Orange JV, Varsity Four to Petite Finals

Syracuse’s JV gave Wisconsin a strong fight but wound up short this afternoon, finishing fourth in the semi-final. Washington won it, with Brown second. SU caught up to the Badgers at about the halfway point but Wisconsin came back and then opened a length lead in the third 500 meters and held onto it.

Washington 5:45.823
Brown 5:46.803
Wisconsin 5:52.197
SU 5:57.016
Yale 6:05.649
Princeton 6:08.975

Cal won the first JV semi-final in a tight one over Harvard and Cornell held on for the third spot to qualify for the Grand Final.

Cal 5:48.266
Harvard 5:49.871
Cornell 5:56.726
Columbia 6:00.247
Northeastern 6:00.454
BU 6:00.800


Syracuse races Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Northeastern and BU in the petite final tomorrow at 10:30.



The Orange Varsity four, racing for the third time in less than 24 hours wound up fifth in this morning’s semi-final and will finish its racing in the Petite Finals tomorrow. The Orange came back in the sprint to beat out Penn by .72 seconds. That margin was huge compared to what happened up front - a four-way photo finish that saw Wisconsin win it by a hair over Stanford in second – a split hair over Georgetown which took third by less than a split hair over George Washington.

Wisconsin 6:28.966
Stanford 6:29.356
Georgetown 6:29.365
George Washington 6:29.412
Syracuse 6:45.086
Penn 6:45.807


Washington won the first semi easily with Cal second and Brown taking third after going through Temple with about 500 meters to go and holding off the Owls in the sprint by half a second.

Washington 6:24.30
Cal 6:28.67
Brown 6:30.98
Temple 6:31.24
Yale 6:36.51
Princeton 6:46.10

SU will take on George Washington, Penn, Temple, Yale and Princeton in the petite final on Saturday scheduled at 9:24 a.m.