NAVY TAKES 3V8; ORANGE SECOND IN OPENING RACE

Navy's Midshipmen grabbed a deck lead over Syracuse off the start and never trailed in the third varsity eight race at Annapolis this morning. Syracuse stayed within about a deck until the halfway point as Cornell slipped back. Navy and SU both rowed the body of the race at 36spm, acording to Navy's internet announcer. The Middies pulled away from SU in the sprint and wound up winning by about a length in an unofficial time of 5:56.6. SU was at 5:59.6 and the Big Red trailed in 6:07.7. Racing was delayed about 20 minutes and moved to an alternate course because of conditions.