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WORCESTER – For the fifth straight season, the Northeastern women's rowing team advanced all of its crews to the grand finals of the Eastern Sprints. In the Sunday afternoon heats, the Huskies' first and second varsity boats, as well as the third varsity secured silver medals on Lake Quinsigamond, while the varsity four finished third overall. The first varsity's silver medal marks the first time in team history that Northeastern has finished second or better in the 1V in consecutive seasons.
After the crews enjoyed a slight tailwind during the morning heats, it shifted to a direct headwind for the afternoon finals following a one hour weather delay. The Huskies made their 37th appearance at the prestigious regatta against some of the region's top competition, and the 19th sprint under head coach
Joe Wilhelm, who has guided NU to the sprints in each of his seasons at the helm.
The first varsity, which won its heat by three seconds earlier in the day, fought with Radcliffe for the top spot in the opening stages of the grand final before the Crimson took a three-seat lead at the 500-meter mark with Columbia close behind NU. Radcliffe extended its advantage to a half length lead at the 750 as Northeastern solidified its second place position over the Lions. As the field spread out approaching the midway mark with Radcliffe and Northeastern clearly in first and second place, respectively, the Crimson took a slight open water lead before a NU move returned the Huskies' bow ball to Radcliffe's stern. The Crimson, though, eventually created open water separation while Northeastern did the same to Columbia in the final 200 to take the silver at 6:52.93.
After taking first in its morning heat with a three second win over Boston College, the second varsity held the third position early in the grand final behind Radcliffe and Columbia. As Radcliffe created separation to turn the race into a fight for silver, Columbia held the second position while NU and Drexel fought for third in the second 500-meters. The field began to open up at the 750-meter mark as Northeastern began to move on the Lions, overtaking them by a bow ball at the 1250. Nearing the finish line, the Huskies took a one-seat edge on Columbia with 500-meters to go before Northeastern increased its stroke rate over the final 250-meters to take nearly a full length advantage on Columbia to win the silver with a time of 7:07.5.
The varsity four boat reached the grand final thanks to a 10 second victory in its heat over Dartmouth, and got off to a strong start in the grand with a high stroke rate, just behind Columbia and Radcliffe. The Huskies continued to maintain contact with the Lions for second place entering the second 500-meters, but the Crimson caught up at the 750 as the crews began to jockey for the second position. As Columbia walked away from the field, Northeastern worked to create a half length lead on Radcliffe approaching the second 1000, and an early lead from the Huskies extended it to a full length advantage in the third 500. The Crimson, however, fought all the way back to pull even with NU in the final 250-meters before ultimately edging the Huskies by a deck to take the silver with a time of 7:46.25, just ahead of Northeastern at 7:47.41.
The third varsity also reserved a spot in the grand final following a first place finish in its morning heat, setting up a showdown with Radcliffe in the afternoon. After all six crews got off to a quick start with NU, Radcliffe and Dartmouth slightly ahead of the pack, the Crimson took the top spot entering the second 500-meters with Northeastern trailing close behind. Radcliffe extended the lead to a half length at the 750 mark before creating separation from the field to make it a race for second between the Huskies, Dartmouth and Drexel. Entering the second 1000-meters, Northeastern made an early move to take the second slot clearly, and held off a Drexel push to maintain a half length lead at the 1250, a lead they would hold on to for the remainder of the race to take the silver at 7:29.98.
The Huskies will be back in action on May 14 when Northeastern travels to Cherry Hill, N.J. for the CAA Championships on the Cooper River.
Results
First Varsity – Grand Final
Radcliffe - 6:48.51
Northeastern - 6:52.93
Columbia - 6:57.37
Dartmouth - 6:59.1
Boston University - 7:07.75
MIT - 7:13.5
Second Varsity – Grand Final
Radcliffe - 6:49.6
Northeastern - 7:07.5
Columbia - 7:09.38
Dartmouth - 7:13.35
Boston College - 7:14.62
Drexel - 7:19.02
Varsity Four – Grand Final
Columbia - 7:40.64
Radcliffe - 7:46.25
Northeastern - 7:47.41
Drexel - 8:00.92
Dartmouth - 8:07.17
Boston College - 8:11.75
Third Varsity – Grand Final
Radcliffe - 7:15.5
Northeastern - 7:29.98
Drexel - 7:33.14
Dartmouth - 7:34.58
Rutgers - 7:55.27
Bucknell - 8:08.45
First Varsity – Heat
Northeastern - 6:30.801
MIT - 6:33.976
Drexel - 6:35.475
Connecticut - 6:43.747
Second Varsity – Heat
Northeastern - 6:43.806
Boston College - 6:46.040
BU - 6:49.060
Connecticut - 6:50.823
Varsity Four – Heat
Northeastern - 7:16.170
Dartmouth - 7:26.675
Connecticut - 7:30.975
Rutgers - 7:33.312
Third Varsity – Heat
Northeastern - 6:56.234
Drexel - 7:00.277
Rutgers - 7:02.701
Boston College - 7:02.869
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