After a fall season in which its top boats had cleaned up on their lightweight competition, the Crimson lightweights finished the season racing primarily heavyweights.

The Harvard lightweight A and B fours finished 12th and 14th overall. The next fastest lightweight boat, MIT’s A four, finished 82 seconds off the Crimson’s B four.

“I thought we put in a pretty good piece,” said senior Tim Moore, who rowed in the two seat of the A four. “I think we were a little disappointed. Our bow number was seven, and we finished 12th. A lot of those boats ahead of us were Harvard heavyweight crews. We know how deep their team is, how strong they are ... I think it was still well rowed and well executed.”

The Crimson’s B four finished 11 seconds off its A four.

“I thought we really had one of our best pieces out there,” sophomore stroke Michael Wales said. “We came together as a boat and just got it done.”

Harvard’s C and D fours boat finished ahead of the Engineers’ lightweight B four.

FRESHMEN

While the fours race was a tight battle between the top-two crews, the freshmen eights race was anything but.

The Crimson won by nearly 30 seconds.

“I think that’s just a testament to Billy [Boyce’s] coaching and the guys as rowers,” DiSanto said. “They see how the varsity squad is, and they want to be competitive.”

While the heavyweights chose to stack their top boat, as is tradition, the lightweights took a different tack and raced even lineups. The two boats finished 18 seconds apart, and were second and third among lightweight crews, behind MIT’s A boat.

“I was really pleased with how some of the novice guys were able to hold their own,” said lightweight freshman coach Linda Muri. “In practice, you can usually count on those guys. I thought they really stepped up to the challenge.”

Muri was also pleased with her C boat, which defeated MIT’s C boat as well as UMass’ heavyweight A boat and heavyweight B boats from Brown, Harvard, and BC.

“They definitely kicked ass and took names,” Muri said.

—Staff writer Christina C. McClintock can be reached at ccmcclin@fas.harvard.edu.