“We had a gutsy effort from the crew we sent up there,”co-captain Joe Finelli said. “I was happy with their work all
week. Everything I asked out of them, we got it.”
Yale commanded the regatta from the start, with a winning time of 15:40.64 in the morning race, almost 20 seconds faster than the nearest boat. Harvard finished sixth with a time of 16:43.72, with Cornell trailing in its wake at 16:58.93.
“In the morning head race, it took a little while for us to find a good rhythm,” Finelli said. “By the time we were way down, we were trying to fend off Cornell. We were rowing pretty well by the middle mile, but towards the third mile, we were getting a little tired and were still fending off Cornell.”
In the afternoon race, the Crimson finished in seventh place with a time of 4:45.77. Yale won with a time of 4:29.66.
At the end of the regatta, Harvard had tallied a time of 31:01.03 while the Yale ‘A’ boat took the championship and the Yale ‘B’ boat won fifth.
The Crimson will have another shot at the Elis this weekend at Head of the Charles.