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Princeton Men's Lightweight Rowing wins National Championship
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No. 1 Men's Lightweight Rowing Collects IRA's President's Cup; 1V and 2V Win Gold
June 04, 2023 | Men's Rowing - Lightweight
WEST WINDSOR – The No. 1 Princeton Men's Lightweight Rowing had an all-time day as it won two gold medals and the IRA President's Cup for the first time since 2010 at Mercer Lake.
The first 1000m of the 2V was rowed at a feverish pace with all six boats within two seconds of each other. Princeton and Harvard broke away from the group at the 1,000m with the Tigers out in front, slightly by less than one-tenth of a second. Over the final 500m, Princeton's boat of Laney Gold-Rappe, Eoin Gaffney, Tim Eilers, Noah Klemmer Domonkos, Peter Skinner, George Middleton, John High, Paul Höselbarth and Tim Scheuritzel rowed away from the Crimson, crossing the line at 5:48.97, 2.48 seconds in front.
The 2V boat did not lose a race all season.
In the Grand Final for the first varsity, the Tigers trailed by two one-hundreds of a second behind Harvard at the 500m but used a 1:25 split to go in front by 1.4 seconds. The Crimson closed the gap to under a half second with 500m left, but the boat of Adam Casler, Nick Aronow, Hidde Lycklama, George Dickinson, Ethan Abraham, Aaron Wenk, Reuben Cook, William Olson and David Van Velden pulled away, finishing with a 5:41.02, 1.8 seconds clear.
It's the first varsity eight title for Princeton at IRAs since 2010. The Tigers' wins in the 1V and 2V secured the IRA's President's Cup, awarded to the top point total for the men's lightweights. It's the sixth time the Tigers have done that, the last coming in 2010.
"This run goes back to 2018 as we started to get our culture improved and become more consistent from an organization standpoint," said Princeton head coach Marty Crotty. "The Classes of 2018 and 2019 did a really good job getting this program going in the right direction. Last year, we lost a lot of close races and we had to keep at it. We came into this year with a fresh start, and it was a continuation of what the Class of 2018 started five years ago and it's amazing to see when you look back that far. It's the culmination of a good five-year trend."
With the Princeton's women's lightweight national title, it marks the second time the same school has won both Lightweight National Championships (1997, Harvard/Radcliffe).
The first 1000m of the 2V was rowed at a feverish pace with all six boats within two seconds of each other. Princeton and Harvard broke away from the group at the 1,000m with the Tigers out in front, slightly by less than one-tenth of a second. Over the final 500m, Princeton's boat of Laney Gold-Rappe, Eoin Gaffney, Tim Eilers, Noah Klemmer Domonkos, Peter Skinner, George Middleton, John High, Paul Höselbarth and Tim Scheuritzel rowed away from the Crimson, crossing the line at 5:48.97, 2.48 seconds in front.
The 2V boat did not lose a race all season.
In the Grand Final for the first varsity, the Tigers trailed by two one-hundreds of a second behind Harvard at the 500m but used a 1:25 split to go in front by 1.4 seconds. The Crimson closed the gap to under a half second with 500m left, but the boat of Adam Casler, Nick Aronow, Hidde Lycklama, George Dickinson, Ethan Abraham, Aaron Wenk, Reuben Cook, William Olson and David Van Velden pulled away, finishing with a 5:41.02, 1.8 seconds clear.
It's the first varsity eight title for Princeton at IRAs since 2010. The Tigers' wins in the 1V and 2V secured the IRA's President's Cup, awarded to the top point total for the men's lightweights. It's the sixth time the Tigers have done that, the last coming in 2010.
"This run goes back to 2018 as we started to get our culture improved and become more consistent from an organization standpoint," said Princeton head coach Marty Crotty. "The Classes of 2018 and 2019 did a really good job getting this program going in the right direction. Last year, we lost a lot of close races and we had to keep at it. We came into this year with a fresh start, and it was a continuation of what the Class of 2018 started five years ago and it's amazing to see when you look back that far. It's the culmination of a good five-year trend."
With the Princeton's women's lightweight national title, it marks the second time the same school has won both Lightweight National Championships (1997, Harvard/Radcliffe).
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