"I couldn't see the last 700 meters," said Columbia lightweight coach Tom Terhaar. "It looked like Yale had it."
Rutgers, which was ranked second at the beginning of the month, fell to a disappointing fifth at 5:58.94.
In the other lightweight races, Harvard again mostly wound up in the middle of the top flight.
After winning its heat, the second varsity lightweights finished third at 6:09.49, narrowly edged out for second by a pesky Yale boat that it had beaten in the prelims. Yale's time of 6:09.33 was eclipsed, however by a 6:08.18 from Princeton.
The third varsity lightweight boat earned the only finals victory for the Crimson on the day. Harvard hit a mark of 6:14.3, comfortably ahead of Navy at 6:16.87 and Dartmouth at 6:17.91.
In the men's freshman lightweight race, Harvard found itself outside of medal contention, placing fourth at 6:20.6, behind a cluster of Princeton, Dartmouth and Yale at the top. The Tigers won the race with a time of 6:15.21, and the Big Green and Bulldogs at 6:16.6 and 6:16.66, respectively.
The second freshman lightweights placed third behind Yale and Rutgers. The Crimson's time of 6:30.62 was well behind the Elis' 6:23.42 and the Scarlet Knights' 6:25.8.
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