Virginia Rowing | Virginia Opens Fall Season on the Head Of The Charles

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The Virginia rowing workforce opens its 2025 fall season on the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston on Sunday (Oct. 19).

The sixtieth version of the Head of the Charles will characteristic roughly 12,000 athletes in 74 occasions. Tens of 1000’s spectators are anticipated to go to the Charles River over the three-day occasion, which started on Friday, Oct. 17.

The Cavaliers will ship Kennedy Housley, Skylar Morrison, Flynn Greene, Maddie Agudelo and coxswain Brie Joe to race within the Women’s Championship 4+ at 1:35 p.m. The UVA crew will begin third within the subject of twenty-two. UVA alums Kate Kelly, Eva Frohnhofer and coxswain Zoe Tekeian will race for Penn AC within the occasion.

The Head of the Charles course is 5,000 meters alongside the Charles River, that includes seven bridges, a number of turns and passing in a head-race format. In head races, every crew begins single file about 10-15 seconds aside and the outcomes are primarily based on time.

“Opening the season at the Head of the Charles is always special and we’re thrilled to be a part of the premier festival of fall rowing,” UVA second-year head coach Wesley Ng mentioned. “Striking the balance between training and fall racing is an evolving target and for this year’s squad we’re bringing athletes that performed well in our preliminary pair trials. As with any fall race, it’s a true test for our coxswains to anticipate, navigate and execute over the whole distance.”

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