Platt Cup: In the closest lightweight men’s race of the season thus far, #2 Princeton defeated #3 Cornell to reclain the Platt Cup for the fist time since 2018. Though the Big Red won the 2V and 3V races, the Tigers came through where it counted, winning the V8 race by just 1.2 seconds. Race details here.
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The Tigers take home the Platt Cup!!!
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💻- https://t.co/VcGjZwi9GA – Int. pic.twitter.com/1kJF2cQ34u— Princeton Lights (@TigerLights) April 13, 2024
UVA Invite: The #1 Stanford, #4 Cal, #5 Yale, #11 Virginia, and #17 Oregon State women battled across two days of racing on Lake Monticello this past weekend. Both Stanford and Cal came away from the weekend undefeated, though the Pac-12 rivals did not race each other directly. While the Bears defeated the Cavaliers by 10 seconds in the V8 on Sunday, the Cardinal defeated the same crew on Saturday by an impressive 17 seconds. UVA head coach Kevin Sauer told UVA Athletics, “Stanford seems to be one of the fastest in the country right now.” Full results here.
📹 from today's UVA Invite at Lake Monticello! 🔶⚔️🔷 #GoHoos pic.twitter.com/9fzMe88TpM
— Virginia Rowing (@UVARowing) April 14, 2024
Mercer Invite: Sunday saw top junior crews from across the Mid-Atlantic region, and beyond, take to Lake Mercer for the Mercer Invitational. On the women’s side, Greenwich came away with the win in the 1V8+ race but were pushed by Saugatuck who finished only 4 seconds behind. This is a big turnaround from the last time these crews raced at the 2023 Youth Nationals where Greewich beat Saugatuck by nearly 20 seconds in the semifinal, sending Saugatuck to the B final and advancing to second place in the A final. On the men’s side, Greenwich defeated St. Joe’s Prep by three seconds, an identical margin to the one that separated these two crews at last year’s Youth Nationals in the B final. Full results here.
#2 Tufts Women defeat #1 Wesleyan: On Saturday, just outside of Boston, the #2 Tufts women defeated top-ranked Wesleyan, #4 Bates, and #5 Wellesley, the defending DIII National Champions. The Jumbos completed the clean sweep, defeating all opponents in the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth varsity eights. More race details can be found here.
