The Black-and-White's NCAA destiny should be confirmed sometime this week.
Radcliffe rowers appeared in the Grand Finals of each of the six events in which they were entered last weekend. The Radcliffe second varsity boat, ranked 4th in its division, turned in a fifth-place finish, almost a full twenty seconds behind victorious Brown at 6:54.00. Princeton, Virginia and Wisconsin placed second through fourth.
Radcliffe's novices finished second, 4.7 seconds behind Brown's entry.
The open varsity four-boat entered competition ranked fifth in the nation, but ended up twelve seconds better than fourth-seeded Princeton.
In lightweight racing, the Crimson took a backseat to Princeton. The varsity eight finished third and the four-entry took fourth in races that were both won by the Tigers.
But the Black-and-White varsity heavyweights defeated Princeton in the featured match, and assured itself a berth in the NCAA Championships. Radcliffe hopes to cap off its best season in recent memory by improving on last year's NCAA finish. In 1999, Radcliffe's varsity finished sixth at Nationals, and the team placed seventh overall.