Submitted by Dale Wickenheiser.
Distance: 2.5 miles Conditions: Sunny and hot. Flat water. Little to no breeze. Slight current. Comments: Downstream course has 6 turns between Community Rowing and the Cambridge Boat Club.
Floating start. Both crews started at 38+ and settled to 33-34.
It was stroke for stroke most of the course. Both crews used the multiple turns to open or close a gap with Boston Latin just leading for most of the race. Coming into the last 500 meters Boston Latin held 1/2 length open lead.
Cambridge closed to within a length but with 100 meters to go, both crews came upon (and split around) a novice crew that suddenly swerved to port forcing Cambridge to steer hard to port to avoid a collision.
Conclusion was Cambridge probably would not have caught Boston and the results stand. An unfortunate finish to such a well contested event.
Winning time bested the previous year's time by 53 seconds.
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Varsity 8 |
BLS Girls |
14:06 |
CRLS Girls |
14:10 |
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