The Crimson also managed to break the course record, crossing the finish line in 5:46.3.

Cornell came in third in 5:48.26, just ahead of Princeton, which finished in 5:49.2.

Dartmouth's victory avenged an earlier loss to Harvard on the Connecticut River and spoiled the Crimson's undefeated season.

JV Heavies Champions

The second varsity boat provided Harvard with its only championship of the day, edging Brown by half a second--5:49.6 to 5:50.1.

The Harvard victory deprived Brown of rowing's version of the triple crown (winning the varsity, JV and freshman heavyweight races), as the Bears finished first in both other races.

Northeastern and Navy followed with times of 5:54.3 and 5:56.6, respectively.

In the freshman race, the eighth seeded Crimson came in fifth place, just over twelve seconds behind Brown.

Brown splashed its way to the finish in 5:41.96, demolishing the course record of 5:50.4. Princeton came in second in 5:42.2, while Navy finished third in 5:50.7.

Penn and Harvard followed with times of 5:52 and 5:54.

AP wire reports contributed to the reporting of this article.

EASTERN SPRINTS RESULTS

Sunday, May 9

at Lake Quinsigamond, Mass.

Heavyweight Varsity: 1, Brown 5:37.2. 2, Penn 5:42.4. 3, Yale 5:43.5. 4, Northeastern 5:45.1. 5, Navy 5:47.7. 6, Harvard 5:49.0.

Heavyweight JV: 1, Harvard 5:49.6. 2, Brown 5:50.1. 3, Northeastern 5:54.3. 4, Navy 5:56.6. 5, Penn 5:57.6. 6, Dartmouth 6:03.2.

Heavyweight freshman: 1, Brown 5:41.96 (meet record; old record 5:50.4 by Yale in 1991). 2, Princeton 5:42.2. 3, Navy 5:50.7. 4, Penn 5:52.0. 5, Harvard 5:54.0. 6, Yale 5:56.4.

Lightweight Varsity: 1, Dartmouth 5:45.2 (meet record; old record 5:48.9 by Harvard in 1991). 2, Harvard 5:46.3. 3, Cornell 5:48.26. 4, Princeton 5:49.2. 5, Penn 5:49.5. 6, Yale 5:52.3.

Lightweight JV: 1, Cornell 6:01.0. 2, Princeton 6:03.08. 3, Harvard 6:08.4. 4, Dartmouth 6:10.4. 5, Navy 6:13.0. 6, Yale 6:15.0.

Lightweight freshman: 1, Princeton 5:48.7 (meet record; old record 6:01.5 by Princeton in 1987). 2, Dartmouth 5:54.9. 3, Harvard 5:57.2. 4, Yale 5:58.3. 5, Cornell 6:05.7. 6, Penn 6:12.8.