WORCESTER, Mass. – The University of Pennsylvania men's lightweight crews were unable to retain the Jope Cup at Sunday's EARC Sprints. The Quakers finished the day with 28.00 points in the Jope Cup standings, finishing one point behind Cornell (29.00) and two behind Princeton (30.00) in the battle for second place behind Harvard (39.00).

The Quakers' Second Varsity Eight won silver medals with a second-place finish on Sunday, the Fourth Varsity Eight was third and won bronze in its racing, while the Varsity Eight finished just outside the medal haul with a fourth-place finish and the Third Varsity Eight was fifth on the day.

Final Results (earc.qra.org) | Penn Boatings (PDF)
 
Varsity Eight
  Harvard 5:46.739
  Cornell 5:49.285
  Princeton 5:52.793
  Penn 5:54.747
  Dartmouth 5:55.315
  MIT 5:59.863
 
Second Varsity Eight
  Harvard 5:52.902
  Penn 5:56.578
  Yale 5:58.214
  Princeton 6:00.286
  Cornell 6:03.312
  Columbia 6:04.267
 
Third Varsity Eight
  Harvard 6:08.208
  Princeton 6:12.258
  Navy 6:14.020
  Cornell 6:15.492
  Penn 6:15.648
  Georgetown 6:20.548
 
Fourth Varsity Eight
  Navy 6:12.474
  Cornell 6:17.796
  Penn 6:19.202
  Princeton 6:23.778
 
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