All three of Columbia’s rowing teams will be in action this weekend, as the lightweight men’s team will be racing for the first time since the Governor’s Cup regatta on March 20. The heavyweight squad is coming off a sweep at the Collins Cup, while the women’s team most recently lost to Yale and Penn at the Connell Cup.
The lightweights will be seeing their first Ivy competition of the spring season, taking on Princeton and nonconference foe Georgetown. The Light Blue has taken two weeks off from racing after placing third in the mixed eights race at the Governor’s Cup regatta. The Lions finished with a time of 6:05.4, close behind Florida Tech’s first varsity heavyweights, 6:00.2, and Columbia’s second varsity heavyweights, 6:02.5.
The Light Blue’s race against the Tigers and the Hoyas is set to begin at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday in Princeton, N.J.
The heavyweight men defeated Rutgers last weekend to capture the Collins Cup. The Light Blue varsity eight boat finished in a time of 5:40.60, defeating the Scarlet Knights by over 13 seconds.
Next up for the heavyweights is the Alumni Cup regatta, in which they will face off against MIT. The race is scheduled to begin at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday in Pelham, N.Y.
The women’s team will look to rebound from last week’s loss when it takes on Princeton and Rutgers this Saturday. The Light Blue came in third at the Connell Cup last weekend, finishing behind Yale and Penn with a time of 6:24.4.
The Lions’ race against the Tigers and the Scarlet Knights is set to begin at 11:15 a.m. on Saturday in Princeton, N.J.
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