Heavyweight Crew Prepped for 2026 Eastern Sprints

Eastern Sprints

Sunday, May 18

Lake Quinsigamond (Worcester, Mass.)

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Yale heavyweight crew is gearing up for its latest postseason regatta, racing at the Eastern Sprints Championships this weekend at Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass.

Final EARC Seeding Poll

In the EARC's final Heavyweight poll, published on May 7, Ivies held six of the top seven seeded spots in the regatta. You can find the complete poll here.

• Princeton

• Harvard

• Brown

• Dartmouth

• Penn

• Northeastern

Yale

Hear from Coach Gennaro

"I am pleased with the progress our crews have been making throughout the spring season," said Mike Gennaro, Craig W. Johnson '68 Head Coach of Heavyweight Crew. "Over the past two weeks, the oarsmen have been working diligently to prepare for the races ahead. The Eastern Sprints league is highly competitive this year, and we know that we need to be at our best. The objective for this weekend is to perform on race day the same way we have been executing in practice. We are looking forward to the challenge and excited to go to work on Sunday."

Recapping The 2025 Sprints

• The 5V squad won the whole event (6:05.85), finishing ahead of Brown (6:09.90) in the opening race of the finals round.

• The Bulldog 4V boat took first, defeating the Crimson by a 0.059 margin with a time of 5:49.57.

• The 3V shell won the bronze for the second straight year (5:51.776) behind Princeton and Harvard.

• Yale's 2V boat placed fifth in the grand final, clocking in at 5:49.078.

• In the day's main event, the Yale varsity eight finished fourth with a time of 5:38.275. Harvard took first (5:33.895), followed by Dartmouth (5:35.577) and Princeton (5:37.575).

About the Course

• Competitive rowing teams first came to Lake Quinsigamond in 1857 and today it is considered to be the fourth best natural body of water for rowing in the world. The lake has hosted regattas such as the National Olympic rowing trials in 1952, U.S Nationals in 1979 and the U.S Masters Nationals in 2005.

• Racing on Lake Quinsigamond starts in March where they host multiple championship regattas including the Big East Championship, Patriot League Championship, New England Fours Regatta, New England Rowing Championship, and New England Interscholastic Rowing Association Regatta as well as the Eastern Sprints Championships.

Season Bests

• 1V - 5:38.8 Olympic Axe 5/2/26

• 2V - 5:45.1 Olympic Axe 5/2/26

• 3V - 5:52.6 Olympic Axe 5/2/26

• 4V - 6:02.5 Olympic Axe 5/2/26

Race Schedule

Heats:

4V - 8 a.m. (Heat #1)

1V - 8:20 a.m. (Heat #1)

2V - 9:50 a.m. (Heat #2)

3V - 10:20 a.m. (Heat #2)

Grand Finals:

4V - 1:20 p.m.

3V - 2:52 p.m.

2V - 3:46 p.m.

1V - 4:48 p.m.

Projected Lineups

1V

Bow Ben Heathcote / London, England

2 Ben Mead / Cambridge, England

3 Bailey Foster / Ross, Calif.

4 Felix Peerless / Putney, London, England

5 Angus Gray-Cheape / Oxford, England

6 John Patton / Boston, Mass.

7 Ulrik Lohne / Lier, Norway

Stroke Einar Bjorvik / Bergen, Norway

Coxswain Ed Crosthwaite-Eyre / Bramshaw, England

2V

Bow Marton Hajdu / Szeged, Hungary

2 Daniel Wagner / Vienna, Austria

3 Scott Moorcroft / Adelaide, South Africa

4 Jamie Ginsberg / Chelsea, London, England

5 Max Peel / London, England

6 Jan Dziedzic / Warsaw, Poland

7 George Beer / Oxford, England

Stroke Drew Cavanaugh / Riverside, Conn.

Coxswain Nate Ly / St. Louis, MO

3V

Bow Stribor Cizmek / Zagreb, Croatia

2 Luca Toner / Auckland, New Zealand

3 Ben Ashman / Christchurch, New Zealand

4 Max Jeremijenko / Brisbane, Australia

5 Aksel Wergeland / Bergen, Vestland, Norway

6 Nikolai Rybin / London, England

7 Lawson Banks / Sydney, Australia

Stroke Max Gillard / London, England

Coxswain Emerson Harris / Southport Island, Maine

4V

Bow Luka Visacki / Belgrade, Serbia

2 Henry Cullen / Greenwich, Conn.

3 Magnus Randall / Melbourne, Australia

4 Tane Potts / Sydney, Australia

5 Will O'Donnell / Kenilworth, Ill.

6 Carson Collins / Austin, Tex.

7 Clemi Scherzer / Newton, Mass.

Stroke Andrew Bittner / Boston, Mass.

Coxswain Aahana Mehta-Vasisht / San Mateo, Calif.