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Heavyweights Open Hughes' Era With Strong Win Over Georgetown
April 03, 2010 | Heavyweight Rowing
COMPLETE RESULTS, COURTESY OF ROW2K.COM
The Princeton heavyweight crew opened the Greg Hughes era with an impressive performance against Georgetown Saturday morning on Lake Carnegie. The Tigers swept all three races as a lead-in to next weekend's regatta for the historic Childs Cup.
The first varsity won its race in 5:40.0, a strong 25+ seconds faster than the Hoyas (6:05.3) in the first race of a beautiful morning regatta, which also included the men's lightweights and women's open squads. The second varsity won in 5:55.1, topping both the Tiger third varsity (5:59.9) and the Georgetown 2V (6:25.3).
The Princeton novice eight had the toughest challenge of the morning, but it managed an impressive victory. Princeton won in 5:50.3, while Georgetown finished just behind in 5:52.4.
The Tigers will head to New York next weekend to try and reclaim the Childs Cup from Columbia in a three-team regatta that will also feature Penn. The Childs Cup is the oldest collegiate trophy in rowing.