CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The MIT women's lightweight crew team claimed gold in Championship Doubles and added top ten finishes in both Lightweight Fours and Eights over the weekend at the 2026 Head Of The Charles Regatta on the Charles River. Crews faced blustery conditions on Saturday before being greeted with beautiful fall conditions, low wind and sunshine on Sunday.
WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES - 10th of 20; 1st of 6 College (20:34.421) - GOLD
Reischer-Craft and Oh claimed gold for the second straight week, this time winning the College Championship in the Women's Championship Doubles at the largest regatta in the world. The duo finished 10th overall on Saturday but had the top time among the six collegiate entries. Reischer-Craft and Oh were consistent down the Charles, racing with the top collegiate time past Riverside, Weld Boathouse and the Cambridge Boat Club checkpoints before finishing in 20:34.421.
WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLES - 13th of 20; 4th of 6 College (20:50.681)
Thigpen and Paolella finished in 13th overall and fourth among collegiate entries with a time of 20:50.681. In the College standings, they trailed Charles River neighbors Boston University (20:45.425) but finished ahead of the entry from Rikkyo University, located in Toshima, Japan.
WOMEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT FOURS - 7th of 12 (18:29.844)
MIT's 'A' entry finished ahead of Princeton in eighth (18:32.798) and just off the pace of sixth-place Cambridge in 6th (18:29.080).
WOMEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT FOURS - 11th of 12 (18:57.918)
WOMEN'S LIGHTWEIGHT EIGHTS - 6th of 8 (16:58.710)
The MIT eight took sixth in 16:58.710. The Engineers finished ahead of Sacred Heart in 7th (17:07.065) and trailed the University of Wisconsin in 5th (16:26.121).
