For the 24th straight year, Princeton athletics can boast a national title. The men's lightweight crew made sure of that on Saturday in Cherry Hill, N.J., with its second straight victory in the Intercollegiate Rowing Association championships.
Three weeks after taking the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges/Ivy League title, the defending Royal Henley Regatta champions set a course record with a blistering time of 5:36.07, good enough to edge out Navy, which finished in 5:37.06. Harvard finished third in 5:38.02.
Also on Saturday, the women's lightweights took third place in 6:36.78, behind Wisconsin and champion Stanford, which finished in 6:28.21.
The men's heavyweights finished sixth, and last week the open women took third in the NCAA championships.