WORCESTER, MA (April 19, 2026) -- The No. 3 Tufts University women's rowing squad was dominant at the 2026 Bernie Brown Cup on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, sweeping the events against WPI on a rainy morning Sunday morning.
The Bernie Brown Cup stayed with the Jumbos, as Tufts won all three races contested while the Jumbos went 1-2-3 in the W3V8 with four boats in the third and final race of the day.
In the first varsity, the Jumbos' crew won by open water with a 26.6 second victory over WPI, as Tufts tallied a strong time of 6:56.79. The top boat for Tufts was led by coxswain
Hannah Jiang, with
Rose Tinkjian,
Sami Haynes,
Sam Dodds,
Emma Lyle,
Saskia Petitt,
Aubyn Mackey, Zenani Himlin-Mayekis and
Sydney Barr
Minutes later, the 2V8+ was also clear victors with another stellar time of 7:06.7 to win by nearly 34 seconds after WPI crossed the finish line with a 7:40. 6. The second varsity was cox
Maddie Rosato in charge of
Erica Wayland,
Katherine Tombaugh,
Lecia Sun,
Celia Carson,
Sonia Haynes,
Claire Carson,
Ava Elliott and
Sonja Wartman.
In the W3V8+ race, Tufts competed three total crews with the Jumbos taking the top three spots. The Tufts 3V8+ crossed the finish line with a time of 7:18.5, which was 8.4 seconds clear of the Tufts fourth varsity boat and its time of 7:26.9. The time for the 3V8 would still have been five seconds better than WPI's 1V8 Sunday.
The Tufts third varsity was made up of
Ava Chan,
Isla Ramsden,
Sheelyn Pharr,
Hudson Saunders,
Jacqueline Mulle,
Nazira Collins,
Sanjana Rao,
Anna Lavin and coxswain
Mackenna Billington. The 4V8+ was cox
AJ Nguyen leading
Hazel Krumm,
Olivia Langton,
Elina Francis,
Nora Redding,
Saskia Hood,
Sophia Shah,
Afton Juracek and
Ella Tuck.
The Tufts 5V8 took third place in the third and final women's race of the day, clocking in with a 7:42.0, which was 36.3 seconds faster than the WPI 3V8 crew. The Jumbos fifth varsity was coxswain Triyatha Jammula,
Sylvia Popper,
Elise Justman,
Fiona Smirl,
Macie DiGuiseppe,
Nosara Maxwell,
Elizabeth Chin,
Alice Wall and
Maddy Wood.
The Jumbos will have a weekend off before returning to action for the New England Rowing Championships on Lake Quinsigamond Saturday, May 2.
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