George Washington University
Eastern Sprints
GW Men's Rowing Competes at Eastern Sprints
5/15/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Rowing
Official Results
WORCESTER, Mass. - The George Washington men's rowing team combined to make one Grand Final, one Petite Final and a pair of Third-Level Final appearances on Sunday at the 71st annual Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC) Sprints on Lake Quinsigamond.
Conditions featured a crosswind of 15-20 miles per hour with consistent gusts throughout the two sessions.
The Varsity 8 equaled its seeding by taking second place in the Third-Level Final to finish 14th overall. GW's time of 5:48.957 was just four seconds behind first-place Navy (5:44.845). The Colonials finished ahead of Holy Cross (5:53.922), Georgetown (5:55.516), MIT (5:57.337) and Rutgers (6:12.219).
GW's V8 had finished in fifth place in its morning heat with a time of 6:00.615.
After placing fifth in its morning heat with a time of 6:07.435, GW's 2nd Varsity 8 also notched a second-place finish in the Third-Level Final with a time of 5:57.147. The Colonials finished just one second behind Columbia (5:56.258) and ahead of Georgetown (5:59.795), Holy Cross (6:10.428), MIT (6:13.327) and Rutgers (6:14.232) to place 14th overall.
"The 2V8 was much closer to Columbia today then we were a few weeks ago," said Head Coach Mark Davis. "That is promising as we work to get faster in the next few weeks."
The 3rd Varsity 8 placed third in a very competitive Petite Final to place ninth overall, one spot ahead of its seed. The Petite Final saw all six crews finish within 10 seconds of each other. Yale won the final in 5:58.363, followed by Dartmouth (6:01.922), GW (6:02.184), Syracuse (6:05.227), Navy (6:05.992) and Penn (6:08.404).
The 3V8 clinched a spot in the Petite Final after placing third in its morning heat with a time of 6:11.812.
The 4th Varsity 8 made an appearance in the Grand Final, where it placed sixth with a time of 6:12.925. Princeton won the final with a time of 5:59.877, followed by Harvard (6:02.382), Cornell (6:04.132), Boston University (6:08.162), Brown (6:10.72) and GW (6:12.295).
"Our strongest showing was the 4V8," said Coach Davis. "It was a really nice effort by them. It is a really young group with five freshmen so we are excited for them and the future of that boat."
The 4V8 earned a spot in the Grand Final after placing second in its morning heat, finishing with a time of 6:14.167, behind only BU (6:12.801).
"It was a solid day of racing for all of our crews," said Coach Davis. "Now we get back to work in a couple of days and turn our attention to the upcoming IRA National Championships."
