The Yale lightweights won both the 3V and the 2F races today at the HYP Regatta on Lake Carnegie, and that’s 6 great points for the Vogel Cup. But Lake Carnegie turned into Lake Carnage for two other Y150 crews, and that meant that Yale lost it’s two year hold on the Vogel Cup. The last regular season race for all three schools saw Harvard win both the varsity and the first freshman eights, while Princeton used a fast third 500 to take the race away from the Yale 2V. Both crews beat the #1 ranked 2V Harvard. But that was the only low point for the Crimson, who took both the Vogel Cup and the Goldthwait Cup.
Yale and Harvard are now tied 4-4 in the Vogel Cup series, while Princeton has yet to claim a win in the points trophy named for long-time Y150 coach Dave Vogel ‘71.
The intensity of the rivalry between these three schools has meant that no school has swept this regatta in over ten years, and today saw Harvard win two, Yale win two, and Princeton win one. And while that is technically correct, it would be remiss to say anything other than it was Harvard’s day on the Lake.
Lake Carnage
May, 1