Harvard wins Stonehurst Regatta for sixth straight year

The Harvard varsity heavyweights started their fall campaign in familiar fashion, taking home first place at the Stonehurst Regatta in Rochester, N.Y. The win marked the eighth time the heavyweights have won in Rochester, with 2005 marking the sixth consecutive Stonehurst victory for the Crimson.

Facing a strong headwind, the Crimson eight shared the lead with Brown throughout the first mile of the three-mile course but pulled away in the later two-thirds of the head race. A minor seat malfunction with 30 seconds remaining allowed Brown to gain a length on the first-place Harvard boat.

The Crimson overcame the equipment breakage within three strokes, however, and secured the George M. Angle Cup in the crew’s first fall competition. Harvard will next be in action on Oct. 22 for the 41st annual Head of the Charles Regatta.

—AIDAN E. TAIT