Yale’s combo four of two lightweights and two heavyweights found that two days of tight racing took its toll today. The crew lined up on the Bucks station against Newcastle University on the Berkshire station. Newcastle had defeated Glasgow the day prior, and the times of the two races were similar, which predicted a close match.
It proved to the case, as there was “nothing in it” as the commentators were wont to say throughout the 2112 meter course. Newcastle held a slight lead throughout, but in terms of feet not lengths. It was only at the end when Newcastle was able to push past Yale to the final verdict of 1 and 1/4 lengths.
With this defeat the season of Captain Brendan McCook ‘10 draws to a close. Brendan is off to the Naval Sub School later this summer. His classmate John Grunyk ‘10 will continue to wear the large block “Y” of Yale as he will race in Beijing with a Y150 crew in late July.
Yale 4+ loses tight race to Newcastle; Henley run over
July, 2