Another championship regatta saw Y150 take away some hard-earned hardware and medals. With a bronze medal in the lightweight eight, a gold medal in the coxless fours, and a very daring and respectable 12th place in the freshman heavyweight eight by the Yale freshman lightweights, the Y150 IRA squad had a day for the record books.
The scorching hot Cooper River race course yielded some barn-burning racing today in the lightweight eight national championship. Early leader Princeton was chased down first by Cornell, then Yale, and then Navy. When the music stopped, Cornell was the national champion, and in the mad rush for the finish line Navy just nipped Yale to take the silver medal. The first-to-fourth separation was a mere 2.754 seconds. Full results.
In what could possibly be the last time the Gordon Hoople Trophy is contested at the IRA, the men’s varsity coxless four was won by
Yale ‘A’, with a stunning 7.263 second win over second-place Navy. Yale ‘B’ also made the Grand Final after a thrilling come-from-behind race in the repechage, and came in a respectable 5th in the Grand. Full results.
The freshman lightweights raced up in class, taking on the best freshman heavyweight eights in the country. A 5th place in the heat meant a trip to the reps, where they had to come back through Dartmouth, Penn, and Gonzaga to make the A/B Semi-Finals. After the thrilling rep, though, the speed just wasn’t there to hang with the top three crews, and the lights were sent to the Petite Finals, where they finished 6th, for an overall 12th place finish. This being the first (and most likely last) time a second entry from one university will be allowed, the Y150 freesh represented the EARC lightweight league with honor.