LIGHTWEIGHTS

Under the leadership of new Radcliffe coach Michiel Bartman, the lightweights looked to pick up where they left off last season. The Black and White did not disappoint, as all three crews finished in the top 10 of their respective races.

“I think it was a great showing for our team,” senior coxswain Maryana Vrubel. “We went out on the course with a lot of focus, and we did pretty well. But the fall season is the fall season. It’s when we build up for the spring season, and I think we showed that we are incredibly strong and that we have a lot to work with on our team.”

With times of 17:17.19 and 18:20.20, the lightweight 1V and 2V finished in third and fifth place, respectively, in the women’s Lightweight Eight race. The Black and White 1V finished just over a second behind second-place Stanford but nearly 24 seconds behind first-place Wisconsin.

Ancient Eight rival Princeton, who was due to compete in the race, was scratched off the starting lineup.

The Radcliffe 4V finished the course in 20:26.19 to earn a ninth-place finish. The Vesper Boat Club—Bartman’s former team—came in first place in the women’s Lightweight Fours.

—Staff writer Oluwatoni A. Campbell can be reached at oluwatoni.campbell@college.harvard.edu.