conditions: atrocious. Swift cross/tail wind. Waves up to four feet high. Temps in the 80s, baking sun. Pleasure boat traffic and huge wakes.Races were supposedly 2000 meters, but rowed off a floating start (and, in one random and unannounced case, a running start), so races varied in length making times uncomparable. This was especially an issue in those events with five entries, where the top four times spread over two heats qualified for the finals, but with races of indeterminate length no one knew who the fastest four crews were. In the men's varsity eight, William and Mary and Mercyhurst were added and dropped from the finals several times before a five-crew final was ultimately agreed on.
But when things were running, the races were exciting and competitive.
Men's V 8+: Heat A: Heat B: UVA 5:27.2 George Mason 5:51.6 Hobart 5:41.08 William & Mary 5:55.97 Mercyhurst 5:42.51 Final: UVA 6:08.7 Mason 6:21.82 Mercyhurst 6:24.63 Hobart 6:30.1 William & Mary 6:39.7 Men's 2V 8+: Final: UVA 5:57.3 William & Mary 6:05.54 Mercyhurst 6:20.02 Hobart 6:27.9 Men's Frosh 8+: Heat A: Heat B: William & Mary 5:17.80 UVA 5:55.60 UNC 1F 5:30.44 UNC 2F 6:24.77 George Mason 5:31.18 UNC 3F 6:45.15 Final: UVA 5:39.2 William & Mary 5:55.74 UNC 1F 6:03.3 UNC 2F 6:11.7 Men's Frosh 4+: Final: UVA 6:49.4 UNC 7:05.72 William & Mary 7:15.87 Women's V 8+: Heat A: Heat B: William Smith 6:35.90 Navy 5:57.88 Mercyhurst 6:51.99 William & Mary 6:04.26 George Mason 7:03.08 Final: William Smith 6:51.5 Navy 6:56.52 William & Mary 7:10.69 Mercyhurst 7:20.8 Women's 2V 8+: Heat A: Heat B: George Mason 6:51.30 Navy 6:00.37 William Smith 6:52.56 William & Mary 6:15.37 Mercyhurst 7:00.98 Final: Navy 6:15.2 William Smith 6:28.71 George Mason 6:31.94 William & Mary 6:36.4 Women's Nov 8+: Final: Navy 1N 5:45.88 Navy 2N 5:53.97 William & Mary 5:58.19 George Mason 6:26.18 Women Nov 4+: Final: William Smith 8:08.08 William & Mary 8:33.61 Club events: Women's Club 8+s: Old Towne RC 4:10.20 Norwalk Academy 4:25.14 Men's Club 8+s: Virginia Rowing Club 4:47.9 Old Towne RC 4:54.83 Hampton Roads RC 5:07.50 Men's Club/College 4+s: UVA 3V 6:25.77 Hampton Roads RC 6:38.08 George Mason 2V 6:48.79 Men's Club 4+s (1000 meters): Norfolk Collegiate 6:02.86 Old Towne RC 7:24.26 Girl's Scholastic 4+s (1000 meters): Maury HS 4:17.2 Norfolk Academy A 4:33.94 Norfolk Collegiate 4:46.33 Cox HS 4:49.2 Norfolk Academy B 7:05.1
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