GRP Row: 2025 Head of the Fish Recap
(From left) Natalie Hoefer and Evan Hankins-Hull, the silver Mix2x, show off their hardware from the day.
Green Racing Project (GRP) rowers competed at the Head of the Fish in Saratoga, New York this past weekend. Events were contested at a distance of just over 3k in this event that offers race opportunities cut with a sense of whimsy and a lack of self-seriousness as exemplified by the regattas’ signature fish head plaques (examples here).
GRP entered 3 mens singles, 6 women’s singles, a men and women’s pair, 2 women’s pair, and 3 mixed doubles. The rowers made the most of the day, taking 4 wins across those 6 categories. Most athletes raced twice in the day, testing both their phyiscal stamina and racecraft. The Fish was the last competition before the team heads to Princeton in November for the Fall Speed Order.
Results:
Men’s 1x: Caleb Nollenberger (1st), Evan Hankins-Hull (3rd), Kevin Harvell: (6th)
Women’s 1x: Charlotte Wiley (3rd), Catie Castle (4th), Paige Wheeler (5th), Anna Jensen (9th), Sue Holderness (15th), Grace Donabedian (17th)
Men’s 2-: Jesse Ryno and Quin Woods (1st)
Women’s 2-: Sue Holderness and Natalie Hoefer (1st)
Women’s 2x: Paige Wheeler and Charlotte Wiley (1st), Anna Jensen and Catie Castle (3rd)
Mixed 2x: Evan Hankins-Hull and Natalie Hoefer (2nd), Sue Holderness and Kevin Harvell (3rd), Quin Woods and Grace Donabedian (4th)
GRP row will be back in Craftsbury until the whole team will race at fall speed order November 15th and 16th.
