MEDFORD, MA (October 31, 2026) -- The Tufts University women's rowing team finished its fall season Saturday morning on the Malden River, hosting Division I MIT for the 2026 Halloween Races.
The teams raced in singles, pairs, fours and eights on Sunday, all while some competitors dressed up in Halloween costumes to celebrate the holiday.
In the eights, Tufts 1V8+ was bested by 11 seconds by MIT's "A" boat as the Jumbos finished with a time of 14:27. The "A" boat was coxswain
Mackenna Billington, Saskia Pettit,
Janna Moore,
Sam Dodds,
Sydney Barr,
Sonia Haynes,
Aubyn Mackey,
Celia Carson and
Sonja Wartman. The 2V8+ boat of coxswain Triyatha Jammula, Ella Espinosa,
Sylvia Popper,
Saskia Hood,
Caitlyn Cherry, Lulu Orth,
Nosara Maxwell,
Sophia Shah and
Ella Tuck was fourth with a time of 16:27.
The 4V1+ of
Zinnia Deora,
Hazel Patton,
Anna Lavin,
Hazel Krumm and
Jacqueline Mulle was third after racing to a time of 16:25, just behind the MIT "B" boat. The Tufts "B" boat of
Kira Merrell,
Fiona Smirl, Popper, Hood and Tuck crossed the link in 16:25 for fourth overall, while the Tufts "C" boat was fifth with a time of 16:38. That crew was made up of cox
Alex Boyer, Espinosa,
Nora Redding, Shah and Cherry.
The duo races saw MIT take the top three spots, but the Tufts "A" boat of Haynes and Barr was fourth with a 16:53. Tufts "B" boat of
Sheelyn Pharr and Alesix Arroyo crossed the line in 17:24, while the "C" boat of
Frances Rechtin and
Hudson Saunders logged a time of 17:41. The fourth boat for Tufts of
Olivia Langton and
Sloan Steinman recorded a time of 17:59 for seventh place overall, and the Tufts "E" crew of
Ava Chan and
Apolline Hazard was eighth with a time of 18 minutes flat.
In skulls, Tufts picked up its lone win of the day as Wartman raced to a time of 17:41, two seconds better than MIT's top time of 17:43. Dodds was third overall with a 17:48, while Pettit added a fourth-place finish after rowing to an 18.21.
Mackey was sixth overall with an 18:42, while Ramsden and
Nazira Collins took home eighth and ninth place respectively with times of 19:53 and 20:18.
The Jumbos will be off until March when the spring portion of its 2026-27 season gets underway.
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