BOSTON – Columbia Rowing had themselves a solid weekend at the 55th Head of the Charles, which was competed on the Charles River from Oct. 19-20, with the women's team posting a fourth-place finish in the Championship Fours event, the heavyweight squad finishing seventh in a loaded Championship Doubles race and the lightweights finishing third and fourth in the Championship Fours.
 
On the alumni side of things, the Senior Masters Doubles boat of Greg Klingsporn '99LAW and Geoff Klingsporn '92CC, finished second overall in the Men's Senior Masters 2x with a time of 18:30.216 to give the Lion alumni their best finish of the weekend.  Columbia's alumni secured one other top 10 finish, with Saiya Remmler '85CC racing the Women's Grand Master Singles, finishing ninth with a time of 23:01.875.
 
The women's squad sent only one boat to the event, with Astrid Walker-Stewart, Sabina Maurer, Hailey Todoroff, Liza Ray and Tteja Senthilnathan (COX) taking to the water in the Championship Fours race, and they ran a solid race, finishing fourth, with a time of 17:49.996.  The lightweight squad sent two boats of four to the event as well, with Tucker Wurtmann, Aidan Mahaffey, Curtis Alter and John Gallagher coxswained by Dion Ariestanto in the 4A boat and the 4B boat, coxswained by Simon Osak, consisting of John Robison, Travis Kennedy III, Torrance Smith and Alexandros Zisimidis.
 
The 4A boat, consisting of only first years, crossed just ahead of Columbia's 4B boat, in third place, with a time of 16:10.935 while the 4B boat came across in fourth with a time of 16:12.618.
 
On the heavyweight side, the Championship Doubles, with only Columbia and three other boats out of a field of 18 fielding collegiate level talent, finished seventh with a time of 17:25.619, as that boat was manned by Tom Mortimer and Neil Kennedy.  While in the Club Ones, Kyle Fram rowed a solid race, finishing 12th with a time of 19:37.234 in the only race featuring a solo Lion over the weekend.
 
COLUMBIA RESULTS
 
55th Head of the Charles Regatta (Oct. 19-20)
Boston, Mass. (Charles River)
 
WOMEN
Women's Championship 4+
(1. Brooks (COX)/Shappell/Broughton/Cameron/Drapp, Washington, 17:33.168) 4. Tteja Senthilnathan (COX)/Astrid Walker-Stewart/Sabina Maurer/Hailey Todoroff/Liza Ray, 17:49.996
 
HEAVYWEIGHT
Men's Championship 2x
(1. Phifer/Babiec, Penn AC, 16:44.918) 7. Neil Kennedy/Tom Mortimer, 17:25.619
 
Men's Club 1x
(1. Brian Wettach, Union, 18:37.308) 12. Kyle Fram, 19:37.234
 
LIGHTWEIGHT
Men's Lightweight 4+
(1. Klufas (COX)/Kooijenga/Polverari/Reichgut/Meeker, Penn, 15:59.492) 3. Dion Ariestanto (COX)/Tucker Wurtmann/Aidan Mahaffey/Curtis Alter/Jack Gallagher, 16:10.935; 4. Simon Osak (COX)/John Robison/Travis Kennedy III/Torrance Smith/Alexandros Zisimidis, 16:12.618
 
COLUMBIA ALUMNI RESULTS
 
Men's Senior Veteran 1x
(1. Tom Bishop, QBC, 21:46.750) 12. Henry Hamilton '64CC, CBC, 24:29.823; 17. Eric Dannemann '67CC, NHRC, 24:50.492
 
Men's Veteran 1x
(1. Franciscus Van Der Steen, AEN, 19:47.565) 36. Geoff Bickford '80CC, MRA, 23:41.704
Men's Grand Master 1x
(1. Gregory Benning, CBC, 18:43.251) 19. Mike Cataldo '83CC, Union, 20:44.249; 38. Dave Filosa '82CC, KCRA, 22:20.464
 
Women's Grand Master 1x
(1. Mitz Carr, NHRC, 22:13.810) 9. Saiya Remmler '85CC, CBC, 23:01.875
 
Men's Senior Masters 8+
(1. Metz (COX)/LeSage/Johnson/Browder/Swan/Holland/Henry/Sharis/Gibbons, ENRC, 15:49.452) 19. Caroline Hurley (COX)/Colin Redhead '85CC/Conroy/Schotter/Charles Ippolito '88CC/Fargo/Norman/McEachern/Jablonic, PBRA, 17:29.606
 
Men's Grand Masters 8+
(1. Koo (COX)/Henderson/Gullock/Mallin/Rickards/Langford/Antonie/Marshall/Rees, MUCB, 17:00.076) 19. Wolf (COX)/McLaughlin/Nixon/Shonstrom/John Mulligan '72CC/Lysinger/Dobson/Robinson/Esler, ARC, 21:02.280
 
Men's Senior Masters 4+
(1.Carew-Miller (COX)/Rudolph-Shabinsky/Beasley/Grant, CUA, 17:47.066) 21. Hom (COX/Jim Murphy '88CC/Skip Parker '82CC/Mike McCarthy '84CC/Terry Waldron '82SEAS, KCRA, 19:44.413
 
Men's Senior Masters 2x
(1. Gorriaran/Smith, NARR, 18:23.975) 2. Greg Klingsporn '99LAW/Geoff Klingsporn '92CC, TDRC, 18:30.216; 25. Potts/Steve Trudel '99SEAS, MRC, 21:29.810; 33. Nobu Ishizuka '82CC/Mallon, PRC, 22:29.584
 
Men's Alumni 8+
(1. Shanahan (COX)/Garay/Tyson/Pew/Braybrooks/Vear/Burstein/Brown/Peszek, MRA, 14:47.413) 19. Carlyn Dougherty '18CC (COX)/John O'Mara '13CC/Connor Dougherty '14CC/Nick LaCava '09CC/Lorenzo Frati '19CC/Jeff Monahan '18CC/Ben Landis '18CC/David Mottola '17CC/Alan Blaesser '19CC, 1754 BC, 16:01.362; 20. Colin Keane '17CC (COX)/Alastair Clements '17CC/Josh Fram '16CC/Connor Coughlin '17CC/Alex Hedges '19CC/Matt Ryan '18CC/Emmett Gross '16CC/Andrew Bair '17CC/Tucker Klutey '17CC, KCRA, 16:01.797
 
Men's Club 8+
(1. Yan (COX)/Taylor/Kenny/Varney/Shakespeare/Horncastle/Macky/Zeisberg/Fischer, HU, 14:36.116) 29. Ivey (COX)/Brown/Charles Wu '13CC/McLaughlin/Kapp/Tomlinson/Chavez/Dwyer/Mattingly, RBC, 16:29.590
 
Women's Championship 1x
(1. Genevra Stone, CBC, 18:47.231) 17. Charlotte Buck '18CC, NYAC, 20:38.389
 
Director's Challenge Men's 4x
(1. Gorriaran/Cone/Benning/Smith, FLRA, 16:03.709) 20. Eric Danneman '82CC/Dave Blanchard '67CC/Dave Filosa '80CC/John Mulligan '72CC, KCRA, 20:01.005
 
Director's Challenge Parent/Child 2x
(1. Martin Holmes/Andrew Holmes, CSRC, 16:54.687) 16. Mariah Ippolito/Charles Ippolito '88CC, PCRA, 19:47.470; 24. Alex Eierle/Carl Eierle '88CC, NBR, 20:59.709
 
Director's Challenge Mixed 8+
(1. Perkins (COX)/Hamlin/Van Blom/Scott/Stuart-Bennett/MacKenzie/Lindsay/Grainger/Tillett, CBC, 16:50.550) 19. Hanlon (COX)/Fargnoli/Patterson/Hoffman/Brandaleone/Marc Duby '90SEAS/Gregg DiPietro/Sophia DiPietro/Petruzziello, CBC, 17:13.598
 
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