With its victory over the Engineers, the Black and White entered the Eastern Sprints on May 15 with confidence that it had achieved its season goals.
“We had a really good season where we feel that we improved with every race and we got closer as a team,” junior coxswain Maryana Vrubel said. “I think that we accomplished our goals of the season, which were to have a lot of fun together and to get better as a team.”
At the Eastern Sprints, Radcliffe’s three boats had strong showings in each of its races. The Black and White’s performance at the Sprints earned it second place in the overall standings.
“Eastern Sprints was very important to us because we had everyone, and not just one boat on the team, do well,” Vrubel said. “It showed us that with every year, we have consistently improved with new groups of individuals stepping up to take on the roles on our graduating seniors.”
The lightweights will wrap up their season at the IRA National Championships June 3-4.
—Staff writer Oluwatoni A. Campbell can be reached at oluwatoni.campbell@college.harvard.edu.