Dartmouth Women Win Three at Charles River Challenge

Saturday, April 16

Charles River, Boston MA

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Dartmouth College

Radcliffe, Syracuse, Minnesota, Ohio State

Dartmouth Women Win Three at Charles River Challenge

4/17/2011 12:17:00 PM | Women's Rowing

By: Dartmouth

BOSTON - The Dartmouth women's crew competed against five different crews including Harvard-Radcliffe in the Charles River Challenge this weekend, highlighted by a varsity eight win on Saturday.

On Saturday, Dartmouth competed against Radcliffe, Minnesota and Syracuse. Conditions were rough on the 2000m Charles River course, with 18-20 mph cross tail wind and rolling waves.

The varsity eight race was a bit of a wild affair. 16th ranked Radcliffe led the race 600m in before catching an over-the-head crab, pushing them down to fourth. Dartmouth surged into the lead at that point but Radcliffe got all the way back up to a close second at the 1000m mark before catching another crab. The Big Green was able to keep space this time, winning in 6:37.7 ahead of Radcliffe in second in 6:45.3. Minnesota finished third, Syracuse fourth and Dartmouth brought home the O'Leary Cup for the third time.

Dartmouth also won the varsity four race in a time of 7:48.9 ahead of Radcliffe in 7:55.2 and Syracuse in 7:57.3. Minnesota was third in 7:58.2. The third varsity race also went to the Big Green, who won in 7:13.7 with Radcliffe second in 7:23.4.

Lastly, the Big Green took third in the second varsity eight, which featured a thrilling finish at the front of the pack. Minnesota won in a time of 6:48.2 just ahead of Radcliffe in 6:48.7. Dartmouth was third in 6:59.3 and Syracuse crossed fourth in 7:05.7.

After posting solid results on Saturday, Dartmouth raced in Sunday's "A Flight" races, which featured slightly less windy conditions, 10-12 mph cross head wind and light rain.

Dartmouth took third in an exciting varsity eight race on Sunday, with #16 Radcliffe winning this time in 7:09.1. Ohio State was not far off in a time of 7:11.5, just 0.7 seconds ahead of Dartmouth, crossing the line in 7:12.2. Northeastern was fourth in 7:23.7.

The Big Green was also third in the second varsity eight, which Ohio State won in a time of 7:33.7. Radcliffe was second in 7:38.6, Dartmouth third in 7:49.0 and Northeastern fourth. Dartmouth took second place in the varsity four in 8:55.3, behind Ohio State's winning time of 8:44.5. The Big Green finished ahead of both Northeastern and Radcliffe.

Dartmouth will host Penn and Princeton this coming Saturday, April 23 for its lone home regatta of the season.