Crew Earns Two Top-10 Finishes at the Head of the Charles Regatta

Saturday, October 17

Charles River - Boston, Mass.

All Day

Drexel University

Head of the Charles Regatta

Crew Earns Two Top-10 Finishes at the Head of the Charles Regatta

10/18/2015 5:22:00 PM | Men's Rowing, Women's Rowing

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BOSTON - Drexel Crew concluded a successful trip to Boston on Sunday at the 51st annual Head of the Charles Regatta on the Charles River.

Racing began Saturday afternoon with the women's varsity eight finishing seventh in the 38-boat club eights division in the Marlene Buckley II boat. The boat raced to a time of 17:42.330. Brown won the race with a 17:09.583. The Dragons qualified for the 2016 Head of the Charles with the seventh-place finish.

On Sunday afternoon, Drexel's men's second varsity eight in the Lois Krall boat raced to an eighth-place time in the competitive 41-boat collegiate eights division. The Dragons finished with a 15:44.724, just a fraction of a second behind seventh-place UC Santa Barbara. Hobart took home the win with a 15:32.704.

Drexel's varsity eight grabbed a top-20 finish in the championship eights division in the Sandra Lee Sheller II boat. The Dragons finished with a time of 15:10.932, about a second off of Georgetown for 19th. Yale won the division with a 14:18.970.

The Dragons return to Philadelphia for competition on Saturday, Oct. 24 at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta. Drexel is the five-time defending champion of the event.

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Results - Saturday, Oct. 17
Women's Club Eights (out of 38 boats)
Brown - 17:09.583
Radcliffe - 17:16.193
Riverside - 17:22.207
Northeastern - 17:35.254
Fordham - 17:36.828
Alabama - 17:38.851
Drexel - 17:42.330

Results - Sunday, Oct. 18
Men's Championship Eights (out of 27 boats)
Yale - 14:18.970
California - 14:19.650
Harvard - 14:21.357
Washington - 14:26.641
Boston - 14:26.641
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20th - Drexel - 15:10.923

Men's Collegiate Eights (out of 41 boats)
Hobart - 15:32.704
Delaware - 15:37.273
Williams - 15:38.273
MIT - 15:39.343
Virginia - 15:39.404
WPI - 15:41.849
UC Santa Barbara - 15:44.136
Drexel - 15:44.724

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Men's Varsity 8
Boat - Sandra Lee Sheller II
Coxswain -Brett Barry
Stroke -Mikulas Sum
7 -Dave Hanrahan
6 -Dario Vracevic
5 -Ivo Krakic
4 -William Cartwright
3 -Justin Best
2 -J.P. Clark
Bow -Joseph Masgai

Women's Varsity 8
Boat - Marlene Buckley II
Coxswain -Sarah Messenger
Stroke -Kendall Wenzke
7 -Paige Propp
6 -Catherine Haas
5 -Marina Forster
4 -Erin Archibald
3 -Emily Gartland
2 -Amanda Reale
Bow -Meghan Knecht

Men's Second Varsity 8
Boat - Lois Krall
Coxswain -Christopher Henderson
Stroke -Daniel Dollin
7 -Justin Terek
6 -Marko Durica
5 -Doug Davis
4 -Tom Foulds
3 -Nicholas Capaldi
2 -Keegan Shannon
Bow -George Twardy