Women's Lightweight Crew Captures IRA Championship
June 01, 2002 | Women's Rowing - Lightweight
June 1, 2002
Cooper River Park, N.J. - The Princeton women's lightweight crew won its fourth national title with a win in the grand final over Wisconsin at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships. Princeton won the race with a time of 6:26.64, defeating Wisconsin (6:30.07) by more than three seconds.
While the women's lightweight crew was winning itself a championship, the men's lightweight team was racing in the grand finale after winning its heat earlier in the day. Princeton's men crossed the finish line in 5:42.4 to take third behind first-place Yale and second-place Navy.
The Princeton heavyweights also reached the grand finale, qualifying its Varsity Eight, Varsity Four, Second Varsity Eight and Freshmen Eight. Both the Varsity Eight and Second Varsity Eight took fifth place in their respective races with the Varsity Eight boat finishing in 5:37.29. The Second Varsity Eight registered a time of 5:40.28.
The freshmen boat recorded Princeton's top heavyweight finish with a third-place showing in 5:42.36 and the Varsity Four placed sixth in the grand finale with a time of 6:36.63.
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