Heavyweights Claim Rowe Cup For First Time Since 2016

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Princeton was fast all day on Lake Quinsigamond, winning a pair of gold medals and taking silver in one of the most fiercly-contested Varsity Eight races in Sprints history as the Tigers claimed the program's 10th Rowe Cup overall and first since 2016.

"I am so incredibly proud of the way that our entire team raced today," said head coach Greg Hughes. "Their performances exemplified guts and passion. At the start of the season, our seniors set winning the Rowe Cup as our team's goal for the year knowing that earning it would require a top performance from every athlete on our squad. The way that our seniors led us to this moment was impressive and inspiring. The 2V and 3V set the standard today with their wins and the Varsity, while coming up just shy of the win, put up one of the fiercest races I've ever watched."

The morning session was efficient and productive for the Tigers as three of their four boats qualified through in first to reach their respective Grand Finals. The 1V, 2V and 3V all crossed the line first to open their Sprints competition, each claiming their heat by less than a second in very competitive races.

With the heats behind them, the Tigers turned their attention to the afternoon finals where they claimed two gold medals and a silver.

The last race of the day was as thrilling as it gets with four boats separated by 1.4 seconds. Unfortunately for the Tigers, they were edged by the slimmest of margins at the finish line by Brown who won the 1V by 0.081 seconds in one of the closest finishes in Sprints history. Yale was third, 1.2 seconds behind the Tigers, and Harvard was fourth -- a tenth of a second behind the Bulldogs.

The Tigers secured gold in the 2V with a winning time of 5:34.498 which was 2.7 seconds ahead of runner-up Harvard and 4.2 seconds clear of third-place Dartmouth. The win is the first gold medal in the 2V for Princeton since back-to-back wins in 2017 and 2018 and gives the Tigers medals in 10 of the last 11 2V races at Sprints (4 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze).

For the 3V, the Grand Final was almost an "All-Ivy" affair and the Tigers bested four other Ivy foes in addition to Boston University to secure the gold medal. Princeton's winning time of 5:39.776 was almost 2.5 seconds clear of runner-up Harvard to claim the first gold medal in the 3V for the Tigers since back-to-back golds in 2015 and 2016.

First Varsity Eight Heat
1. Princeton 5:28.804
2. Penn 5:29.276
3. Northeastern 5:29.514
4. Columbia 5:45.370
5. Wisconsin 5:49.436

First Varsity Eight Grand Final
1. Brown 5:28.639
2. Princeton 5:28.720
3. Yale 5:29.932
4. Harvard 5:30.098
5. Penn 5:34.046
6. Syracuse 5:34.710
7. Northeastern 5:39.576

Second Varsity Eight Heat
1. Princeton 5:33.532
2. Dartmouth 5:34.512
3. Brown 5:34.844
4. Navy 5:48.414
5. Georgetown 5:49.240

Second Varsity Eight Grand Final
1. Princeton 5:34.498
2. Harvard 5:37.196
3. Dartmouth 5:38.626
4. Syracuse 5:38.938
5. Yale 5:40.162
6. Northeastern 5:47.066

Third Varsity Eight Heat
1. Princeton 5:40.911
2. Boston University 5:41.739
3. Syracuse 5:43.507
4. Wisconsin 5:58.469
5. Georgetown 6:07.919

Third Varsity Eight Grand Final
1. Princeton 5:39.776
2. Harvard 5:42.062
3. Yale 5:43.158
4. Dartmouth 5:47.142
5. Brown 5:47.922
6. Boston University 5:51638

Fourth Varsity Eight Heat
1. Dartmouth 5:47.902
2. Syracuse 5:51.084
3. Princeton 5:54.352
4. Navy 5:56.978
5. Holy Cross 6:24.930

Fourth Varsity Eight Petite Final
1. Princeton 5:52.627
2. Harvard 5:54.691
3. Northeasterm 5:57.133
4. Cornell 5:57.609
5. Navy 5:59.277
6. Georgetown 6:19.104

Fifth Varsity Eight Grand Final
1. Dartmouth 5:50.205
2. Yale 5:51.345
3. Brown 5:59.866
4. Navy 6:04.260
5. Princeton 6:09.578
6. Penn 6:14.570

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