Northeastern came in fifth overall at the Eastern Sprints on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass., on Sunday.

NU finished with a time of 5:50.84, beating BU (5:52.83) and falling to Brown (5:41.36), Harvard (5:42.62), Wisconsin (5:44.45) and Cornell (5:48.04). The fifth-seeded Huskies advanced to the Grand Final after finishing second in their first heat earlier in the day.

This is the second year in a row the Huskies have finished fifth in the Grand Final.

In other Northeastern action at the Sprints, the varsity 4 boat medaled with a third-place finish (7:03.96), coming in behind Brown (6:44.32) and MIT (6:57.92), while the second varsity came in fifth with a time of 6:05.89 in the Petite Final and the freshman eight finished fourth in its Petite Final with a time of 5:58.78. 

By finishing in the top-nine, Northeastern qualified to compete in the IRA Championship June 4-6.  The Huskies will close out the 2009 season on Lake Natoma in Sacramento, Calif.

Varsity: Brown 5:41.363; Harvard 5:42.625; Wisconsin 5:44.450; Cornell 5:48.043; NU 5:50.839; BU 5:52.833
2nd Varsity: Yale 5:58.50; Syracuse 5:59.96; Penn 6:03.54; Columbia 6:05.81; NU 6:05.89; George Washington 6:07.82
Varsity 4: Brown 6:44.32; MIT 6:57.92; NU 7:03.96; Penn 7:10.31; Holy Cross 7:36.82
Freshman: Syracuse 5:56.26; Navy 5:57.30; MIT 5:57.77; NU 5:58.78; BU 6:00.20; Dartmouth 6:01.20; George Washington 6:24.27