Penn rowing finds mixed results at Head of the Charles

This Sunday, Penn sent a handful of boats to the annual Head of the Charles regatta in Boston, ending up with some mixed finishes.

The heavyweight crew, which was represented by one boat at the event, finished 20th out of 36 boats in the men’s championship eights race.

The race gave the heavyweight crew an opportunity to measure up against its competition for the coming Princeton Chase event next weekend.

Four other Ivy League boats finished ahead of Penn, one of which — Harvard — had a particularly strong showing, as its top boat finished third, beating the USRowing and French national boats, among others.

The lightweights had boats in the lightweight four and eight races, where they managed to show some strength.

In the lightweight fours, one boat finished seventh out of 22 boats, while the other finished 20th.

In the lightweight eight race, the single boat representing Penn managed to finish sixth , beating out big names like Yale, Dartmouth and Navy.

The women were represented in the championship four and eight races.

The single boat in the four race struggled, coming in at 14th best out of 17 boats. Despite the finish, it bested rivals Cornell and Columbia.

In the eight race, the women finished 20th out of 34.

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