Conditions: light tailwind, extremely good water made for very fast conditions. Varsity 8 time was record-setting for the Carnegie, as was the HW men's time in the Brown race, held earlier in the morning.
Varsity 8 Princeton 5:38.42 Yale 5:43.37 Harvard 5:46.43 In the first 15 strokes of this event, the Harvard stroke ripped out yet another Resolute steering system. Breakage rules were 500 meters, and the HArvard cox immediately put his hand in the air, and official Ron Chen stopped the race. The steering mechanism was fixed on the water by Princeton boatman Brad Woodrick, and the race was restarted after about a 15 minute delay. Yale took an early lead, which they stretched to up to six seats at times in the first 100 meters. Harvard led Princeton early, until late in the second 500 when Princeton started to push the field slightly. The third 500, however, was dominated by Princeton, who came from third into a very strong second position. As Yale responded, the Harvard crew appeared unable to match the pace of the race for the lead, and trailed by about one length on both Princeton and Yale for some time. Princeton went past Yale at around 1300 meters and never stopped moving away. Both Yale and Princeton went across the 500-to-go mark at very near 40 spm, with Princeton about a beat higher, but Princeton did not falter. The final time beat the previous LW men's record on Lake Carnegie by five seconds; Yale's time missed matching the course record by just a fraction of a second. Second Varsity Princeton 5:47.25 Yale 5:51.60 Harvard 6:04.08 Third Varsity 4 Princeton A 6:43.68 Princeton B 6:52.78 Yale 6:56.47 Harvard A 7:02.36 Harvard B 7:04.88 First Freshman Princeton 5:49.71 Yale 5:50.86 Harvard 5:59.62 It looked like Yale would win this one for about 1850 meters, as they established an early lead that seemed almost insurmountable at times. Princeton started charging late in the third 500, and almost methodically rowed into Yale's lead, getting by with about 10 strokes to go for the win. Second Freshman Harvard 6:05.71 Princeton 6:11.32 Yale 6:22.32
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