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Row2k re-cap
No. 10 Syracuse placed 10th overall in the 1V, 2V, and 3V with fourth place finishes in each crew's respective Petite Finals. The Orange bettered their results from 2015 as they competed against many of the top collegiate crews in the country. Medaling in four out of five events, Princeton took home the Heavyweight Team Points Trophy. The 18 competing teams included: Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Brown, Boston University, Cornell, Navy, Northeastern, Dartmouth, Columbia, Penn, Wisconsin, Georgetown, George Washington, Rutgers, Holy Cross, and MIT.
![Can you spot the Syracuse blades? [photo credit: Igor Belakovskiy]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52e80a54e4b0a93ab6930609/1463440171617-05CQI35B83Q1AGK0ZCQW/image-asset.jpeg)
Can you spot the Syracuse blades? [photo credit: Igor Belakovskiy]
The First Varsity 8+ in the morning heats. [photo credit: Igor Belakovskiy]
The Varsity 8+ was seeded 8th coming into the regatta, but finished 10th overall with a fourth place finish in the Petite Final. Northeastern won the Petite Final with a time of 5:43.2. The Yale crew, coached by Syracuse Hall of Famer Steve Gladstone was the repeat champ in the event in 5:37.5, roughly 10.5 seconds ahead of the Orange's time of 5:47.0.
The Second Varsity 8+ came in with the 11th seed and improved by one spot, also finishing fourth in the Petite Final for 10th place overall. Again, Northeastern won the Petite Final, but it was the Harvard crew who won the event in the Grand Final with a time of 5:48.7, just over 17.5 seconds ahead of the Orange's 6:06.3 result.
Second Varsity 8+ in the morning heats. [photo credit: Igor Belakovskiy]
Third Varsity 8+ in the morning heats. [photo credit: Igor Belakovskiy]
The Third Varsity 8+ was seeded 9th and like the other Syracuse crews, ended up 10th overall with a fourth place finish in the Petite Final. Princeton won the event with a time of 5:53.5, while Yale won the Petite Final in 5:58.3 over the Orange's 6:05.3 result.
LINE-UPS
1V
C – Santora, Reichard, Dawson, Staprans, McKenney, Messner, Schiera, Douglas, Tavares
2V
C – Kollman, Walker, Leimeister, Barni, Kelley, Johnson, Busco, Oster, Conroy
3V
C – Wagner, Marks, Vanderberg, Weitekamp, Will, Hunt, Bauerfield, Shober, Glaude
NEXT STEPS
The competitors for the IRA Championship will be announced later this week. Based on the season's results and the crews' performances at Sprints, the team is confident that all three crews will be able to earn a spot. The IRAs will be held in West Windsor, NJ the weekend of June 3-5, giving the Orange just under three weeks to prepare.