7 up 3 down

The Yale lightweights took seven out of ten races this weekend, but not the ones that would bring home the silver. After sweeping the first four races in dramatic fashion at the HYP, it all looked good for the Elis. But the varsity Goldthwait Cup race was all Harvard as the Crimson moved away for their first win since 2005. Because the Yale 1V finished third, Harvard was also able to come back in the Vogel Cup standings to claim the Cup 32 points to 31 for Yale, with Princeton third with 21.
Due to flooding on the Housatonic, the Durand Cup against Dartmouth and Rutgers was postponed until the day after the HYP. Dartmouth, coming off a big win over #1 ranked Cornell in Ithaca, proved their speed again with a 2.7 second win over Yale, with Rutgers 12 seconds back. Yale had success in most of the other races, with the only glitch being the Yale 2F getting DQ’d due to a buoy violation.