Boston College took first overall in the team competition, with a combined time of 34:35, to win the trophy filled with Ben and Jerry’s ice cream.

LIGHTWEIGHTS

The novice lightweight crew, rowing alongside the heavyweights, took ninth overall with a time of 18:32. The Black and White beat out the one other lightweight boat in the race—MIT’s crew, which posted a time of 19:00 to finish in 10th.

“I think they did a really good job,” said assistant lightweight coach Lauren Fisher. “They handled their first race really well, and they were really aggressive down the race the whole way, and they beat the other lightweight team that they were up against. That was the result that we were looking for.”

Despite rowing with the heavyweights, the lightweights still managed to post a solid showing, beating out five of the heavyweight teams.

“When you’re comparing heavyweights and lightweights to each other, it’s difficult because the difference is probably on average about 30-ish pounds per crew member,” Wilbur said. “It’s difficult for them to compete with the heavier bodies, but I think they did a really good job in a race against heavyweights.”

The Harvard novice lightweight men were also in action and fared well in the Green Monster, taking second overall in the team competition with a combined time of 30:54, second only to the heavyweight teams from Trinity, which posted a combined time of 30:27. The Crimson novice heavyweights placed seventh out of the field of eight with a combined time of 33:10.