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...19th annual Head of the Charles Regatta has something for everyone...
...world's biggest one-day regatta is organized by the Cambridge Boat Club--it takes a full year's work--and will have 3400-3500 rowers competing in 700 boats. The racing begins at 9:30 a.m. and runs until the conclusion of the last event, which is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. The course starts at the Boston University boathouse and runs three miles upstream past Harvard to the WBZ tower. Jerry Olrich, a long-time race veteran, recommends the Weeks Bridge for optimum viewing as it is the approximate half-way point in the race...
...positions, and after the top finishers from last year are admitted a lottery is held to determine which other boats are allowed to compete. "Every year people take it more and more seriously," says Radcliffe Coach Lisa Hansen Stone. "It is such a good time of year and the regatta is so well-organized that it is very hard to get into...
...Radcliffe heavyweight eight finished month among 2 Screws in the Head of the Connecticut regatta this weekend. The light weight eight finished 22nd, while Mary Ellen Friday and Jenny Hale took second in the pairs competition...
Radcliffe sailors Gail Ablow and Moira Kenney finished sixth and 18th respectively in the two-day event. Jenkins finished fifth in last year's championship, her first-ever college regatta...