“We solidified more of a race plan through the week and executed that really well,” said sophomore stroke Tim Moore. “[Senior coxswain Dexter Louie] handled the turns in the race course really well too. It was good to see that the preparation we did during the week played out with our ratings and moves through the race and our sprint.”

The varsity beat its first Ivy League opponents of the season, Cornell and Penn, by 11.3 and 11.8 seconds, respectively, finishing in a final time of 6:14.3.

Yesterday, the first eight built off of Saturday’s performance, outpacing Georgetown by nearly six seconds and St. Joseph’s by over 30 seconds in an overall time of 6:24.6.

The Crimson second varsity eight and first and second novice eights also went undefeated this weekend.

Cornell’s third varsity eight edged out Harvard’s boat by 0.6 seconds on Saturday, but the oarsmen regrouped in fours yesterday, and the Crimson A four defeated Georgetown by 11.6 seconds.

“I don’t want to make any predictions as to where we stand right now, because we should let the races later down the line speak to that,” Eiermann said. “But for ourselves, we’re very happy with where we are right now. We can come out of this weekend with our chins held high, knowing that we’re on the right path.”

—Staff writer Jessica L. Flakne can be reached at jflakne@fas.harvard.edu.