To the cheers of teammates and family on the Weeks Footbridge, the Varsity 8 row by in synch, steadily gaining on Princeton University at the Head of the Charles Regatta. Along with a four-rower boat in lightweight women’s crew, the MIT rowers are about to make program history. Left to right: Chloe Thacker (coxswain), Priya Veeraraghavan (captain), Sharon Wu (captain), Elizabeth Martin, Annika Rollock, Valerie Hunter, Michelle Lauer, Kelly Barton, and Sylvia Sarnik (Photo: Sam Hunter Magee/Arts at MIT)
