CAMBRIDGE, MA – The Stetson rowing teams competed in the Head of the Charles event this weekend with the men's 4 earning a first place finish, while the women's 4 finished 21st.
The Head of the Charles event began in 1965 and is gets its name from the Charles river. Hundreds of thousands of rowers have come to the banks of the Charles for the event, entries have even been turned away due to the demand.
The women's 4 raced on Saturday with a boat of
Maia Starrwalker,
Mallory Holland,
Bethany Klingeman,
Emma Rees, and
Sarah Sessions (Cox). The team would row a time of 19:21.37, to give them a finish of 21
st out of 52 teams. The result earned the team an automatic qualification for next years event.
On Sunday the men took to the Charles with their 4 and earned a 1st place finish, which was the best in team history at the event. In the boat for the Hatters were
Sacha Roiena,
Endrik Brettmann,
Lukasz Bajorek,
Matthew Franks and
Bennett Rossell (Cox). They finished in a time of 17:08.23, which was over six seconds faster than the second place finisher San Diego. The Hatters first place finish was out of a total of 44 entries. Stetson would be able to pass five of the eight boats that started in front of them through the course of the race in a competititve finish for the top spot.
"We all put a lot of trust in eachother knowing how crucial it was going to be given the nature of this race," said Senior Coxswain Rossell. "We knew that in order to be in the top one percent we would have to train like the top one percent so seeing that mentaliyt and attituted pay off from training was a rewarding experience. Passing five of the eight boats that started in front of us provided us with internal motiviation as well as pride telling us that our speed on the water was going to be competitive for that top spot."
Up next for the Hatters will be the Head of the Arlington, in Jacksonville, Florida on November 11
th, where both teams will race.
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