Princeton University Athletics
Heavy 3V Wins Henley Opener Convincingly, Races Liverpool Early Thursday
July 01, 2015 | Heavyweight Rowing
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The Princeton heavyweights made an impressive debut at the Royal Henley Regatta, as the Sprints gold medal-winning third varsity defeated MIT by more than three lengths to advance to the second round of the Temple Cup Challenge.
Princeton will move to Day 2 and will take on Liverpool University (England) Thursday at noon local time (7 AM Eastern).
Princeton was in total control of its Wednesday race with MIT, claiming a quick lead and consistently building upon it. The victory was officially 3 1/3 lengths, and there is a great shot of the boat on the official Henley results page (use the camera link by the Princeton result).
The first and second varsity boats still have one more day of preparation before they open competition Friday for the Ladies Challenge Plate.
The 1V, which earned bronze at the IRA national championships (the program's first IRA medal since 2006), will open against Washington, which has won each of the last five IRA national championships. It will be the first dual race between the two legendary programs since 1926, a race that Washington won by six lengths (thanks to Mike Vatis '85 for that one).
The Princeton 2V, which won gold at Sprints and silver at IRAs, will take on the Leander Club, a top rowing club in England.
Times for both races will be announced Thursday night.