Princeton University Athletics
Saturday, June 1
West Windsor, N.J.
Princeton University
vs
IRA National Championships
Women's Lightweight Rowing 1V races for gold tomorrow.
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No. 1 Women's Lightweight Rowing's Three IRA Boats Will Race For Gold
June 01, 2024 | Women's Rowing - Lightweight
WEST WINDSOR – The No. 1 Princeton Women's Lightweight Team had each boat qualify for its IRA Grand Final on Saturday morning at Mercer Lake.
The 2x of Amelia Boehle and Sidney Bae won a thrilling heat, trailing by as many as six seconds to rally for the victory. Georgetown jumped out after the first 500m with a 1:48.2 while the Princeton duo posted a 1:54.1. The Tigers were fourth at the 1,000m point, but rowed a blistering 1:54.24 and 1:55.3 splits over the final 1,000m to make up the difference and take the top time (7:40.55) in front of the Hoyas (7:41.06), Stanford (7:41.5) and Wisconsin (7:42.5).
Princeton's 4+ also rallied, trailing by almost 1.5 seconds at the halfway mark to earn a close .23-second decision (7:23.30) over MIT (7:23.5) and BU (7:23.6).
Head coach Paul Rassam's 1V led throughout its race for lanes and had secured the top time of 6:31.7, two seconds of Radcliffe (6:33.2) and Stanford (6:33.2).
The 2x of Amelia Boehle and Sidney Bae won a thrilling heat, trailing by as many as six seconds to rally for the victory. Georgetown jumped out after the first 500m with a 1:48.2 while the Princeton duo posted a 1:54.1. The Tigers were fourth at the 1,000m point, but rowed a blistering 1:54.24 and 1:55.3 splits over the final 1,000m to make up the difference and take the top time (7:40.55) in front of the Hoyas (7:41.06), Stanford (7:41.5) and Wisconsin (7:42.5).
The 2X Grand Final is 8:10 a.m. and will feature Princeton, Stanford, Oklahoma City, BU, Georgetown and MIT. Boehle is going for her third gold medal in a row in this event.WHAT A RACE!
— Tiger Light Women (@tigerwlights) June 1, 2024
The 2x rallies from over six seconds back to take home the heat victory by half a second! https://t.co/HH3rctT0u5 pic.twitter.com/R3qsXpJdV3
Princeton's 4+ also rallied, trailing by almost 1.5 seconds at the halfway mark to earn a close .23-second decision (7:23.30) over MIT (7:23.5) and BU (7:23.6).
This boat is going for its second straight gold medal in the Grand Final at 8:30 a.m. with Wisconsin, MIT, Stanford, Radcliffe and BU.2-for-2!
— Tiger Light Women (@tigerwlights) June 1, 2024
The varsity four wins another thriller by .23 seconds over MIT to take the heat! https://t.co/HH3rctT0u5 pic.twitter.com/kr76147u9p
Head coach Paul Rassam's 1V led throughout its race for lanes and had secured the top time of 6:31.7, two seconds of Radcliffe (6:33.2) and Stanford (6:33.2).
Princeton's 1V has not lost to another lightweight boat since the 2019 IRA Rowing Championships. The Grand Final is at 10:20 a.m.The 1V wins its race for lanes to make 3-for-3!https://t.co/HH3rctTyjD pic.twitter.com/7pMIlDCVpm
— Tiger Light Women (@tigerwlights) June 1, 2024
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