CAMBRIDGE, MA (October 11, 2025) – The Tufts University Men's Rowing first varsity had the fastest time at the Head of the Kevin regatta on the Charles River today to begin their 2025-26 season.
Head coach
George Munger's team used the Head of the Kevin as a tune-up for the Head of the Charles Regatta next week.
"It gives our boats a chance to have a dry run of the course before we race it the following week," Coach Munger said. "That experience is helpful preparation during the higher stakes race."
Today's regatta features a mixture of collegiate, championship, club, master's, veteran and youth competitors in singles, quads and eights. Each of the 130 entries races the three-mile course individually. Tufts and MIT were the lone collegiate eight entries.
The top Tufts eight completed the race in a 14:38.4 time that was the fastest of the day. Their finish was 1.4 seconds faster than MIT's first eight (14:39.8). The Jumbo team had coxswain
Aidan Keusch with
Vince Mezzanotte,
Maxwell Rosenberger,
Peter Conard,
Peter McLaughlin,
Mark Machle,
Max Nusbaum,
Xander Mesires and
Theo Balavoine.
Tufts' B squad (second varsity) was fourth overall with their 15:13.0 mark today. This team was also faster than MIT's B team which had a 15:41.1 mark. The Jumbo line-up was coxswain
Lexi Acosta,
Seamus Ruiseal,
Peter McCormick,
Harrison Sweet,
Lev Tolkoff,
Ethan Seidner,
Miles Smith,
Owen McKendry and
Alex Flynn.
Tufts will return to the Charles next weekend to compete at the 60th Head of the Charles Regatta.
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