The Radcliffe novice crew made a fair showing in the Mount Holyoke regatta Saturday, placing boats 12th and 13th in a field of 19 entries in the first competition of the season.
The match consisted of two 1500-meter races--a time trial in the morning and a head-to-head match in the afternoon.
"We did really well considering the groups of eights only practiced together for three days," novice Coach Holly Hatton said. "Everything went very smoothly. Logistically it was the best day I had."
For most of the novice rowers, this regatta provided them with their first taste of competitive rowing.
"Overall I'm very happy with our performance," coxswain Linda Sakimura said. "For our first time out, I think we did well."
Cycling
The Harvard cycling club attended its one and only collegiate tournament of the fall over the weekend, and came away with a surprising second-place finish at the Yale Cycling Race in New Haven.