At Eastern Sprints, Radcliffe avenged previous losses to B.U. and Yale, a major factor in its bid to NCAAs. But in the Petite Final, the Terriers and the Elis pulled to third and fifth places respectively while the Black and White settled for sixth with a time of 6:53.29.
“We had three really good races,” Fling said. “Our second-to-last [race] was the best race we’ve ever had.”
Washington, ranked third going into the regatta, won the event.
Piscitello became the first Radcliffe competitor to take part in four straight NCAA Championships while freshman stroke Caryn Davies became Radcliffe’s second freshman to row in the varsity boat at NCAAs.
“It was really disappointing to come out where we did in the Petite Final,” Piscitello said. “We ran out of gas on Saturday.”
The varsity four continued its slide from its perfect 10-0 dual record to fifth at Easterns to 10th overall at NCAAs.
Radcliffe took fifth place in the morning heat on Thursday sending it to the repechage on Friday to try to earn a spot in the Grand Final.
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