The largest regatta for collegiate teams, the ACRA Championship, concluded on Sunday, May 19 with a flurry of thrilling races in both the men’s and women’s varsity eights. Five of the last seven races, the men’s A, B, C, and D finals in addition to the A, B, and C women’s finals, featured at least one official “photofinish” on the HereNow results.
To continue reading…
This article is exclusively for Rowing News subscribers. For as little as $5 a month, you can get access to the best quality, independent reporting on all the issues that matter to the North American rowing community.
Already a subscriber? Login
On the women’s side, Vanderbilt beat Purdue to the line by less than three-tenths of a second, avenging last year’s silver medal.
In the men’s A final, Notre Dame won their first-ever ACRA championship by 1.5 seconds. Just behind them, Virginia defeated defending champs UCLA by a mere four-tenths of a second.
Furthermore, in the men’s varsity eight C final, Middlebury finished fourth, just .4 seconds behind Lehigh and a mere .104 seconds ahead of UC Davis, a literal bow ball.
These races provided an exciting end to what was already a highly competitive and hard-fought regatta for the 301 crews that raced, representing 68 teams. All races were live streamed on YouTube.
