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BU News Service
A volunteer prepares the pier of the Boston University DeWolfe Boathouse before the 52nd Head of the Charles Regatta, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016 in Cambridge, Mass. Photo by Silvia Mazzocchin/BU News Service
Thomas Bohrer, the Boston University men’s crew team’s head coach, gives a speech in the DeWolfe Boathouse before the second day of the competition on Sunday. Photo by Silvia Mazzocchin/BU News Service
The Boston University women’s crew team prepares for their race on Sunday. Photo by Silvia Mazzocchin/BU News Service
A member of the Boston University women’s crew team carries their boat to the water. Photo by Silvia Mazzocchin/BU News Service
The Boston University women’s crew team prepares their boat for the race on Sunday. Photo by Silvia Mazzocchin/BU News Service
Boats head to the start of the 52nd Head of the Charles Regatta on Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016. Photo by Kankanit Wiriyasajja/BU News Service
Lenny Futtermann (left), a Boston University rower, inaugurates a boat named after his father Michael Futterman in the DeWolfe Boathouse on Sunday. Photo by Silvia Mazzocchin/BU News Service
Quinlam Prica, 1, of Boston, runs around as he watches his first regatta on Sunday. Photo by Kankanit Wiriyasajja/BU News Service
The men’s crew team from La Salle College High School competes in the Men’s Youth Eights race on Sunday. Photo by Kankanit Wiriyasajja/BU News Service
A spectator takes a photo of the Charles River on Sunday, the second day of the competition. Photo by Silvia Mazzocchin/BU News Service
Members of the Redley College Oxfordshire crew team prepare for their race in the DeWolfe Boathouse on Sunday. Photo by Silvia Mazzocchin/BU News Service
Arrington McCoy, 30, of Boston, and Hannah Levin, 38, of Brasstown, NC, react as the announcer calls for the participants to get ready for the rowing competition on Sunday.
Vincent O’Shaughnessey (left) and Luke Teeft compete as part of the men college team from Carleton University in the Men’s Collegiate Fours race on Sunday. Photo by Kankanit Wiriyasajja/BU News Service
Devin Egan (left), 25, of Holyoke, and Nora Freney, 25, of Brighton, hold a “Fighting Notre Dame” flag, cheering for their cousin, who competes for Notre Dame University. Egan, who was there for the first time said, “It’s cool, it’s international and exciting.” Photo by Kankanit Wiriyasajja/BU News Service