MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP FOURS BOATINGS
'A' Crew (Bow #3): Sofie Cole (coxswain),
Abe Litvak (stroke),
Tony Klar,
Finn Hayes,
Constantino Oberto-Calleri (bow).
'B' Crew (Bow #6): Jack Walker (coxswain),
Walid Ghamra (stroke),
Noah Kanefsky,
Joost Schirm,
Shane Gazdus (bow).
ALUMNI BOATINGS
Men's Veteran Eights: 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 - 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 - 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: Leigh Heyman (coxswain), Joseph Kiely (stroke), Benjamin Hall, Michael Cody, Joseph Flynn (bow).
Men's Senior Master Eights: Taylor Gouge (coxswain), Tyler Davis (stroke), Craig Kilgo, Miles Hingeley, Christopher Clark, Spencer Hunsberger, Brian Allsopp, Michael Kleimeyer, Adrian Niño de Rivera Frost (bow).
MEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP FOURS RESULTS
1. Washington — 15:15.844; 2. Princeton 'A' — 15:16.366; 3. British Columbia — 15:29.149; 4. California — 15:33.879; 5. Princeton 'B' — 15:47.436; 6. Brown — 15:47.807;
7. Cornell 'A' — 15:50.663;
8. Cornell 'B' — 15:52.094; 9. Wisconsin — 16:06.172; 10. Holy Cross — 17:11.095; 11. Imperial — 18:06.933; 12. Western Cape RA — 18:28.314.
A LOOK UPSTREAM
Cornell will return to action on Saturday, Nov. 1, when it welcomes Dartmouth, Hamilton, Ithaca, and Syracuse to the Cornell Rowing Center for the Cornell Fall Classic.
