Princeton's varsity eight showed why it's number four in the coaches' poll this morning with a convincing win over #7 Syracuse and #18 Georgetown in what was billed as a scrimmage on Lake Carnegie.
Syracuse took the early lead with the Tigers in third, trailing the Hoyas. But Princeton rowed through the Hoyas and drew even with the Orange about 750 meters into the race. At the halfway point the Tigers had edged ahead and steadily opened the lead to win it by about a length of open water.
Georgetown closed on SU in the sprint but still finished third.
Princeton 5:48.6
SU 5:55.1
Georgetown 5:56.5.
Conditions - tailwind to varying crosswind- 38 degrees and sunny.
Princeton repeated the feat in the JV race with pretty much the same strategy. Syracuse led early but the Tigers took up the stroke and caught the Orange about 750 meters in. By the halfway point Princeton had the lead and while SU stayed in contact, it was the Tigers winning it. Georgetown trailed by a good margin.
PU 6:01.4
SU 6:04.7
GU 6:43.2
The Tiger frosh made it three-for-three - beating SU easily. The Orange led Georgetown across the line by about a length of open water.
PU 6:06.3
SU 6:18.4
GU 6:24.9
Princeton's 3V made it a sweep with a tight win over the Orange - the closest race of the day. The Tigers got across the finish line about a half length ahead of SU, which moved up during the sprint.
PU 6:12.3 SU 6:14.2
The crews were scheduled for some shorter scrimmage pieces later in the morning.
Syracuse is off for the next two weeks before heading to Ithaca to take on Cornell and Navy in the Goes Cup races April 16. The sixth-ranked Big Red took a beating from #3 Harvard on the Charles River this morning.
Results here courtesy of row 2k.com.
Other Men's results
12th ranked Boston University clobbered #5 Brown.
Results here courtesy of row2k.com.
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