Blue Boat Crews Announced
As the Men and Women’s Blue Boats weigh-in together today, it is the Cambridge Men’s crew and Women’s crew that top the scales.
Cambridge outweighed Oxford at today’s Crew Announcement and Weigh-In for The Cancer Research UK Boat Race, with the Light Blues weighing in slightly heavier by an average of 1.48kg per man more than their Dark Blue rivals. For the fourth year in a row for The Cancer Research UK Women’s Boat Race, it was the Cambridge Blue Boat that topped the scales, weighing in by an average of 4.27kg per woman more than their Oxford opponents.
The average weight for the Cambridge Men’s crew was 88.25kg and a total weight of 706.0kg excluding the cox. Oxford’s Men weighed in with an average weight of 86.78kg and a total weight of 694.2kg excluding the cox.
For The Cancer Research UK Women’s Race, the average for the Light Blue crew was 74.80kg and a total weight of 598.4kg excluding the cox. The Dark Blue athletes weighed in marginally lighter with an average weight of 70.53kg and a total weight of 564.2kg excluding the cox.
The heaviest oarsman in this year’s Cancer Research UK Boat Race will be in the Oxford crew. Oxford four-man Joshua Bugajski tipped the scales at 96.4kg, some way off the heaviest oarsmen ever, a record held by the Cambridge 2007 strokeman Thorsten Engelmann at 110.8kg. Former Lightweight George McKirdy, is the lightest crew member on either side, weighing in at 76.8kg.
The Official Crews for The 2016 Cancer Research UK Boat Race are listed below with their respective weights:
CAMBRIDGE
Bow: Felix Newman – 83.2kg
2: Ali Abbasi – 88.4kg
3: Charles Fisher – 91.8kg
4: Clemens Auersperg – 90.4kg
5: Luke Juckett – 82.0kg
6: Henry Hoffstot – 92.6kg
7: Ben Ruble – 83.4kg
Stroke: Lance Tredell – 94.2kg
Cox: Ian Middleton – 54.0kg
Total Weight Ex. Cox – 706.0kg
Average Weight Ex. Cox – 88.25kg
Total Weight Inc. Cox – 760.0kg
Average Weight Inc. Cox – 84.44 kg
OXFORD
Bow: George McKirdy – 76.8kg
2: James White – 87.0kg
3: Morgan Gerlak – 85.8kg
4: Joshua Bugajski – 96.4kg
5: Leo Carrington – 87.0kg
6: Jørgen Tveit – 82.4kg
7: Jamie Cook – 84.0kg
Stroke: Nik Hazell – 94.8kg
Cox: Sam Collier – 56.2kg
Total Weight Ex. Cox – 694.2kg
Average Weight Ex. Cox – 86.78kg
Total Weight Inc. Cox – 750.4kg
Average Weight Inc. Cox – 83.38kg
The Official Crews for The 2016 Cancer Research UK Women’s Boat Race are listed below with their respective weights:
CAMBRIDGE
Bow: Ashton Brown – 81.0kg
2: Fiona Macklin – 64.0kg
3: Alice Jackson – 77.2kg
4: Théa Zabell – 79.4kg
5: Daphne Martschenko – 76.6kg
6: Zara Goozee – 66.2kg
7: Hannah Roberts – 73.6kg
Stroke: Myriam Goudet – 80.4kg
Cox: Rosemary Ostfeld – 50.0kg
Total Weight Ex. Cox – 598.4kg
Average Weight Ex. Cox – 74.80kg
Total Weight Inc. Cox – 648.4kg
Average Weight Inc. Cox – 72.04kg
OXFORD
Bow: Emma Lukasiewicz – 60.4kg
2: Emma Spruce – 72.0kg
3: Joanneke Jansen – 67.0kg
4: Ruth Siddorn – 75.2kg
5: Ëlo Luik – 78.2kg
6: Anastasia Chitty – 71.0kg
7: Maddy Badcott – 74.8kg
Stroke: Lauren Kedar – 65.6kg
Cox: Morgan Baynham-Williams – 60.0kg
Total Weight Ex. Cox – 564.2kg
Average Weight Ex. Cox – 70.53kg
Total Weight Inc. Cox – 624.2kg
Average Weight Inc. Cox – 69.36kg
The 2016 Cancer Research UK Boat Races will take place on Sunday 27th March 2016. The Cancer Research UK Women’s Boat Race will begin at 3:10pm, The Cancer Research UK Boat Race at 4:10pm.
