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‘America’s Favorite Regatta’ lived up to its name as 2,300 crews packed two days full of racing at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta in Philadelphia, Oct. 24-25. The University of Pennsylvania had the fastest men’s and women’s boats on the weekend, winning the championship eights in 10:43.6 and 12:19.5, respectively, over the 2.3-mile course.
The Penn men also swept the top three spots in the men’s championship pair and won the frosh/novice fours and championship fours. Penn’s women won the championship fours, collegiate single, club eights, and championship eights on their home river.
Greenwich Crew beat rival RowAmerica Rye by less than four seconds to win the men’s high school eights, with Princeton National Rowing Association/Mercer, Montclair High School, Saugatuck Rowing Club rounding out the top five in the 63-boat field.
On the women’s high school side, the rivals’ order was reversed, with RowAmerica Rye beating Greenwich Crew by just over five seconds. Saugatuck Rowing Club, DC National Rowing Club, and a second RowAmerica Rye eight finishing in the top five of 37 eights.
RowAmerica Rye also won the men’s and women’s high school varsity coxed fours, men’s and women’s high school JV and lower boats eights, men’s high school frosh/novice coxed fours, and first through third places in the women’s high school JV coxed fours.
Penn AC’s Kevin Cardno won the Redgrave Challenge Men’s Championship Singles and Suzanne Maddamma of Steel City Rowing Club won the Redgrave Challenge Women’s Championship Singles. Western Reserve Rowing Association’s James Mirrer and Penn AC’s Claire Friedlander won the men’s and women’s lightweight Redgrave Challenge singles.
