High School/Scholastic: NEIRA Boys & Girls Fours,du Pont Cup: Pomfret vs. BB&N, Gunn, St. Mark's, Taft, Miss Porter's, Winsor
May 13, 2023; Quasset Lake, Woodstock, CT

Submitted by Dave Ring.

Distance: 1500M
Conditions: No current. Very light tailwind to start; switched to a crossing headwind, which grew stronger during the middle of racing. Headwind was approximately 12MPH with variable and occasional gusts of ~17MPH. Winds diminished toward end of racing.
Comments: 1st Varsity Boats win 2023 du Pont Cup. Congratulations St. Mark's Boys and Winsor Girls. Order of races: G6, B5/6, G5, B3, G4, B4, G3, B2, G2, B1, G1. Note: In the G3 race, Miss P's caught a boat-stopping crab after the 100M mark; the race continued.

Results

Men's Racing

First Boat:
St. Mark's 5:35.2
BB&N 5:38.5
Pomfret 5:40.6
Frederick Gunn 5:44.6
Taft 5:50.0

Second Boat:
BB&N 5:42.9
Pomfret 5:45.2
Taft 5:46.1
Frederick Gunn 5:48.1
St. Mark's 6:14.3

Third Boat:
BB&N 5:43.7
Taft 5:56.4
St. Mark's 6:04.9
Pomfret 6:29.7

Fourth Boat:
BB&N 6:15.2
St. Mark's 6:40.8
Taft 6:53.7

Fifth Boat:
BB&N 5 6:12.5
BB&N 6 6:29.7
Pomfret 4 6:42.3
Taft 5 6:46.5

Women's Racing

First Boat:
Winsor 5:53.5
Taft 6:05.3
St. Mark's 6:22.2
Frederick Gunn 6:32.8
Pomfret 6:50.1
Miss Porter's 6:51.2

Second Boat:
Winsor 6:19.7
Taft 6:22.5
St. Mark's 6:36.7
Miss Porter's 6:56.7
Frederick Gunn 7:10.0
Pomfret 7:43.9

Third Boat:
Winsor 6:30.1
Taft 6:42.7
St. Mark's 6:56.4
Miss Porter's 8:14.8

Fourth Boat:
Winsor 6:47.5
St. Mark's 6:59.3
Taft 7:13.1

Fifth Boat:
Winsor 6:43.3
Taft 7:07.1

Sixth Boat:
Winsor 6:51.2
Frederick Gunn 7:28.3
Miss Porter's 7:46.1
Pomfret 3 7:48.8

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