While Saturday's competition will mark the first race of the year for Yale, Navy travels to Lake Carnegie for the second straight weekend. Last Saturday, Navy fell to host Princeton in four of six races, including a nine-second loss in the varsity eight. Navy won the second freshman and fourth varsity eights.
Last year, Navy captured the Eads Johnson Cup with a 1.5-second victory in the varsity eight, gaining a 4-3 advantage all-time in Johnson Cup competition. The Midshipmen also captured the first and second freshman races, while Yale's second and third varsity eights were both victorious. Overall in match racing, Navy leads the series 7-3 with earlier wins in 1961, 1962 and 1976. Yale captured the Cup in 2008 and 2009. In informal team competition from 2004 Navy leads 5-2 with Yale's fleet tally in the lead in 2008 and 2009.
Brown edged out Yale heavyweight crew by just 0.43 seconds in the 2000m first varsity boat race on Saturday.
With 200 m left in the race, the Bulldogs’ first varsity boat was up by a two-seat lead. But it didn't “close the door,” said head coach Steve Gladstone, letting Brown counter and take the win by the slimmest of margins in Providence, R.I.
Though Brown’s first varsity boat thwarted the Bulldogs’ hopes of claiming their season opener, Yale’s other boats fared better, with the team’s second, third and fourth varsity crews winning three of the four other races of the day.
“On balance, it was a strong performance,” Gladstone said. “What’s gratifying is that all the boats are performing at a really strong level, which means as an overall squad we're getting stronger through the course of the year and that’s good.”
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No. 6 Yale women’s crew won four out of five races on the Housatonic Saturday against Penn and Columbia to extend its possession of the Connell Cup for more than a decade.
Yale won its first regatta of the spring season, but the first varsity boat did not row as well as it could have, head coach William Porter said. In contrast, he said that the second and third varsity boats raced extremely well. The second varsity four also won, while the first varsity four was Yale’s only defeated boat, placing second behind Columbia.
Yale’s first varsity won with a time of 6:09, three seconds ahead of Penn’s time of 6:12. Columbia finished third with a time of 6:22.
Yale’s second varsity won with a lead of 11 seconds, while the third varsity ran away with the race, finishing 20 seconds ahead of any other boat.
Porter also acknowledged the weather as a factor in the race, saying that the second varsity and third varsity did a great job handling the cold, windy conditions.
“Penn has been dominating their opponents this season, so we were lucky to perform well enough to get away with the win,” Porter said.
He added that the team’s varsity eight was not fast enough, but that he thought it would get to nationally competitive speeds.
- Rutgers vs. Delaware/Bucknell, Carnegie Lake, Princeton, NJ
- Princeton vs. Georgetown/Syracuse, Carnegie Lake, Princeton, NJ
- Harvard vs. Cornell, Charles River, Boston, MA
- Alumni Cup: Northeastern vs. Columbia/MIT, Charles River, Boston, MA
- Michalson Cup: Boston Univ. vs. Brown, Charles River, Boston, MA
- Holy Cross vs. Dartmouth, Lake Quinsigamond, Worcester, MA
EARC LM:
- Johnson Cup: Yale vs. Navy, Carnegie Lake, Princeton, NJ
- Penn vs. Delaware/Marietta/Williams, Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, PA
- The Fosburgh Cup: Princeton vs. Georgetown/Delaware/Columbia, Carnegie Lake, Princeton, NJ
EAWRC:
- Resolute Cup: Northeastern vs. Boston College/Dartmouth/Rhode Island, Charles River, Boston, MA
- Radcliffe vs. Brown, Charles River, Boston, MA
- Columbia vs. Bucknell, Orchard Beach Lagoon, Pelham, NY
- Cayuga Cup: Yale vs. Cornell/Syracuse, Housatonic River, Derby, CT
- Rutgers vs. Princeton, Navy, Raritan River, New Brunswick, NJ
On April 2 & 3, 2011 collegiate, junior and masters athletes will return to the sun-kissed water of Mission Bay for the 38th renewal of the Crew Classic and compete in 90 races over two days. Across seven lanes, with the city skyline as a backdrop, they will race for early season honors and coveted trophies. Again they will be cheered by spectators enjoying amenities such as the shore-side tent row for alumni and clubs, the Jumbotron displaying races start to finish, a beer garden on the sand, and much more…There are usually a number of Blue Crew alumni rowing in the SDCC. We will depend upon folks like Tom Cook USNA '76 to report in.
The Photo Gallery at row2k includes a full array of photos for last week's Navy-Princeton racing. If you want to see some video go to the Princeton web site athttp://crew.princeton.edu/content/videos
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And in the surest sign that Spring is nearly here, it is Opening Day for Major League Baseball [Red Sox open tomorrow at Texas Rangers]. At the end of this e-mail is a great story about
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Yale Baseball on April 17, 1939
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Rookie Teddy Ballgame [Ted Williams] who achieved a .406 batting average in 1941 would go 0-4.
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The Red Sox roster featured four future Hall of Famers — Williams, Joe Cronin, Bobby Doerr, Jimmie Foxx and Lefty Grove
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The 1939 Yale club was managed by the legendary Smoky Joe Wood and captained by Eddie Collins '39. Wood was a former pitcher for the Red Sox, who boasted a 34-5 record for the 1912 World Series Championship team, and Collins, whose father Edward Sr. was the general manager of the Red Sox at the time, would go on to play for the Philadelphia Athletics.
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The Elis led the Red Sox after three innings by a score of 4-0, but Boston came back to edge Yale, 6-5, with the go-ahead run crossing the plate in the ninth inning.
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The Red Sox went on to finish 89-62, in second place in the American League behind the eventual 1939 World Series Champion New York Yankees. Remember — 1918?
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The game was played "in almost freezing temperatures and a cold rain," according to the New York Times. "Years later, Ted Williams said that he vividly recalled that game, saying he was never so cold in his life." [Global Warming anyone?]
- Skull and Bones
- President of the United States
- Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
- Yale Field [Baseball]
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For the hearty, looking forward to seeing all the Blue Crews and supporters at Princeton.
GO BLUE … Be One With The Boat
Cheers!
Coach and TB406 [Who says Go Red Sox!]
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From Yale Sports:
Navy and Yale LWs
Y150 Opens Season with Navy
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – After a several months of training and a successful scrimmage against Trinity last weekend, the Yale lightweight rowing team will open its spring season on Saturday against Navy. The teams will race for the Eads Johnson, Jr. Cup on the neutral water of Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J.
While Saturday's competition will mark the first race of the year for Yale, Navy travels to Lake Carnegie for the second straight weekend. Last Saturday, Navy fell to host Princeton in four of six races, including a nine-second loss in the varsity eight. Navy won the second freshman and fourth varsity eights.
Last year, Navy captured the Johnson Cup with a 1.5-second victory in the varsity eight, gaining a 4-3 advantage all-time in Johnson Cup competition. The Midshipmen also captured the first and second freshman races, while Yale's second and third varsity eights were both victorious.
Schedule of Events
3:00 p.m. Fourth Varsity Eight
3:20 p.m. Third Varsity Eight
3:40 p.m. Freshman Eight
4:00 p.m. Second Varsity Eight
4:20 p.m. Varsity Eight
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From Yale Daily News:
Yale HWs
HEAVYWEIGHT CREW | Yale wins three of five
The second, third and fourth varsity boats all came away with victories against Brown on Saturday.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Brown edged out Yale heavyweight crew by just 0.43 seconds in the 2000m first varsity boat race on Saturday.
With 200 m left in the race, the Bulldogs’ first varsity boat was up by a two-seat lead. But it didn't “close the door,” said head coach Steve Gladstone, letting Brown counter and take the win by the slimmest of margins in Providence, R.I.
Though Brown’s first varsity boat thwarted the Bulldogs’ hopes of claiming their season opener, Yale’s other boats fared better, with the team’s second, third and fourth varsity crews winning three of the four other races of the day.
“On balance, it was a strong performance,” Gladstone said. “What’s gratifying is that all the boats are performing at a really strong level, which means as an overall squad we're getting stronger through the course of the year and that’s good.”
At this stage in the season the varsity boat is still in a development phase, Gladstone explained, and it has not yet focused its training on starts, finishes and in-race moves. He added that the team is looking forward to working on those race segments so that it is able to challenge other boats and compete more competitively in the future.
The freshman and varsity boats both lost in close races, which showed their potential and highlighted areas that need improvement before Yale takes on Dartmouth in two weeks, said captain Derek Johnson ’11.
“We're expecting Dartmouth to be fast this year and we won't make the mistake of underestimating them,” he said.
The outcome of the Brown race would provide added motivation to improve, said oarsman Alex Mastroyannis ’11.
Still, Gladstone and Tom Dethlefs ’12 said that because of how early it is in the season, the results of the Brown regatta are not necessarily indicative of how Yale will perform when the championship season begins with the May 15 Eastern Sprints.
“Given the small amount of time we have trained at race pace so far, I think the next three months have a lot of potential,” Dethlefs said.
Gladstone added that it would take until Eastern Sprints for the team to get a good sense of how fast each college’s crews are.
In the meantime, the Elis will take advantage of the next two weeks to further develop and prepare for the championship season ahead, Gladstone said. He explained that the members of the first and second varsity boats are not set in stone and may still move some rowers around.
Gladstone noted that the second varsity boat rowed a “very aggressive race,” and he would be open to moving some members from that boat to the first depending on their development throughout the season.
“I’d be very surprised if there isn't any movement between all four varsity boats in the two weeks leading up to Dartmouth,” Johnson said.
Yale heavyweight crew will next take the water on April 9, when it competes with Dartmouth for the Olympic Axe.
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From www.row2k.com:
March 30, 2011
University of Washington earned the top spot in this year’s first USRowing men’s varsity eight poll, while Princeton University topped the men’s lightweight eight polls.
Washington earned nine first-place votes to take the top spot in this week’s men’s varsity eight poll. University of California ranked second, earning the remaining three first-place votes. Harvard University, Princeton University and Brown University rounded out the top five.
Princeton took the top spot in the men’s lightweight poll, receiving nine of 11 first-place votes. Harvard and Cornell University ranked second and third, respectively, each earning one first-place vote. Georgetown University and the United States Naval Academy rounded out the top five.
Men’s Varsity Eight
| Team (1st-Place Votes) | Points |
| 1. University of Washington (9) | 237 |
| 2. University of California (3) | 230 |
| 3. Harvard University | 215 |
| 4. Princeton University | 178 |
| 5. Brown University | 169 |
| 6. Cornell University | 161 |
| 7. Syracuse University | 157 |
| 8. Yale University | 153 |
| 9. University of Wisconsin | 151 |
| 10. Columbia University | 120 |
| 11. Stanford University | 118 |
| 12. Boston University | 115 |
| 13. United States Naval Academy | 96 |
| 14. Dartmouth College | 85 |
| 15. Northeastern University | 82 |
| 16. University of Pennsylvania | 74 |
| 17. Oregon State University | 48 |
| 18. Georgetown University | 46 |
| 19. George Washington University | 20 |
| 20. Florida Institute of Technology | 16 |
Not Ranked But Receiving Votes: Temple University 15, University of California at San Diego 14, University of Virginia 5, University of Michigan 4, Holy Cross 3, Rutgers University 3, Trinity College 2, Bucknell University 1, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Men’s Lightweight Varsity Eight
| Team (1st-Place Votes) | Points |
| 1. Princeton University (9) | 199 |
| 2. Harvard University (1) | 191 |
| 3. Cornell University (1) | 176 |
| 4. Georgetown University | 162 |
| 5. United States Naval Academy | 160 |
| 6. Yale University | 156 |
| 7. University of Delaware | 145 |
| 8. Columbia University | 141 |
| 9. Dartmouth College | 133 |
| 10. University of Pennsylvania | 125 |
| 11. Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 97 |
| 12. Marietta College | 95 |
| 13t. St. Joseph’s University | 83 |
| 13t. University of Michigan | 83 |
| 15. Georgia Tech | 54 |
Not Ranked But Receiving Votes: Mercyhurst College 46, University of California 26, Purdue University 14, Washington State University 13, University of California at Santa Barbara 9, University of California at San Diego 7, Michigan State University 6, Notre Dame University 6, and Orange Coast College 6.
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From Yale Daily News:
Yale Women
W. CREW | Yale cruises to opening win
The women’s crew won four out of five of its races as it won the Connell Cup.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
No. 6 Yale women’s crew won four out of five races on the Housatonic Saturday against Penn and Columbia to extend its possession of the Connell Cup for more than a decade.
Yale won its first regatta of the spring season, but the first varsity boat did not row as well as it could have, head coach William Porter said. In contrast, he said that the second and third varsity boats raced extremely well. The second varsity four also won, while the first varsity four was Yale’s only defeated boat, placing second behind Columbia.
“In the first varsity we really struggled to find a rhythm and settle down,” captain Caroline Nash ’11 said. “We raced scared in a way.”
She said that although the crew won, they were unhappy with the quality of their race. They did not come together in the same way that the other boats had, she said.
The “pretty challenging” weather — 33 degrees with a wind chill of 20 — could have hurt the Bulldogs’ performance, Nash said. But she hesitated to blame the weather.
“You never want to use the weather as an excuse,” Nash said. “We have a joke that we look forward to rowing on days with nasty weather because if you can row well in that you can row well in anything.”
Yale’s first varsity won with a time of 6:09, three seconds ahead of Penn’s time of 6:12. Columbia finished third with a time of 6:22.
Yale’s second varsity won with a lead of 11 seconds, while the third varsity ran away with the race, finishing 20 seconds ahead of any other boat.
Porter also acknowledged the weather as a factor in the race, saying that the second varsity and third varsity did a great job handling the cold, windy conditions.
When asked what the team needed to do to improve, Nash spoke of persistence.
“Hard work. Hard work is the cure for everything,” she said.
She said that crew is both a psychological and a physical game and that the mental facet of the sport can be just as important as the fitness and technique.
Nash also said the first varsity boat slightly lost its composure when Penn crept up on them at the turn, halfway through the race.
“Penn has been dominating their opponents this season, so we were lucky to perform well enough to get away with the win,” Porter said.
He added that the team’s varsity eight was not fast enough, but that he thought it would get to nationally competitive speeds.
“I definitely think that our winter training has put us in an exciting position to have what could be a great season,” said Maddie Lips ’14, who rowed in the first varsity boat.
Lips was optimistic that this weekend’s win could give the team some momentum for the rest of the season, though she acknowledged that every race was different.
Next week Yale takes on Cornell and Syracuse in a chase for the Cayuga Cup on the Housatonic. Last year Yale beat both Cornell and Syracuse, despite hitting a bridge during the first varsity race on Cornell’s narrow course.
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From www.row2k.com:
March 30, 2011
Princeton University, Western Washington University and Williams College claimed the top spots in this week’s USRowing/Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Coaches Polls presented by Pocock Racing Shells.
Princeton earned 21 first-place votes to top this week’s Division I rankings. University of Virginia ranked second, followed by the University of California. Cal earned the remaining four, first-place votes. Stanford University and Brown University rounded out the top five.
Western Washington University claimed all five first-place votes to keep its No. 1 ranking in Division II. Nova Southeastern ranked second, followed by Seattle Pacific University. Mercyhurst College and Barry University rounded out the top five.
Williams College earned all 10 first-place votes to take the top spot in the Division III poll. Ithaca College ranked second, followed by Bates College. Wellesley College and Trinity College rounded out the top five.
Women’s NCAA Division I Rankings
| Team (1st-Place Votes) | Total Votes | Previous Week |
| 1. Princeton University (21) | 476 | 2 |
| 2. University of Virginia | 453 | 1 |
| 3. University of California (4) | 451 | 3 |
| 4. Stanford University | 422 | 4 |
| 5. Brown University | 409 | 5 |
| 6. Yale University | 334 | 6 |
| 7. The Ohio State University | 313 | 13 |
| 8. University of Washington | 305 | 7 |
| 9. University of Southern California | 295 | 9 |
| 10. Michigan State University | 291 | 8 |
| 11. University of California at Los Angeles | 211 | 14 |
| 12. University of Michigan | 209 | 11 |
| 13. Washington State University | 195 | 12 |
| 14. Clemson University | 145 | 15 |
| 15. University of Wisconsin | 139 | 10 |
| 16. University of Texas | 133 | 20 |
| 17. University of Pennsylvania | 95 | NR |
| 18. Cornell University | 61 | 18 |
| 19. Dartmouth College | 60 | 17 |
| 20. Harvard University | 55 | 19 |
Not Ranked But Receiving Votes: University of Tennessee 54, University of Louisville 32, Oregon State University 29, University of Minnesota 29, University of Oklahoma 17, Indiana University 11, Columbia University 8, University of Notre Dame 5, Northeastern University 4, University of Iowa 2, Boston University 1, Duke University 1, Rutgers University 1, University of Alabama 1, University of Buffalo 1, University of San Diego 1, and University of Tulsa 1.
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Women's Rowing Picked Second in Patriot League Preseason Poll
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March 25, 2011
ANNAPOLIS, MD. – The Patriot League announced its preseason women's rowing poll on Friday and a year after narrowly placing second at the conference championship, Navy was again picked second in 2011. The Mids finished just four points behind Bucknell at last year's championship, which was picked to claim the title again in 2011.
The league's coaches and sports information contacts voted in the poll.
Bucknell collected 50 points in the preseason poll and all 10 possible first-place votes, as coaches and sports information directors were not allowed to vote for their own team. Navy followed in second place with 41 points and a first-place vote, and Colgate, with 28 points, picked up the other first-place nod. Holy Cross, MIT and Lehigh rounded out the poll.
The Mids have won the varsity four race in two of the past three seasons and finished just over two seconds behind Bucknell in last year's varsity eight race. Navy won the Patriot League title in 2005, and has won at least one race at four of the six Patriot League Championships. The Mids have finished second to Bucknell in each of the past five seasons.
Navy opens the season on Saturday with the Murphy Cup Regatta in Philadelphia, Pa.
2011 Patriot League Rowing Poll
1. Bucknell, 50 points (10 first-place votes)
2. Navy, 41 (1)
3. Colgate, 28 (1)
4. Holy Cross, 25
5. MIT, 24
6. Lehigh, 12
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From Yale Sports:
72 Years Later: Red Sox Battled Bulldogs at Yale Field
NEW HAVEN, CT – While most baseball fans remember Ted Williams for his .406 batting average in 1941 or the home run he hit in his final Major League at-bat, 81-year-old Joel Alderman's first memory of the Hall of Famer is an 0-for-4 performance from 70 years ago today.
"Although," says Alderman, "he was robbed of a homer in the ninth."
The game in question was an April 17, 1939, exhibition contest at Yale Field featuring the Boston Red Sox and the Yale Bulldogs. The Red Sox roster featured five future Hall of Famers, including Williams, a rookie who would make his major league debut three days later against the New York Yankees. Alderman recalls that Joe Cronin, Bobby Doerr and Jimmie Foxx were all in the line-up along with Williams.
"I doubt if there are more than a few who would know on that day that four baseball immortals were in a game together at Yale Field," said Alderman, a 1951 Yale graduate. "But I do know this: it will never happen again."
Hall of Fame pitcher Lefty Grove was also on the 1939 Red Sox roster, though he did not take the hill on that day.
The 1939 Yale club was managed by the legendary Smoky Joe Wood and captained by Eddie Collins '39. Wood was a former pitcher for the Red Sox, who boasted a 34-5 record for the 1912 World Series Championship team, and Collins, whose father Edward Sr. was the general manager of the Red Sox at the time, would go on to play for the Philadelphia Athletics.
The Elis led the Red Sox after three innings by a score of 4-0, but Boston came back to edge Yale, 6-5, with the go-ahead run crossing the plate in the ninth inning. Alderman never saw that deciding run, however, as the game was played "in almost freezing temperatures and a cold rain," according to the New York Times.
"I remember leaving early because it was so cold," Alderman said. "Years later I interviewed Ted Williams and he vividly recalled that game, saying he was never so cold in his life."
Foxx was 0-for-1 and Cronin went 1-for-2 before making early exits in the preseason contest. Doerr played all nine innings and went 2-for-3 with a pair of singles. Collins finished at 0-for-4 for Yale, and Joe Wood '41, Smoky Joe's son, went 2-for-4. Wood was also the right fielder that robbed Williams' home run in the ninth inning.
The Red Sox went on to finish 89-62, in second place in the American League behind the eventual 1939 World Series Champion New York Yankees. The Bulldogs posted an 11-20 record in the 1939 spring season.
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