Oct. 20, 2007

BOSTON - Boston University men's crew entered three boats in the Club 4+ and Club Eight races on the first day of the 43rd annual Head of the Charles Regatta. The Terriers had two boats racing in the Club Eight and a freshman boat in the Club 4+.

In the Club 4+ the Boston University boat stroked by freshman Christiaan Schoemakers (Amersfoort, Netherlands) finished sixth overall, out of 44 entrants, after starting 27th. The boat crossed the line in 17:31.62.

BU's varsity eight racing in the Club Eight event placed 29th in 16:11.31, while the freshmen finished 50th out of 72 in a time of 16:57.99.

The Terriers have boats in the Championship Eight and Championship 4+ races on Sunday - the varsity four will go off at 3:11 p.m. while the eight will start at 4:04.

Freshman Club 4+: bow Jon Seibler, 2 - Anthony Puentes, 3 - Sjoerd Klem, stroke Christiaan Schoemakers, cox Chris Myers

Freshman Club 8: bow Michael Conroy, 2 - Daniel Arbucias, 3 - Jon Stansel, 4 - Alexander Dermond, 5 - James Petersen, 6 - Richard Su, 7 - Christ Kamberos, stroke Michael Schmitt, cox Bianca Wieczorek

Varsity Club 8: bow Greg Conway, 2 - Stefan Seitler, 3 - Tom Knightly, 4 - Seth McKeen, 5 - Matt Seminerio, 6 - Jonathan Czerepak, 7 - Steven Pytlar, stroke Andre Guzman, cox Tom Ivancic