Women's Crew
Harvard-Radcliffe Lightweights Defend V8+ Title at The 61st Annual Head of the Charles Regatta
The Massachusetts winter winds came early this year, but they were no damper on the hundreds of thousands of spectators descending upon the Charles River to watch the reigning national medalists, the Harvard-Radcliffe lightweight rowing team, compete in the 61st annual Head of the Charles Regatta. The team defended its Head of the Charles title in the V8+, defeating Georgetown by 0.021 seconds to win gold yet again.
Harvard-Radcliffe Lightweight Rowing Racks Up Silverware At Eastern Sprints
The No. 1 Harvard-Radcliffe Lightweight crew traveled down to the 51st annual Eastern Sprints this past weekend to compete in its final race before the national championships. The team medaled in all four races that it entered, with the V8 and double A taking home silver, and the V4 and double B securing a bronze apiece.
Harvard-Radcliffe Lightweight Rowing Snatches The Class of 1999 Cup Back From Princeton
Last weekend, the No. 1 Harvard-Radcliffe lightweight crew team bested the No. 2 Princeton Tigers to reclaim the coveted Class of 1999 Cup for the first time in six years.
Harvard-Radcliffe Lightweights Glide Down The Charles
The Harvard-Radcliffe lightweight crew team during the 2024 Head of the Charles Regatta.
Harvard-Radcliffe Heavyweight Rowing Takes on Ohio State Regatta
This weekend, the No. 13 Harvard-Radcliffe heavyweight rowing team took on the Ohio State Regatta against No. 20 Ohio University, Indiana University, No. 12 University of Central Florida, and No. 19 University of North Carolina.
Harvard-Radcliffe Heavyweight Crew Races Past HBS
The Harvard-Radcliffe crew team races past HBS during the 2024 Head of the Charles Regatta.
Harvard Rowing Cruises to Victory in Races Over the Weekend
Harvard’s four rowing teams had a strong Saturday showing, dominating in key races across the board.
Lightweight Rowing
Harvard women's lightweight rowing competes on the Charles River.
Harvard Men’s Lightweight 8 Claims Third Straight Head of the Charles Victory
Harvard men’s heavyweight team also found success on Sunday with a second-place finish. The women’s lightweight eight, however, misses out on three-peat with a disappointing fourth-place finish
59th Head of the Charles Regatta Brings Thousands to Cambridge
The 59th annual Head of the Charles Regatta drew thousands of rowers, coaches, and spectators from around the world to the banks of the Charles River from Friday to Sunday.
‘It’s Like the Super Bowl for Us’: Harvard’s Alumni Make Their Head of the Charles Return
With thousands of onlookers in tow on a gleaming fall day, some of Harvard’s most decorated rowers returned to Cambridge this morning to compete once again at the Head of the Charles.
‘The Power of a Female Coxswain’: An Unsung Hero of the Head of the Charles
It might seem daunting to think about steering a boat around tricky twists and turns while barreling down a river at full throttle, but the female coxswains on Harvard’s men’s crew teams do so with a commanding grace.
‘It Feels Like a Family’: A Day in the Life as a Radcliffe Rower With Isabel Llabres Diaz
Competing in any sport at a Division-I level is a full time job. While there is always an intensity with every hour spent practicing, for the Harvard crew teams, there is an even larger prize each October: the chance to defend their home turf during the Head of the Charles. For Radcliffe heavyweight crew standout Isabel Llabres Diaz, a sophomore hailing from Oxford, U.K., this fall will be a moment where she and her teammates can truly set themselves apart from their competitors.
Harvard Athletes Won 13 Medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Shattering a 128-Year-Old Record
Harvard athletes won 13 medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics, smashing a school record that had stood for 128 years.
Stunning Olympics Victory Earns Kristen Faulkner ’16 Gold in Women’s Road Race
Kristen T. Faulkner ’16 won gold in the women’s road race at the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday.
Meet Harvard’s 26 Olympians at the 2024 Paris Games
Harvard will be represented at the 2024 Paris Olympics by 26 students and alumni — a greater showing than 100 national Olympics delegations.
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Newell Boathouse, along the Charles River.
Harvard Rowing Finds Multiple Paths to Success at Head of the Charles Regatta
The Harvard rowing teams logged multiple high-placing finishes during their biggest home regatta of the year, the Head of the Charles, marking a promising start to the 2023-24 season for the four crew programs.
Claire Ochal Takes Helm as Head Coach of the Harvard-Radcliffe Heavyweights
As Harvard women’s heavyweight rowing enters its 2023 season and the historic Head of the Charles Regatta approaches, Claire Ochal begins her first year as head coach of the team. Ochal replaces previous head coach Liz O’Leary, who had an incredible 37-year impact on Crimson heavyweight rowing.
Orange Sea
Then-Syracuse women's rowing head coach Claire Ochal speaks to her athletes at an NCAA tournament. This year, Ochal replaced long-time Harvard-Radcliffe heavyweight head coach Liz O'Learly this year.
‘The Spirit of Radcliffe’: Weld Boathouse Reopens to a New Generation of Rowers
The Weld Boathouse, one of Harvard’s two crew boathouses, welcomed rowers back to its historic space last week after more than a year of renovations.
In Photos: The 57th Head of the Charles Regatta
The Head of the Charles Regatta returned to Cambridge this weekend. The three-day rowing head race on the Charles River began in 1965.
57th Head of the Charles Regatta Makes Waves
Hundreds of thousands of spectators gathered at the Charles River to cheer on the 57th Head of the Charles Regatta from Friday to Sunday.
Head of the Charles Solo
A member of the Riverside Boat Club rows solo in the Head of the Charles Single Scull event.
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Single Rowers compete in the Head of the Charles Regatta.
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