The Jumbos come from behind to capture the Yaz Farooq Trophy
Excited for their victory—the winners take to the podium.
Women’s Rowing first varsity won its second straight Collegiate Eights title at the Head of the Charles Regatta on October 20.
The Jumbos powered to a 17:02.698 time over the three-mile course on the Charles River to capture the Yaz Farooq Trophy as the women’s Collegiate Eights champions. Tufts’ second varsity also had a strong performance, earning ninth place out of the 34 total teams with a 17:45.643 mark. They were the top second boat to finish.
Primarily challenged by Wesleyan University among 34 total teams in the event, the Jumbo 1V8’s time trailed the Cardinals by four seconds at the first two checkpoints. However, the Jumbos showed their endurance during the second by building a three-second lead at the third checkpoint, and then won the race by eight seconds.
Tufts’ fellow NESCAC rival Williams College was third behind the Jumbos and Wesleyan with a 17:14.585 time. Vanderbilt University placed fourth (17:19.978) and Bates College was fifth (17:33.270).
The Tufts-Wesleyan finish was the same as last June, when the Jumbos won their first-ever NCAA championship. Wesleyan was the NCAA runner-up to Tufts in both the overall scoring and in the first varsity race at NCAAs.
“We had a few returners to the first varsity boat from last year, so we had some rowers who had experience on that course, but it was also a new opportunity for some others who stepped up,” women’s rowing coach Lily Siddall said. “We had a lot who weren’t in the eight who won last year, so them helping defend the win this year was pretty cool. Overall, they had an awesome race. They had a strong second half of the race which was a testament to our fitness.”
In slower conditions for racing last year, Tufts won its first Head of the Charles Collegiate Eights with an 18:03.969 mark. That was three seconds in front of the University of Calgary (18:06.408).
The Jumbo 1V8 was led by coxswain Hannah Jiang with Josie Monroe, Janna Moore, Rose Tinkjian, Emma Lyle, Lucy Howell, Reilly Uiterwyk, Stella Shen, and Sydney Barr.
The Tufts men’s first varsity was second among Division III teams at the Head of the Charles by the narrowest of margins. Tufts’ time of 14:56.143 was less than a tenth of a second behind Trinity College’s 14:56.055 mark. The Jumbos were sixth overall in the men’s Collegiate Eights event.
