The CBC racing team competed at the Head of the Housatonic on Sunday, October 11, 2026. The gorgeous fall foliage was in full bloom for the girls’ home-state head race with rain showers that persisted all day. Despite the rainy conditions, the CBC squad knows how to handle all types of weather. With Head Coach Liz Trond at the helm for launching and landing each boat, the girls were excited to race in Shelton.
It was Wilton High School coxswain Frida Allers’ first official varsity race, and after the race we got to hear directly from her. Allers shared how she and her teammates embraced rowing fast and going with the flow. Despite what she called “a hectic hot seating,” with her boat having little time to get to the start line, her race felt very good and technically clean. “My favorite part of the race was when we were all laughing and talking about the race while paddling back to the docks because nothing went as planned. It was nice to just let loose and joke around a little bit with each other once the hardest part was over!” It sounds like varsity racing comes with making the most of unexpected circumstances!
As for the full team results:
Women’s Varsity 1x (Mitz Carr Trophy)
CBC Boat 1: 1st place (22 seconds ahead of 2nd place finisher, RowAmerica Greenwich)
CBC Boat 2: 8th place
Women’s 2V 1x
CBC: 2nd place (3 seconds behind 1st place finisher, Star)
Women’s Varsity 2x
CBC Boat 1: 3rd place (4 seconds behind 2nd place finisher, Star)
CBC Boat 2: 6th place
Women’s 2V 2x
CBC Boat 1: 4th place (4 seconds behind 3rd place finisher, Rye)
CBC Boat 2: 5th place (1.5 seconds behind CBC Boat 1)
Women’s 3V 4+
CBC Boat 1: 4th place (9 seconds behind 3rd place finisher, Greenwich)
CBC Boat 2: 10th place
Women’s Novice 8+
CBC: 4th place (13 seconds behind 3rd place finisher, Rye)
Women’s 2V 4+
CBC: 7th place (6 seconds behind 6th place finisher, Greenwich)
Women’s 4x+
CBC: 1st place (2 seconds ahead of 2nd place finisher, Litchfield Hills)
Women’s Varsity 4x
CBC: 3rd place (37 seconds behind 2nd place finisher, Rye)
Women’s Varsity 4+
CBC: 3rd place (2 seconds behind 2nd place finisher, Rye)
Women’s 2V 4x
CBC Boat 1: 1st place (14 seconds ahead of 2nd place finisher, Rye)
CBC Boat 2: 3rd place (2 seconds behind 2nd place finisher, Rye)
Women’s Novice 4+
CBC Boat 1: 1st place (a minute and a half ahead of 2nd place finisher, Greenwich B)
CBC Boat 2: 4th place (8 seconds behind 3rd place finisher, Greenwich)
The team is back on the race course next weekend, racing at the one and only Head of the Charles in Boston!
