THE BASICS:
 
- Event: Head of the Charles
 
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Charles River)
 
- The Lead: The MIT men's lightweight crew team closed out the fall season with a pair of solid performances at the Head of the Charles this past weekend. On Saturday, the Club 8+ finished 13^th while the Lightweight 8+ captured ninth place on Sunday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Racing with a nice tailwind throughout the course, the Club 8+, which was comprised of first years, sophomores, and former novices, logged a time of 15:06.892 to rank 27^th out of 35 entries.
 
- Despite battling tough conditions and a more competitive Lightweight 8+ field than last year, the Engineers recorded a time of 15:17.380 to finish ninth out of 14 boats. MIT had a strong start as it found itself with a fifth-place time just beyond the midway point of the race, however, it could not maintain its pace down the stretch.
 
Lightweight 8+ (1V)
Cox: Alice Martynova
8: Sam Costa
7: Daniel Kurlander
6: Marc Rizk
5: Richard Sollee
4: Harry Sillifant
3: Sam Boshar
2: Lucas Young
1: Kieran Dunn
 
Club 8+ (2V)
Cox: Jane Atkinson
8: Hector Astrom
7: Amirabbas Kazeminia
6: Peyton Worthington
5: Michael Donnellan
4: Zachary Troeller
3: Sam Packman
2: Nick Dow
1: Yicheng Huang
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on Saturday, March 30 at the National Collegiate Lightweight Invitational which will be held in Overpeck Park in Leonia, N.J.
 
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