Though the fifth-ranked men’s heavyweight crew’s first varsity boat could not take back the Compton Cup on Lake Carnegie Sunday, losing by less than four seconds to No. 2 Harvard, the highlight of the morning for Princeton was a noteworthy performance by the 2V: Princeton’s second varsity eight finished in first place with a time of 6:13.2, remaining undefeated in the season.
The 3V boat (6:31.2) clocked in about five seconds slower than its rivals, Harvard’s first freshman eight (6:26.4), but the Tiger 4V boat topped Harvard’s 3V boat by eight seconds and its 4V boat by more than 16 seconds in a time of 6:35.8.
Meanwhile, the fourth-ranked men’s lightweight team ensured that the Wood-Hammond trophy stayed at the Shea Rowing Center after the 1V (5:32.4) beat Penn by six seconds and Georgetown by more than 11 on the Schuylkill River Saturday morning. The win takes Princeton to 4-1 overall and 1-1 in the Ivy League.
The 2V (5:40.2) finished first ahead of Penn (5:46.3) and Georgetown (5:55.1), and the 3V beat Penn’s second freshman eight by more than 14 seconds with a time of 5:54.0. Princeton’s freshman eight failed to make it a clean sweep as it fell behind Penn’s freshmen by 7.7 seconds, with the Tigers finishing in 5:30.4 and Georgetown rounding out the race in 5:47.5.
The Princeton open women also had a successful weekend, as they retained the Eisenberg Cup, topping Yale by almost nine seconds with a time of 6:08.6 on the Housatonic River on Saturday. The Tigers have now won in each of their last four meetings with Yale, taking the rivals’ overall series record to 28-11. In the remaining two NCAA format events, the Tiger second varsity eight (6:16.9) and first varsity four (7:13.5) also finished first. The third varsity eight (6:23.9) and the second varsity four (7:08.9) boats also finished first in their races to cap a perfect day for the team.
The women’s lightweight team competed in the inaugural Charles River Lightweight Invitational over the weekend in Boston. The Invitational gave the Tigers the chance to see how they measured up to Radcliffe and Stanford, the top two teams in the nation. Though Princeton finished third (7:17.5), almost 12 seconds behind Radcliffe and six behind Stanford, the Tigers established themselves as serious contenders for future races. The Princeton 2V (7:33.5) finished roughly eight seconds behind Harvard in second place and the Princeton novice four (9:18.2) placed fourth in its race.
The weekend was chaotic for the lightweight women, as it was for the entire Boston area. On Saturday morning, Princeton had been scheduled to take on Harvard for the Class of 1999 Cup, but the race was canceled due to the police investigation, which had shut down the city Friday. The Tigers instead traveled to Boston on Saturday, a day later than they had planned, and were only able to compete in the Lightweight Invitational.
“We weren’t quite as prepared as we wanted to be, because we traveled a day later, and there was a lot of last-minute scrambling around,” senior co-captain Alex Morss said. “Driving there, you never would have guessed that the day before had been a lockdown.”
Though Sunday’s race was, for the most part, unaffected by the violence that took place last week in Boston, Morss said that the team was still anxious in the days leading up to the race.
“On Friday, people were definitely rattled and shaken up,” she said. “But we were all pretty excited to race.”
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