Tigers win six of seven on Carnegie

Although rain threatened all day on Saturday, it held off just long enough for men's crew to row to victory in six out of seven total races.

The lightweight crew made a clean sweep in their win over Georgetown, as each Princeton boat sailed through the finish line with open water separating it from the competition. At the end of the day, Coach Greg Hughes had the Fosburgh Cup as a souvenir from his first home race as a Princeton coach.

In the second annual Fosburgh Cup race, the Varsity A boat won by nearly five seconds. The Varsity A boat came in at five minutes and 47.8 seconds over Georgetown's 5:52.5. This impressive win comes one week after Princeton fell to Navy by less than two seconds in Annapolis.

"We got in a lot of good work over spring break but couldn't pull out the close races against Navy last week," senior captain Prentice Stabler said. "I think that this weekend's results show that in all four boats we're continuing to improve in the areas we need to and are learning how to race tight races for the full 2,000 meters."

The Varsity B boat finished in 6:14.7 over Georgetown's 6:27.4. Princeton's Varsity C boat finished ahead of Georgetown's Varsity B too, coming in at 6:23.6.

The freshmen mounted an impressive eight-second lead, finishing in 6:14.9 against Georgetown's 6:23.8. "Saturday's results bode very well for the boathouse as a whole this season," freshman captain Tom Paulett said. "Everyone was very pleased with our success. We hope to keep improving throughout the year and building upon the speed that we saw this weekend."

"Georgetown is always fast and we race them again in three weeks, so we'll have to continue getting faster since we know they will," Stabler said.

The Tiger's next race is against Cornell and Rutgers for the Platt Cup at home on April 15.

The heavyweight crew saw its share of open water on Saturday as well.

Princeton retained the Logg Cup in its first spring regatta, topping Rutgers in three of four races.

Princeton's Varsity A boat won by nearly 12 seconds, with a time of 5:40.6 to Rutgers' 5:52.4. The Varsity B boat had an even larger lead in its race, coming in at 5:50.2 ahead of Rutgers' time of 6:03.4.

"I'm happy every time we can go out and execute our race plan well," senior captain James Egan said. "It was a good start because each boat went out and raced with the type of speed they'll need to when they face some of our tougher competitors, even when they got some separation from the boat next to them. I definitely think we have more speed – we'll find it."

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The first novice eight boat won by over 17 seconds, coming at 5:47.4 over Rutgers' time of 6:04.8. The second novice eight trailed Rutgers with a time of 6:35.2.

"We are working to put together several pieces of a puzzle that will come together in late May and early June," Coach Marty Crotty said of the freshmen's performance. "The freshmen division will be very tight this year, and the Princeton frosh will have to improve every week if they hope to be on the podium at Sprints and [the Intercollegiate Rowing Association championships]."

"I think everybody had a good race, from the freshmen right through the varsity and second varsity, and for where we are in the season, I'm pleased with their effort," Coach Greg Hughes said. "We've got some tough races ahead of us, and how we perform and how we improve on a weekly basis is important, but I think we are where we want to be right now."

The heavyweight crew will compete for the Childs Cup next Saturday at home against Columbia and Penn.