2024 Head of the Charles: Winners and results from this year’s races

The 2024 Head of the Charles is underway.

Thousands of rowers will descend upon the Charles River this weekend to compete in the largest three-day regatta in the world.

The first race took place at 7:45 a.m. on Friday with 60 rowers competing in the men’s senior veteran/grand veteran singles event. The final race will take place at 4 p.m. on Sunday. There will be 73 races in total on the three-mile course over three days.

Here are the details you need to know about this year’s Head of the Charles, from the course, to tips on attending the event, and more. Here’s another guide for this weekend’s races and a full schedule of the event.

As for the results, here are the winners and top three finishers in each ra over the weekend.

2024 Head of the Charles results

Friday, Oct. 18

Men’s senior veteran/grand veteran singles: 1. Evergreen’s James Crawford (21:23.858), 2. Northview’s Richard Anderson (21:30.146), 3. Cambridge’s R. Gregg Stone (21:39.990)

Women’s senior veteran/grand veteran singles: 1. Endeavor Racing Alliance’s Cinda Graubard (23:50.181), 2. Riverside’s Catherine Widgery (24:38.772), 3. Duxbury Bay Maritime School’s Mary Fran Grossman (24:42.905)

Men’s grand master/veteran singles: 1. Ridley Graduate’s Andrew Mactaggart (19:08.208), 2. David Deschenes (unaffiliated) (19:11.329), 3. DeWolfe’s Russell Cone (19:13.106)

Women’s grand master/veteran singles: 1. Riverside’s Olwen Huxley (21:29.764), 2. Dolphin’s Racheal Perry (21:46.375), 3. Narragansett’s Alden Bumstead (22:03.867)

Women’s senior master doubles: 1. College Club Seattle’s Megan Gradek and Melissa Pearlstein (19:54.655), 2. Cambridge’s Christine Collins and Bethany Grant (20:07.004), 3. Cambridge’s Molly Scannell and Roberta Turri Vise (20:38.255)

Women’s grand master doubles: 1. CBC/TRC’s Linda Muri and Lindsay Burns (20:03.121), 2. Cambridge’s Mitz Carr and CB Sands-Bohrer (20:26.358), 3. Elizabeth Pratt and Patricia Smith (unaffiliated) (20:54.167)

Men’s senior master doubles: 1. Antare’s Christian Molvig and Klaus Rasmussen (17:40.091), 2. Crabtree’s David Gillard and Guy Pooley (17:40.345), 3. Old Collegians’s Albert Maher and Sean Jacob (17:43.221)

Men’s grand master doubles: 1. Maine Coast Rowing’s Michael Totta and John Tunnicliffe (18:35.046), 2. Cambridge’s Dan Gorriaran and Michael Smith (18:46.889), 3. College Club Seattle’s Matthew Biery and Roy Colven (18:53.445)

Saturday, Oct. 19

Men’s club singles: 1. Northwich’s George Lawton (18:22.115), 2. Undine’s Jack Higgins (18:23.114), 3. Occoquan’s Victor Corja (18:36.869)

Men’s master/senior master singles: 1. Riverside’s Alex Twist (18:13.921), 2. Maritime Rowing Club’s Brendan McEwan (18:27.705), 3. London’s Adam Randall (18:34.167)

Women’s club singles: 1. Green Racing Project’s Simone Vorperian (20:20.438), 2. Riverside’s Arianna Lee (20:33.890), 3. Lake Washington’s Megan Northey (20:40.479)

Women’s master/senior master singles: 1. Penn AC’s Shannon Kaplan (20:14.645), 2. BIAC’s Aisha Chow (20:23.497), 3. Hydrow Rowing’s Aisyah Rafa’ee (20:23.924)

Women’s master doubles: 1. Riverside’s Alexis Sneff-Belakovskiy and Tina Vandersteel (19:30.893), 2. Cambridge’s Carina Graf and Jenna Armstrong (19:39.512), 3. Ridley Graduate’s Laura Brown and Caitlin Pauls (19:41.446)

Men’s master doubles: 1. Maritime Rowing Club’s Jake Watkins and Nathaniel Kelly (17:24.010), 2. Long Beach Junior Crew’s Peter Graves and Thomas Graves (17:26.736), 3. Union’s Brian Wettach and Christopher Massey (17:31.404)

Men’s senior master eights: 1. Marin ‘A’ (15:17.931), 2. Ex Nemo ‘A’ (15:24.097), 3. RCA Alumni ‘A’ (15:48.848)

Men’s grand master eights: 1. Upper Yarra ‘A’ (15:56.585), 2. Marin ‘A’ (16:09.505), 3. Chinook ‘A’ (16:50.745)

Women’s senior master eights: 1. Marlow ‘A’ (17:22.292), 2. Toronto Sculling ‘A’ (17:31.829), 3. Texas Rowing Center ‘A’ (18:04.356)

Women’s grand master eights: 1. Marin ‘A’ (18:06.755), 2. Endeavor Racing Alliance ‘A’ (18:13.161), 3. Upper Thames ‘A’ (18:25.505)

Men’s senior master fours: 1. Crabtree ‘A’ (17:17.255), 2. Marin ‘A’ (17:41.015), 3. Potomac ‘A’ (17:42.373)

Men’s grand master fours: 1. Molesey ‘A’ (17:46.594), 2. Cambridge ‘A’ (18:00.597), 3. Marin ‘A’ (18:41.702)

Women’s senior master fours: 1. Marin ‘A’ (19:24.457), 2. Pocock Rowing Club ‘A’ (19:28.382), 3. Quinsigamond RC ‘A’ (19:40.429)

Women’s grand master fours: 1. East Arm ‘A’ (20:03.913), 2. Chinook ‘A’ (20:12.931), 3. Saugatuck ‘A’ (20:31.837)

Men’s alumni eights: 1. UW Alumni ‘A’ (14:07.670), 2. Brown Alumni ‘A’ (14:19.517), 3. Old Dog ‘A’ (14:22.270)

Women’s alumnae eights: 1. Stanford Alum – W ‘A’ (13:16.181), 2. Longhorn Legends ‘A’ (13:16.919), 3. Brown Women ‘A’ (13:48.540)

Men’s master fours: 1. Minneapolis Rowing Club ‘A’ (16:42.651), 2. Club Nautico De San Juan ‘A’ (16:49.877), 3. Wisco Alums ‘A’ (17:14.061)

Men’s alumni fours: 1. Crabtree ‘A’ (16:37.650), 2. Friends of Vanderbilt ‘A’ (16:58.783), 3. BMA ‘A’ (17:09.052)

Women’s master fours: 1. Pocock Rowing Club ‘A’ (18:57.475), 2. St. Catharines ‘B’ (19:03.700), 3. Sammamish Rowing Association ‘A’ (19:20.538)

Women’s Alumnae Fours: 1. Penn ‘A’ (18:53.288), 2. Brown Women ‘A’ (19:00.961), 3. MIT Grad ‘A’ (19:13.852)

Men’s Master Eights: 1. Ex Nemo ‘A’ (15:14.115), 2. Marin ‘A’ (15:14.868), 3. Old Glory ‘A’ (15:27.832)

Women’s Master Eights: 1. Texas Rowing Center ‘A’ (17:07.950), 2. Capital ‘A’ (17:13.985), 3. Endeavor Racing Alliance ‘A’ (17:27.055)

Men’s Club Fours: 1. Dartmouth ‘A’ (16:18.547), 2. Riverside ‘A’ (16:36.313), 3. Lincoln Park Boat Club ‘A’ (16:37.759)

Women’s Club Fours: 1. Kansas ‘A’ (18:20.752), 2. Columbia University ‘A’ (18:23.756), 3. BU Women ‘A’ (18:24.347)

Men’s Club Eights: 1. Brown ‘A’ (14:13.523), 2. Dartmouth ‘A’ (14:18.752), 3. Riverside ‘A’ (14:36.761)

Women’s Club Eights: 1. Yale ‘A’ (15:57.855), 2. Radcliffe ‘A’ (16:31.298), 3. Princeton ‘A’ (16:35.860)

Men’s Championship Doubles: 1. HAVK Mladost’s Martin Sinkovic and Valent Sinkovic (15:55.103), 2. Fiamme Gialle’s Luca Chiumento and Matteo Sartori (16:19.887), 3. GNT/OXB – Composite’s Niels Van Zandweghe and Jamie Copus (16:25.864)

Men’s Championship Singles: 1. Waikato’s Finn Hamill (17:05.470), 2. sevilla’s Javier Garcia Ordoñez (17:26.485), 3. Skibbereen’s Paul O’Donovan (17:29.532)

Men’s Lightweight Singles: 1. Whitemarsh Boat Club’s Justin Schmidt (17:55.851), 2. Riverside’s Christopher Crawley (18:13.844), 3. RowHouse’s Rodrigo Silva Urbaneja (18:27.404)

Women’s Championship Singles: 1. Cambridge’s Michelle Sechser’s (18:54.711), 2. California’s Kara Kohler (18:59.714), 3. ARION’s Savannah Brija (19:03.834)

Women’s Lightweight Singles: 1. Riverside’s Elizabeth Martin (19:43.086), 2. Vesper’s Mary Wilson (20:23.914), 3. North Star’s Julia Mills (20:28.328)

Directors’ Challenge Mixed Doubles: 1. CAV/FrgG – Composite’s Sofia Meakin  and Oliver Zeidler (17:00.077), 2. Raspas del Embarcadero’s Antonio Jose Diaz Ramos and Esther Briz Zamorano (17:38.115), 3. City of Cambridge’s Christopher Ware and Kate Ware (18:19.228)

Directors’ Challenge Mixed Quad: 1. Lake Washington’s The Great Seattle Squad (16:51.434), 2. New Haven’s Maritime-New Haven Composite (17:21.481), 3. NORC/PBC/SARRC – Composite’s Arctic Challenge (17:23.026)

Survivors Row (Exhibition): 1. Whitemarsh Boat Club (21:35.554), 2. Saugatuck (22:51.351), 3. 309/MIT – Composite (22:56.268)

Mixed Para PR3 Fours: 1. US ParaRowing ‘A’ (17:14.192), 2. LC/LRC/MOLE/RUBC – Composite ‘A’ (17:24.241)

Mixed Para Inclusion Fours: 1. CRI ‘A’ (21:48.996), 2. CoventryLakeCommunityRowing ‘A’ (22:58.175)

Para Inclusion Doubles: 1. Portland BC ‘A’ (18:47.765), 2. Unity Boat Club ‘A’ (18:50.973), 3. CRI ‘A’ (20:04.132)

Sunday, Oct. 20

Men’s Youth Singles: 1. CRI’s John Simeon (18:06.274), 2. Potomac’s Tony Madigan (18:09.734), 3. Thunder Crew’s Jack Harris (18:21.810 with 0:15.000 penalty)

Women’s Youth Singles: 1. Cambridge’s Emma Kirk (20:25.524), 2. Redwood Sculler’s Olivia Petri (20:47.685), 3. CRI’s Mariia Prodan (20:52.138)

Women’s Under-17 Fours: 1. Nereid (19:14.292), 2. RowAmerica Rye (19:17.172), 3. Saugatuck (19:17.401)

Women’s Youth Coxed Quads: 1. Los Gatos “A” (18:13.096), 2. Redwood Scullers “A” (18:27.886), 3. Headington “A” (18:41.355)

Women’s Youth Eights: 1. RowAmerica Rye ‘A’ (13:30.122), 2. Saugatuck “A” (13:49.814), 3. Greenwich Crew “A” (13:56.387)

Women’s Youth Doubles: 1. Waterford “A” (19:30.540), 2. Potomac “A” (20:01.028), 3. Oak Neck Rowing Academy “A” (20:02.077)

Women’s Youth Fours: 1. RowAmerica Rye “A” (18:21.222), 2. Nereid “A” (18:42.176), 3. Phillips Exeter “A” (18:48.199)

Men’s Under-17 Fours: 1. RowAmerica Rye (14:21.867), 2. RowAmerica Rye (14:24.523), 3. OKC Riversport (14:31.686)

Mens Youth Coxed Quads: 1. Windsor Boys “A” (16:10.799), 2. RowAmerica Rye “A” (16:23.856), 3. Nereid “A” (16:33.056)

Men’s Youth Eights: 1. St. Paul’s “A” (14:31.921), 2. Marin “A” (14:40.852), 3. King’s Wimbledon “A” (14:50.604)

Men’s Youth Doubles: 1. Lake Phalen Rowing ‘A (17:11.441), 2. Y Quad Cities “A” (17:22.896), 3. Cambridge “A” (17:43.164)

Men’s Youth Four: 1. Brunswick School “A” (16:43.779), 2. RowAmerica Rye “A” (16:44.961), 3. PNRA/Mercer “A” (16:52.647)

Men’s Championship Fours: 1. Washington “A” (15:34.721), 2. USRowing “A” (15:44.667), 3. Princeton “A” (15:47.935)

Men’s Lightweight Fours: 1. Penn “B” (16:11.099), 2. Penn “A” (16:15.590), 3. Harvard U “B” (16:19.174)

Directors’ Challenge Men’s Quads: 1. AMMH/CAN/SNHS – Composite (15:03.009), 2. GNT/OXB/SRC – Composite (15:05.910), 3. Cambridge (15:08.346)

Women’s Championship Fours: 1. Columbia University “A” (17:50.546), 2. Penn AC “A” (17:56.065), 3. Virginia Women “A” (18:01.835)

Women’s Lightweight Fours: 1. University of Wisconsin “A” (18:28.571), 2. Princeton “A” (18:32.873), 3. Radcliffe “A” (18:46.994)

Directors’ Challenge Men’s Quads: 1. AMMH/CAN/SNHS – Composite (15:03.009), 2. GNT/OXB/SRC – Composite (15:05.910), 3. Cambridge (15:08.346)