WORCESTER, Mass. – The University of Pennsylvania men's lightweight crew had a superb day at the EARC Sprints, winning gold in the Second Varsity Eight and taking silver medals in the Varsity Eight and Third Varsity Eight. As a result, the Quakers won the Jope Cup for overall points for just the second time in program history—the other coming in 1967—scoring 36.00 points to best second-place Harvard (34.00) and third-place Cornell (29.00).
 
The one-day championship event was held on Lake Quinsigamond.
 
The Second Varsity Eight (cox Claire Yoo, Daniel Ward, Jake Brewington, Niels Terwiesch, Frank Luo, Kevin Crotty, George Drago, Aden Anderson, Quinn Sullivan) entered Sprints as the second seed but won gold, beating second-place Harvard and third-place Princeton by a little more than two seconds. Top-seeded Cornell was fourth, about three seconds off Penn's winning pace.

Live Results (earc.qra.org) | Penn Boatings (PDF)
 
Varsity Eights
Penn met its seed in the final race of the day, keeping within Harvard's boat but falling by a little less than three seconds. The Quakers beat third-place Princeton by a little more than two seconds.
  Harvard 5:35.743
  Penn 5:38.471
  Princeton 5:40.835
  Dartmouth 5:43.627
  Cornell 5:45.955
  Yale 5:56.728
 
Second Varsity Eights
A clean sweep on the day for the Quakers' 2V8, who won their heat in the morning and the Grand Final in the afternoon but more than two seconds over second-place Harvard and third-place Princeton.
  Penn 5:48.460
  Harvard 5:50.594
  Princeton 5:50.994
  Cornell 5:51.722
  Yale 5:57.408
  Columbia 6:05.435
 
Third Varsity Eights
Cornell was the winner of this seven-boat race by a little more than four seconds, and Penn nipped Yale by just over six-tenths of a second and Harvard by 1.1 seconds in what was a fantastic finish for second place.
  Cornell 5:52.595
  Penn 5:57.111
  Yale 5:57.837
  Harvard 5:58.281
  Navy 6:01.107
  Columbia 6:04.441
  Princeton 6:16.273
 
Fourth Varsity Eights
Penn finished last in this five-boat race that included a pair of Navy boats. Following a protest that was upheld, Cornell was declared the winner while Yale was declared second and Navy was third.
  Cornell - NTT
  Yale - NTT 
  Navy - NTT 
  Penn - NTT
  (Navy 5V8 - NTT)