Princeton/Penn/Dartmouth/Virginia Women

April 26, 1997
posted to rec.sport.rowing by Joel Furtek .

Lake Carnegie
65 degrees, sunny, headwind (shifting around during varsity race)

Apologies in advance for errors and brevity, I just got back into town.

Varsity 8

Virginia won in a time of 6:57.7 and Princeton was second at 7:04.1. Dartmouth finished third with a time of 7:11.2 and Pennsylvania was fourth at 7:20.1. Princeton and Virginia were about even at 1000m, Virginia took one length in third 500 and extended a little in response to a strong Princeton sprint.

JV8

Princeton won the second varsity eight with a time of of 7:21.7 and Virginia finished second at 7:29.1. Dartmouth was third (7:29.8) and Pennsylvania finished fourth (7:54.5).
Missed this race launching my crews, no other info.

Varsity 4

Virginia also won the varsity four competition. UVa finished with a time of 8:04.2 followed by Princeton (8:04.5) and Dartmouth (8:20.5).
Princeton up one length early, Virginia came through half a length, Princeton fought back and almost caught them.

1st Novice Eight

In the first novice eight competition, Princeton won with a time of 7:19. Dartmouth was second (7:22.1), Pennsylvania third (7:29.7) and UVa fourth (7:35).
Princeton very very strong throughout, Dartmouth and Penn rowed excellent second half to come back from one length down to Virginia who struggled in second thousand.

2nd Novice Eight

Princeton finished first in the second novice eight race (7:45) with UVa second (7:54.7), Pennsylvania third (8:01.4) and Dartmouth fourth (8:08.5). Virginia led at 500, Princeton walked their way through over rest of piece. Penn was closer than the time indicates - they paddled on the second horn, not the third.

Lightweight Eight

Radcliffe won the lightweight eight with a time of 7:12 and UVa was second at 7:19. Sorry, missed this one too.