George Washington University
Playfair Cup w/Boston, Navy
Women's Rowing Falls to BU, Navy in Playfair Cup
4/5/2004 12:00:00 AM | Rowing
April 5, 2004
WASHINGTON, DC - The GW Women's Rowing team hosted the annual Playfair Cup on April 4 against Boston University and the U.S. Naval Academy Saturday on the Potomac River. The Colonials also raced against MIT later Saturday morning.
Following several days of rain, the race course had a strong current and a cross-tail wind led to some choppy, yet fast water conditions. In the Varsity Eight race, BU was able to outlast GW down the 2,000-meter course and won in a time of 5:43.1, two seconds ahead of the Colonials (5:45.3). The second varsity eight was another close race until the GW boat hit the race course buoy and was edged out. The Navy second varsity eight won by three seconds over BU.
Navy 5:51.7
BU 5:54.2
GW 5:58.4
BU won both of the novice eight races over Navy and GW. In the first novice eight event, debris in the river caused equipment breakage and the GW first novice boat was unable to race.
BU 5:54.9
Navy 6:07.9
GW 6:52.9
Second Novice Eight
BU no time taken
Navy + 5.4
GW +7.8
In the second round of racing, the GW boats swept the MIT boats. In the first novice event, the Navy boat raced again and pulled out a one second win.
Varsity 8:
GW 5:40.6
MIT 5:55.4
2nd Varsity 8:
GW 5:41.8
MIT 6:05.1
Novice 8:
Navy 5:44.1
GW 5:45.1
MIT 5:56.6
2nd Novice 8:
GW 6:07.5
MIT Lightweights 6:29.3
The Colonials will be at home Saturday, April 10, for the 17th Annual GW Invitational Crew Classic. Crews from Tennessee, Columbia, Navy, Georgetown and Saint Joseph's will come to the Potomac River to race for one of the coveted GW Invitational trophies. Racing begins at 9:00 a.m. and concludes at 4:00 p.m. with the varsity eights. The best viewing is from Washington Harbour at 3000 K Street, NW. Admission is free.
For more information about race times, or directions, contact the GW Rowing office at (202) 994-8603, or via e-mail at either gwcrew@gwu.edu or crewalum@gwu.edu.
