VARSITY EIGHT ADVANCES TO SEMIS - FACES WASHINGTON, CAL, COLUMBIA, NE, BU ON FRIDAY - JV, V4 ALSO IN SEMIS

The Syracuse Varsity Eight rowed its way into the semi-finals with a second place finish in this afternoon’s repechage, going through Princeton in the last 30 strokes. Brown won it, racing a blistering 39 strokes a minute with Princeton trying to keep up through the first 1,000 meters. The Orange fought off Navy then went after the Tigers and caught them near the end. All three crews advance. Navy, Oregon State and Jacksonville go to the third level final.

Brown 5:37.60
Syracuse 5:39.93
Princeton 5:41.19
Navy 5:44.11
Oregon State 5;49.78
Jacksonville 5:52.81

BU, Cornell and Northeastern advanced from the first repechage, with BU coming from behind at the end to win by .06 seconds. Stanford came in fourth and was shut out – trailing #3 Northeastern by .78 seconds. Perhaps the biggest surprise – Wisconsin was fifth.

BU 5:31.64
Cornell 5:31.70
Northeastern 5:32.066
Stanford 5:32.84
Wisconsin 5:38.14
Penn 5:50.13

So - SU, Brown, Princeton, BU, Cornell and Northeastern join this morning's qualifiers - Washington, Cal, Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth and Columbia in the semi-finals tomorrow.

Syracuse will race in semi-final #1 on Friday, scheduled at 12:15. The Orange will be in lane one with Columbia in two, Washington in three, Cal in four, BU in five and Northeastern in lane six. The top three advance to the Grand Final on Saturday with the others in the Petites. To get to the Grands, Syracuse will have to beat three crews it has beaten before this year, Columbia, BU and Northeastern. That, of course was then. This is now – well, tomorrow.


The JV eight rows in the second semi-final on Friday at noon. SU is on the outside in lane six. Yale is in lane one, Wisconsin in two, Washington in three, Brown in four and Princeton next to the Orange in lane five.

Frosh Fall to Third Level


SU’s Frosh fell short in this afternoon’s repechage, finishing fifth in a race that sends the top three finishers on to the semi-finals. Stanford and Wisconsin battled for the lead with Stanford winning it by just over a second. Oregon State took third with Penn coming back to edge SU for fourth. So the Orange frosh wind up in the third level and have a day to get ready for Saturday’s racing.

Stanford 5:44.24
Wisconsin 5:45.48
Oregon State 5:47.88
Penn 5:52.21
SU 5:52.28
Northeastern 6:00.66

Brown rowed through Navy to win the first repechage with the Midshipmen second and Columbia third. All three advance to the semis.

Brown 5:42.72
Navy 5:44.15
Columbia 5:46.47
Yale 5:48.76
Dartmouth 6:03.03

The Frosh will race Saturday morning at 8:12 against Northeastern, Yale, Dartmouth, and Penn.
Varsity Four Moves into Semis

Syracuse’s varsity four wrapped up the Orange racing for the day by qualifying for the semi-finals with a second place finish in the repechage. Brown won the race easily with the Orange coming through Princeton in the second half of the race and then holding onto second by nine-thousandths of a second. All three crews advance.

Brown 6:31.00
SU 6:35.000
Princeton 6:35.009
Holy Cross 6:39.07
Loyola, Md. 6:50.01
Navy 6:50.92

George Washington edged Temple in the second repechage with Penn holding off Harvard to take the third qualifying spot.

GWU 6:23.17
Temple 6:23.30
Penn 6:25.16
Harvard 6:26.10
Drexel 6:45.70
St. Joseph’s 6:50/49

Brown, SU, Princeton, George Washington, Temple and Penn join Wisconsin, Yale, Washington, Georgetown, Stanford, and Cal all of whom qualified in the morning heats.