Coach Dave Reischman’s Varsity Eight did it again this
afternoon, out-rowing Princeton by half a second to make the Grand Final at the
IRA. The two teams that battled in a
preseason scrimmage what seems so long ago fought to the wire this time, with
the Orange getting the oars in last to grab 3rd in the race and the
final spot in the Grands. Brown and Harvard were one-two, as Bruno repeated its
Eastern Sprints win over the Crimson.
Top-seeded Washington won the second semi with Boston U pulling off the upset to finish second and California taking the third and last qualifying spot.
Princeton started the race challenging Harvard for the lead
off the start, but soon fell into third as Brown went through Harvard to
lead. As Cornell and Penn slid back, the
Orange went after the Tigers and drew even, then into a one or two seat lead.
Princeton responded and SU fought back.
As they fought in the sprint, the announcer called out “Syracuse
Pops the Clutch.” Aiden Barrett and his mates had found one more gear.
It took a few minutes to make it official and when the times
went up, the Orange had done it by just over half a second.
Conditions were very different from Thursday and the times
reflected that. A thunderstorm rolled through late morning and postponed the
semis four about two hours. When they
got going the Cooper River water was rolling and the wind pushing against the
crews.
The Orange dealt with it and will go against the other big
boys on Saturday.
Second Varsity to
Petite Finals
Syracuse’s JV eight struggled in this afternoon’s semi-final
and wound last in the field of six and will race in the Petite Final on
Saturday. Washington won the heat, with
Harvard and Stanford taking second and third to qualify for the Grand
Final. Navy and Princeton were next and
will join Syracuse in the Petite along with Penn, Cornell and Boston
University. Cal, Wisconsin and Brown
qualified for the Grand Final by finishing one-two-three in the semi.
Open 4 to Petite
SU’s Open Four fell behind at the start in its morning semi
and never got close, finishing last. It
is scheduled to race againt in the
Petite Final Saturday
The SU freshman eight goes in the 3rd level final
scheduled at 9:25 Saturday.
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