PRINCETON, N.J. – The University of Pennsylvania men's heavyweight crew completed a full day of racing Saturday on Lake Carnegie, competing in the Princeton Invite with five boats in both sessions.
 
The Varsity Eight entered the day ranked tenth nationally and the Quakers met that ranking, falling to fourth-ranked Princeton, seventh-ranked Stanford and ninth-ranked Syracuse across two races but easily beating No. 19 Columbia. The Tigers won the morning race for the Childs Cup, clocking 6:14.703 to beat the Quakers (6:25.879) and Lions (6:32.171).
 
Penn's Fourth Varsity Eight had the most success of the day, winning both of its races—against Princeton and Columbia in the morning session, then Brown and Columbia in the afternoon. The 3V8 also had a solid day, taking second to Princeton in a four-boat race in the morning and then beating Syracuse in the afternoon, while the 2V8 also placed second in its four-boat race Saturday morning.
 
Final Results (RegattaTiming.com) | Penn Boatings (PDF)
 
VARSITY EIGHT
Morning (Childs Cup)
  #4 Princeton 6:14.703
  #7 Stanford 6:22.051
  #10 Penn 6:25.879
  #19 Columbia 6:32.171
Afternoon
  #9 Syracuse 6:06.365
  #10 Penn 6:10.273
 
SECOND VARSITY EIGHT
Morning
  Princeton 6:15.580
  Penn 6:23.120
  Stanford 6:26.800
  Columbia 6:40.150
Afternoon
  Syracuse 6:13.857
  Penn 6:17.649
 
THIRD VARSITY EIGHT
Morning
  Princeton 6:34.341
  Penn 6:37.053
  Stanford 6:39.979
  Columbia 6:58.077
Afternoon
  Penn 6:15.895
  Syracuse 6:19.831
 
FOURTH VARSITY EIGHT
Morning
  Penn 6:40.664
  Princeton 6:43.664
  Columbia 7:21.926
Afternoon
  Penn 6:09.192
  Brown 6:16.166
  Columbia 6:32.998
 
FIFTH VARSITY EIGHT
Morning
  Princeton 6:33.875
  Penn 6:53.459
Afternoon
  Princeton 6:29.457
  Penn 6:49.021
 
Up Next
Penn is back at it again next Saturday, facing Yale and Columbia with the Blackwell Cup on the line in the Varsity Eights race and the Colgan Points Cup in play across the day of racing. Yale will host the racing on the Housatonic River in Derby, Conn.
 
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