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Navy Women Record Four Top-10 Finishes at Eastern Sprints
May 13, 2007
Camden, N.J. -- The Navy women's crew team saw four of its six boats record top-10 finishes at the Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges Championship (Eastern Sprints), held Sunday on the Cooper River in Camden, N.J. Navy's varsity entry was the eighth-seeded boat in its flight, but was found itself in a heat that included nationally-ranked Brown (No. 4 overall, No. 2 at Sprints) and Radcliffe (No. 14 nationally, No. 5 at Sprints). The Mids posted a time of 7:18.082 in the race to hold off Boston College for fourth place by seven-hundredths of a second, a showing that sent the Mids into the petite final for the third time in the last four years. There, Navy placed sixth with a time of 7:08.147. "We would have liked to have finished higher in the petite final, but I think our sprint to edge Boston College took a lot out of us," said Navy head coach Mike Hughes. The lone Navy crew to advance to a grand final on the day was the third varsity four B boat, which won its trial heat before placing fourth in the grand final. In addition to the first varsity crew, additional Navy entries to compete in their respective petite finals were the second varsity eight (fifth place), third varsity four A (third) and first novice eight (second) boats. The first freshman eight boat placed eighth overall in its class, the third varsity four A boat placed ninth and the second varsity crew placed 11th. The eighth-place finish by the freshman crew is the second-best showing by the boat at the Eastern Sprints in school history, the varsity four boat's finish tied for the best placing by the Mids at the event and the second varsity boat has now placed among the top-11 crews at the championship in each of the last three years. Navy's second novice eight boat was the top-seeded crew in its division, but the rudder on the boat broke at the very start of the race. The Mids veered their way in each of the lanes down the course to a third-place finish in its heat. "That was disappointing as we felt the crew was capable of at least winning a medal, if not the grand final," said Hughes of Navy's second novice crew. Navy's first varsity, varsity four and first novice boats all improved upon their finishes at the Eastern Sprints from last season. The first varsity boat won the third-level final to place 13th overall last year, the varsity four boat improved by three placings and the first novice boat improved its finish by six spots. "It was a decent day for us, but it was not entirely indicative of how our season went," said Hughes. "We had our best finish in program history at the Head of the Charles and won the Playfair Cup (against Boston University and George Washington) for the first time. We had several of our boats finish the regular season with undefeated records, while our varsity boat entered the postseason with a 13-2 record. Today did not go as well as we were hoping for in some of the races, but we did achieve a great deal on the entire year." First Varsity Eight -- 12th of 18 overall Second Varsity Eight -- 11th of 15 overall Third Varsity Four A -- 9th of 15 overall Third Varsity Four B -- 4th of 11 overall First Novice Eight -- 8th of 16 overall Second Novice Eight -- 7th of 7 overall |
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