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4/29/2008 – What the scribes are saying …

Folks…

A small mid week dose of what the student papers are saying about last week’s racing.

  • From Yale Daily News – “Lightweights still flawless after sweep of Dartmouth” – Durand
  • From The Dartmouth – “Lightweights split weekend races with win over Columbia”
  • From The Harvard Crimson – “Navy Uses Depth to Down All Six Crimson Boats” – Haines Trophy
  • From The Harvard Crimson – “Harvard Denied First By A Blink” — Biglin Bowl – Dartmouth
  • From Yale Daily News – “Men’s heavyweights’ struggles continue”
  • From Harvard Crimson – “Harvard Continues Mid-Season Success” — Adams Cup
  • From Yale Daily News – “Women’s crew wins fifth regatta of season” – Nathaniel Case Cup

Speaking of the Dartmouth LW 1V’s 5/100th of a second victory over Harvard in the Biglin Bowl, Coach Steve Perry offered the following:

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Navy Women Win Twice and Tie for Team Honors at Patriot League Championships

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Navy W won the 2V and V4+ at the Patriot League Championships today on the Cooper River and tied Bucknell for the team trophy. However with a decisive open-water (15 second) victory in the 1V over the Mids, Bucknell won the tie-breaker and took home the silver. In challenge racing, the Mids also won the Novice 8+ and 2V4+. Navy’s varsity boat will travel to Seattle this coming weekend to take part in the Winderemere Cup/Opening Day Regatta.

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GO BLUE!

Cheers!

Best regards,

Coach and TB406
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Racing This Weekend

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  1. Haines Trophy – Navy LWs (#3)* host Harvard (#6) with Georgetown (#12) on Severn River
  2. Durand Cup – Yale LWs (#1) travel to Hanover, NH to meet Dartmouth (#5) on Connecticut River
  3. Adams Cup – Navy HWs (#12), join Harvard (#4) at Penn (NR) on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia
  4. Carnegie Cup – Yale HWs (#10) travel to Princeton, NJ to face Princeton (#5) and Cornell (#13) on Lake Carnegie
  5. Nathaniel Case Cup – Yale W (#2) versus Radcliffe (#12) with Virginia (#3) on Housatonic River in Derby, CT

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Comments, Rankings, Kudos and Other Good Stuff

Folks…

It’s mid week, lots of racing coming up this weekend so for those who believe in such things here are the rankings courtesy of www.row2k.com {Full detailed rankings are listed below}.

US Rowing Collegiate Poll (National)

LWs — Yale (1), Navy (3)
HWs — Yale (10), Navy (12)
W — Yale (2), Navy (NR)

This week the respective coaches also reported the first of this Spring’s seedings rankings.

EARC LW

Navy – 1V8+ (2); 2V8+ (1); 3V8+ (3); 1F8+ (5); 2F8+ (1)
Yale – 1V8+ (1); 2V8+ (2); 3V8+ (1); 1F8+ (1); 2F8+ (5)

EARC HW

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Navy Varsity LWs def. DE; Yale LWs sweep Dodge Cup & Take 4 of 5 from Cornell

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Lots of exciting racing, some extremely close wins, and a basket of victories of the folks in Blue.

* Navy LWs take four of five races over Delaware on nice conditions on the Severn. Nick Baker’s 1F Plebes lose a tough race by a few seats (1.6 seconds) to a strong Delaware Frosh boat. Last week, the DE LW 1F won easily over Dartmouth on Lake Quinsigamond by 14.6 seconds. Next week the Mids will host Harvard and Georgetown in Haines Cup competition.
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