Shelley Pearson and her Harvard Women’s Heavyweight Rowing teammates had an impressive showing at the Beanpot regatta, sweeping five races from local rivals Boston University, Boston College, Northeastern, MIT and Holy Cross.
Pearson and her No. 7-ranked First Varsity 8 headlined the winners with a 14-second victory.
Pearson and her teammates traded its usual black and white apparel for blue and yellow to honor those affected by the tragic events surrounding the Boston Marathon bombings. Crews from each of the five schools wore "Row for Boston" shirts designed by Corinne Wee of the Harvard Lightweight Crew.
The First Varsity won the marquee race of the day after leading for nearly the entirety of the course. Harvard started strong and pulled ahead of the rest of the field within the first 250 meters. Pearson and her teammates proceeded to go up by eight seats by the 500-meter mark and led with open water when it crossed the 1,000-meter line. Harvard cruised from there and completed the route in 6:40.0 to win by 14 seconds over second-place Boston University (6:54.0).
First Varsity Results
Harvard-Radcliffe – 6:40.0 Boston University – 6:54.0 Holy Cross – 7:00.6 Boston College – 7:03.7 Northeastern – 7:08.0 MIT – 7:12.4
