You know the end of the season is coming all along, but somehow when it arrives, it seems sudden. So it is for the Syracuse men’s crew team, which finished top ten in both the varsity and JV eights at the IRA.
Coach Dave Reischman’s varsity came in as the seven-seed, off a fifth place finish at the Eastern Sprints. The JV was seeded fifth, having taken bronze in the Sprints Grand Final.
In the end, both finished ninth – third in the Petite Finals in Camden. The frosh were third in the third level and the V4 was sixth in the petite.
“Doing well at the IRA for all but the 2 or 3 crews at the top is about getting on a roll and getting the right draw and the right lane at the right time,” Reischman said in an email to SU Crew supporters. “I thought we raced hard all weekend but just couldn't seem to get the break we needed to get over the hump. That is boat racing though and you take the good with the bad.”
Friday Semi-finals – Varsity 5th; JV Just Misses
To get to the Grand Final, the Orange Varsity Eight had to beat a crew it hadn’t beaten this season – California or Princeton or Brown AND get past Cornell. Neither happened and the Orange wound up fifth, just behind the Big Red. Cal, Brown and Princeton moved on to the Grand Final and SU was set up for its fourth race in three days with Cornell in the Petites.
“The guys felt they didn't leave any bullets in the gun and left it all out on the water,” Coach Dave Reischman said in a Friday night email.
For the JV, it was heart-breakingly close and again it was the Big Red doing the heart-breaking, by half a second. With Washington and California in front, Cornell grabbed the third GF spot. The Orange JV was just about a length out of first.
“We executed everything exactly the way we wanted and did a nice job of fighting back,” Reischman said. “We just ran out of race course.”
The Varsity four wound up last in its semi and also moved on to the Petite Finals
Times here courtesy of row2k.com.
Saturday Petites
The Orange and Big Red varsity eights met six times this season. SU won the first two. Cornell took the rest. For the fourth time in three days, the Big Red held off the Orange and this time won the Petite Final at the IRA. Stanford was second with SU just behind. The difference between Cornell and SU – a second-and-a half – a quarter of second between the Cardinal and the Orange. Yale was fourth.
The JV also wound up third, behind Yale, which won it wire-to-wire, and Brown. Syracuse rowed through BU in the sprint to finish in third.
The Varsity four with cox wound up last in the Petite.
Times here courtesy of row2k.com
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