PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania heavyweight rowing team gets back into racing form on Saturday, making the short trip North to Lake Carnegie to face host Princeton and Columbia. The Childs Cup will be on the line in the Varsity Eights race, which will also feature Stanford competing as a guest crew. In the afternoon, Penn will again be on Lake Carnegie, this time the Quakers' top three boats rowing against Syracuse.

Princeton leads the Childs Cup standings, with 55 victories—compared to Penn's 44 wins and Columbia's 12—and have captured all but one of the races dating back to 1994 (Columbia breaking the run with a win in 2009). That includes a three-second victory over the second-place Quakers last year at Overpeck Park. Penn's last victory came in 1993 on the Schuylkill.

In the Week 1 IRCA/IRA national poll, released Wednesday, Penn's Varsity Eight was ranked tenth while Princeton was fourth, Stanford was seventh, Syracuse was ninth, and Columbia was 19th.

Saturday Schedule | Live Results (RegattaTiming.com) | Penn Boatings (PDF)
Morning | Watch Live on ESPN+ ($)
  8:08 a.m. – 1V8 vs. Princeton/Columbia/Stanford (Childs Cup)
  8:40 a.m. – 2V8 vs. Princeton/Columbia/Stanford
  9:12 a.m. – 3V8 vs. Princeton/Columbia/Stanford
  9:44 a.m. – 4V8 vs. Princeton/Columbia
  10:16 a.m. – 5V8 vs. Princeton
Afternoon | Watch Live on ESPN+ ($)
  1:32 p.m. – 1V8 vs. Syracuse
  2:36 p.m. – 2V8 vs. Syracuse
  3:32 p.m. – 3V8 vs. Syracuse
  4:20 p.m. 4V8 vs. Brown/Columbia
  4:36 p.m. – 5V8 vs. Princeton

Childs Cup History
In 1879, George W. Childs, owner and publisher of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, presented a challenge cup for rowing competition in four-oared races to Columbia, Princeton and Penn. One of Penn's first intercollegiate races, the Childs Cup, was won by the Quakers that year. In 1889, the Childs Cup was changed to an eight-oared event. Cornell, Navy and California have been invited to participate in the Cup race.
 
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