Heavyweight, lightweight, and women’s rowing all compete at Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, Mass.

The Columbia men’s lightweight and heavyweight and the women’s team competed at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Cambridge, Mass. this Sunday.

1953 boats raced in 61 events this weekend on a three-mile course upstream on the Charles River. Columbia’s rowing teams competed in the Championship Eight Men’s race, Championship Eight Women’s race, and the Lightweight Eight Men’s race.

In the Championship Eight Men’s race, the men’s heavyweight “B” team finished 14th out of 34 teams coming in with a time of 14:54.80. The Columbia men’s heavyweight “A” team finished 40 seconds later coming in at a time of 15:35.91, placing them 30th out of 34 teams.

In the Lightweight Eight Men’s race, Columbia finished in the middle, placing 9th out of 17 teams with a time of 15:16.99, narrowly being edged out by Ivy League rivals Harvard, Dartmouth, Princeton, and Yale. On the women’s side, the Lions placed 18th out of 37 teams, beating out the University of Oklahoma by less than one second and Northeastern University by less than two seconds..