Cornell in Force at 53rd Head of the Charles

We are fast approaching the 53rd running of the Head of the Charles. Cornell alumni will be present in numbers. The Big Red have someone in the very first race, the very last race, and just about every race in between! Below is a summary of some of the boatings. Please feel free to comment (see bottom) to let everyone know of other Cornell rowers participating:

Saturday, October 20, 2017

7:45 am Men's Senior Veteran's Singles I and II (70+)
Starting us off is Ken Iscol '60, in bow #24 rowing for Maritime RC.

9:50 am Men's Senior Master Eights (50+)
There are several Cornell-related entries in this race. Zeph Halsey '03 is helping out the older guys at Riverside as the six man in their boat that starts as bow #6. He'll be getting chased by bow #11 - the Cornell University Alumni boat with six Cornell alumni:
7: Paul Salyards '86
6: Peter Klose '89
5: Rob Dupcak '91
4: Dave Kearing '88
2: Terry Crimmins '86
1: Jamie Hintlian '82
Their entry is coxed by Emory Spector - daughter of Eric Spector '86.  
Following later in the pack as bow #28 is a Cambridge BC entry that includes four Cornell alumni:
Todd Kennett '91
Andy Kalfelz '88
Jeff Goddard '88
Greg Wilkins '86
Look for these guys to be passing a lot of competitors as this is basically a combination of a four that took 3rd last year in the Masters 4+ and a CBC boat that has won both the Masters and Senior Masters 4+ races in years past.
Right behind them in bow #30 is the Occoquan International Veteran's eight entry with Mike Mcguirk '63 as seven seat.
Then, in bow #55 Adrian Nino de Rivera Frost '07 is anchoring the Western Reserve Rowing Association from the six seat.
Finally, in bow #57, John Carl '84 is in the Narragansett BC entry, also in the six seat. Looks like Cornell alumni are asked to power a lot of boats!

10:29 am Men's Senior Master Fours (50+)
In the 1980 Rowing Club, bow #3, Mike Totta is the two-man in a fast Grand Master entry. The Cornell University Alumni entry here, starting as bow #28, has four Cornell alumni:
4: David Barclay '86
3: Brad Boericke '86
2: David Stanton '87
1. Ivan Rudolph-Shabinsky '86
This combination, with Crimmins instead of Boericke, took 11th in 2014. So expect them to move up in the pack and consider this a seat race between Crimmins and Boericke.

11:11 am Men's Master Double (40+)
Bow #10, in Event #10, Scott Whitney and Eric Hagberg are the Narragansett BC entry in this race.

11:40 am Women's Master Double (40+)
Bow #13, the entry from CRI, has Deb Gerardi Kemper '88 in bow.

11:50 am Women's Senior Master Double (50+)
Bow #20, the entry from Green Mountain Rowing, has Meredity (Haff) Breiland '00 stroking. You do the math. Meredith works for C2 and says any Cornellian who comes by the C2 tent and says "BMA" gets a special giveaway.

12:19 pm Men's Senior Masters Singles (40+)
Ken Itrato '94 is racing as bow #33 for Cambridge BC. He'll be getting chased by his classmate Marty Van Der Heide '94 who starts for Cascadilla BC in last place - bow #36.

12:59 pm Men's Alumni Eights
The BMA club starts off as bow #3 here with a strong crew consisting of nine recent alumni. Chris Rogers and Mike Colella both competed at the 2017 World Championships:
C: Kerry Quinn '10
8: Daniel O'Neill '17
7: Christopher Rogers '15
6: Michael Colella '16
5: Ryan Allen '15
4: Dan Hutchison '10
3: Drew Tennant '04
2: Peter Harris '15
1: Kyle Traub '11

1:18 pm Women's Alumni Eights
The BMA club's women's eight charges off the line as bow #5 with the following lineup of recent grads - including Tracy Eisser who comes off her silver medal performance at Worlds:
C: Emma Gelbard '15
8: Solveig Imsdahl '13
7: Tracy Eisser '12
6: Kate Roach '15
5: Kelly Albanir '16
4: Lydia Perkins '16
3: Caroline Crawford '17
2: Elyce Buell '15
1: Ellen Barrett '16

2:23 pm Men's Club Eights
Cornell Alum John Lipiros '04 is the six man in a club eight from University Barge Club that is starting as bow# 29.

2:55 pm Men's Master Fours
Cornell University Alumni entry starts as bow #3 in this race with a brand new lineup. Last year's crew has mostly moved into a Senior Masters Eight. This year's team is far younger, has 4 Cornell Alumni and includes Gabe Winkler who won a world championship in the US lightweight eight in 2000 :
C: Paul Her-Sturm '02
4: Gabe Winkler '99
3: James Beasley '00
1: Chris Kenaley '99
Also, rowing in the Riverside entry, bow #16, Adam Craft '86 is in the two seat.

3:25 pm Men's Master Eights
Bow #5 is a Diesel AC entry with Olympian Steven Segaloff '92. Closely behind, starting as bow #7, the second of two Diesel AC eights has Olympian Tom Murray '91 in the 7-seat of a boat coxed by Eric Spector '86. Following close behind as bow #9, Andrew McLaren '09 is sitting in the 6-seat of the CRI entry.

3:37 pm Women's Master Eights
BMA has a strong entry here starting as bow #7 - many were part of the 1989 national championship women's crew at Cornell and Andrea Thies went on to represent the US at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics. Look for them to move on the field:
C: Chris Bassler '88
8: Tory Canfield '92
7: Jill Hathaway '90
6: Andrea Thies '89
5: Emily Mastrianni '89
4: Julie Dickson '94
3: Sunja Edmunds '89
2: Susan VanderMeer '90
1: Tiffany Doggett '92

3:51 pm Men's Championship Doubles
Theo Pritz '15 will be in bow of a Penn A.C. boat starting as bow #10.

4:11 pm Men's Championship Singles
Doran Finley, a current heavyweight freshman at Cornell, will be starting as bow #12.

6:00 pm - 9:00 pm Cornell alumni get together at:
Back Bay Social Club, 867 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02199

7:00 pm - 10:00 pm Cornell Senior Masters (50+ crowd) dinner at Christopher's in Porter Square

Sunday, October 21, 2017

8:08 am Men's Club Singles
Get to the course early! Another current Cornell rower, Peter McKendall, starts as bow #2 in the Men's Club 1x. Then in bow #30 is Joe Copeland '15.

9:29 am Directors' Challenge Women's Quad
Deb Gerardi Kemper '88 is stroking the CRI "Quadesses" in bow #7.

10:40 am Directors' Parent/Child
Kelly Albanir '16 will be dragging her dad Alan down the course in bow #37. They won the father/daughter at IDR this year - what will they achieve at the Head of the Charles?

12:11 pm Directors' Challenge Men's Quad
John Grant '88 is stroking the CBC quad starting for bow #5, while Mike Totta is bowing for bow #11 - the Maine Rowing / Upper Valley squad. John Senner '84 is stroking the CRI entry "Quad Squad" in bow #16. Finally, Peter Klose '89 and Ivan Rudolph-Shabinsky '86 are part of the Rockland Rowing quad "Last Year was a Joke" starting as bow #21. Let's hope Ivan steers a better course this year!

1:16 pm Men's Championship Fours
Alex Karwoski '12, an Olympian in the men's eight in Rio and a silver medalist in the eight at 2017 World Championships is in the 3 seat for RowLA, bow #12 in the Championship Fours race.

1:16  pm Men's Lightweight Fours
Cornell is bow #6

1:30 pm Women's Championship Fours
Cornell is bow #4 with the following line-up. Cornell alumni Ivan Rudolph-Shabinsky's daughter is in bow:
C: Alexa Marcasciano
4: Brianna Arrington
3: Victoria Castellano-Wood
2: Jaquelyn Shroyer
1: Alice Rudolph-Shabinsky

1:48 pm Men's Championship Eights
Cornell is bow #19 - Cornell alumni Greg Wilkins' son Chris is in the stroke seat:
C: Thomas Brittingham
8: Christopher Wilkins
7: Mac Manion
6: Eliot Putnam
5: Raymond Weeks
4: Michael Grady
3: Nicholas Potter
2: James Aimer
1: Alexander Bebb

1:48 pm Men's Lightweight Eights
And last of the current Cornell team, but certainly not least, the defending national champion Cornell lightweights are starting as bow #1

2:22 pm Women's Championship Eights
Silver medalist at 2017 World Championships, Tracy Eisser is the six-seat in the Princeton Training Center boat that starts as bow #4.

3:54 pm Directors' Challenge Mixed Eights
And last of all, for those who stay to the very end, in bow #21, Scott Whitney is stroking the Eight is Enough entry from Narragansett BC.

Go Red!!! BMA!