Wayland-Weston Crew Claims Overall Championship at 2026 MPSRA Spring Regatta

Wayland-Weston Rowing won the Ken Burns Overall Team Points Trophy on Saturday, May 24, 2026, at the MPSRA Spring Championship on the Merrimack River, claiming the program’s first Ken Burns title in nine years. This win reflects the effort of every athlete, every boat, and every stroke. The coaches are incredibly proud of the hard work everyone showed this season, pushing themselves and each other to be better rowers, coxswains, and team players. The team thanks the coaches for their dedication and commitment to the program and to each athlete.

On the girls’ side, the second varsity eight claimed bronze, finishing behind Boston Latin and Brookline in the Girls 2V 8+ A final. The girls’ first varsity eight placed fourth in the championship final.

The boys had medal finishes across seven events. The boys’ 1V 8+ took home the Joseph A. Garofalo Men’s Varsity 8+ Trophy for the fourth consecutive year, cementing a run of championship-level rowing at the top of the varsity boys boat class. The boys’ 2V took silver in a photo finish, crossing the line nine-hundredths of a second ahead of Boston Latin.

Wayland-Weston boys’ swept silver and bronze across two boats in the pairs and took home a bronze in the double scull. Mario Purser rowed to silver in the single by a single stroke.

Wayland-Weston Rowing has qualified four boats for the USRowing Youth National Championships at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida, June 11-14.