THE BASICS:
 
- Event: Head of the Charles Regatta
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Charles River)
 
- The Lead: The MIT men's lightweight crew team made its official 2021-22 debut at the Head of the Charles this past weekend. The Engineers saw the Club 8+ rank 23^rd on Saturday while the Lightweight 4+ and Lightweight 8+ placed fifth and 15^th, respectively, on Sunday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED – Lightweight 4+:
 
- After a slow start that saw the Engineers pass the Riverside Boat Club in just under four minutes, MIT went on to record the fourth-fastest time of the race when they reached Weld Boathouse exactly 5:28.148 later. The Engineers were in fourth place after passing the Cambridge Boat Club (14:07.974), but they couldn't maintain the pace as they finished fifth out of 13 boats in 17:06.478.
 
Cox: Alice Martynova
4: Marc Rizk
3: Garrett Hegel
2: Sasha Jovanovic-Hacon
1: Sam Costa
 
HOW IT HAPPENED – Lightweight 8+:
 
- In the second fastest event at the regatta which featured 16 entries, MIT ranked 15^th with a time of 15:40.553. The Engineers maintained a steady pace despite being pushed to the outside of the turn leading to the Elliot Bridge and tangling oars with another crew late in the race. MIT managed to edge out Delaware, a rival at the Dad Vail Regatta, by .396 seconds.
 
Cox: Zhi Wei Gan
8: Sam Boshar
7: Andrew Stoddard
6: Nick Dow
5: Kevin Shao
4: Cameron Dougal
3: Rick Ono
2: Kartik Donepudi
1: Alexander Hom
 
HOW IT HAPPENED – Club 8+ "B"
 
- In a field of 35 entries, which also included heavyweight boats, MIT finished 23^rd with a time of 16:03.624. The Engineers benefited from a clean course as they did not to have to deal with passing boats and saw a 45-second improvement of their performance from a week earlier at the Head of the Kevin. MIT reached the Riverside Boat Club in 3:38.952 and then passed the Weld Boathouse at 8:47.296. MIT crossed the Cambridge Boat Club checkpoint in 13:21.188 before reaching the finish line less than three minutes later.
 
Cox: Arya Sasne
8: Ari Grayzel
7: Dylan Robinson
6: Jakob Jarczynski
5: Eric Hong
4: Jan Wojcik
3: Mark Razanau
2: Stephen Alexander Brennan
1: Luke Stewart
 
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