Rutgers
Head Of The Charles
Women's Rowing To Compete At Head Of The Charles Regatta
Oct 16 | Women's Rowing
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| THE FIELD |
Rutgers Varsity 8 will compete in a field of 32 that also features Brown, Dartmouth, North Carolina, Northeastern, Penn, Radcliffe, Rhode Island, UMass Virginia and Yale alongside clubs fromĀ England, including Oxford, Cambridge, Leander, Minerva, Molesey andĀ Tyrian, A.S.R. Nereus from the Netherlands andĀ boats from the US Rowing Training Center.
Ā| ABOUT THE HEAD OF THE CHARLES |
Since its inception in 1965, The Head Of The Charles Regatta has attracted hundreds of thousands of rowers to the banks of the Charles River.Ā The 4.97-mile course stretches from Boston University/Weston area down to the finish near Artesani Playground,
"Head" races are a class of regattas generally three miles in length. Boats compete against one another and the clock, which starts sequentially, approximately fifteen seconds apart.
Since 1965, the Head Of The Charles Regatta has grown tremendously. Today, more than 12,000 athletes from around the world compete in 74 different race events. In 1997, the Regatta grew to a two-day event and now attracts thousands of spectators during race weekend in October.Ā
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