Collegiate Men & Women: Presidents' Cup - Colby, Bates, Bowdoin
April 20, 2008; Lewiston, ME

Submitted by Andrew Carter.

Distance: 1500m
Conditions: Races were run into a significant current flowing at 36400 cfs. 1500m was used to approximate 2000m still water distance. Calm conditions to start for MV8, WV4, W2V8, MN4. Progressively increasing tail wind against current creating chop through racing for WN4, M2V8, MV4, WV8.
Comments: Colby M2V8 caught a significant crab about 2/3 through the race. At the time they were 1 length ahead of Bates 3V. Bowdoin 1V4 snagged debris on their fin about 2/3-3/4 through the race. At the time they were sitting third behind Bates and Colby and ahead of Bowdoin B

Results

Men's Racing

MV8:
Bates 5:44.84
Bowdoin 6:03.53
Colby 6:04.71

M2V8:
Bates 6:07.06
Bates 3V 6:26.77
Colby 6:40.63

MV4:
Bates no time
Colby no time
Bowdoin B no time
Bowdoin A no time

MN4:
Colby 7:05.93
Bates 7:29.17
Bowdoin 7:29.91

Women's Racing

WV8:
Bates 6:50.98
Bowdoin 7:16.11
Colby 7:21.94

W2V8:
Bates 6:59.19
Colby 7:07.34
Colby 3V 7:37.23

WV4:
Bates 7:30.15
Colby 8:02.06
Bowdoin A 8:23.25
Bowdoin B 8:33.80

WN4:
Colby 7:54.99
Bowdoin A 9:04.19
Bates 9:26.12
Bowdoin B 9:29.67

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