(April 13 - Derby) The Cornell U. lightweights won all four races today on the Housatonic, but not without some pressure from Yale.
In the 1F, Yale held a small lead through most of the race course, but Yale could not hold off the Big Red challenge in the last 1/3rd of the race, and Cornell went on to win by 2.14 seconds. The 2V race was even tighter, with Cornell and Yale trading the lead throughout the race. Coming into the last 100 meters, Cornell had the lead but Yale was closing fast. It wasn’t enough for the Bulldogs though, as it was Cornell by a foot in the end.
The varsity race was next, and two quality crews put up fast times for the conditions. Cornell had the better piece though, winning it through the body of the course, and finishing in 5:56.0 to Yale’s 5:59.46. The last race was the 3V, and that was all Cornell, winning by 13 seconds.
Next week will also see Y150 racing twice, but this time it’s a road-and-home I-91 experience, racing Dartmouth for the Durand Cup in Hanover in the morning and M.I.T. for the Joy Cup in Derby in the afternoon.