Despite beating everyone in the EARC league at least once this year, the Yale lightweights were unable to beat ‘em all at the same time down in Camden on a flooded Cooper River course. In the morning heats, despite a rudder-and-skeg misadventure, Yale snuck into the Grand Finals, finishing third. In the afternoon final, a strong start saw Yale in the lead at 500 meters, but by the 1000 the Eli had faded to third. The second half of the race saw Yale unable to find championship base speed, a problem all year for the Blue. Yale finished fifth in a pack with Princeton, Columbia, and Navy, all crews that had handed over their shirts to Yale during the course of the season. Cornell won their second IRA win by the slimmest of margins over Harvard. Both crews had lost to Y 150 during the year. Interestingly, the silver and bronze medal crews at the Sprints – Navy and Yale respectively – wound up fifth and sixth just two weeks later, highlighting just how close the racing is in the EARC lightweight league. The margin from first-to-sixth was only 4.47 seconds. The 4- of young oarsmen from the bronze medalist 2V boat finished ninth overall. The senior pair of James Higgins and Dan Coleman finished 16th. For full results, click here.