Women, heavyweights travel for regattas

The women’s and heavyweight crews will be out on the water again this weekend after finishing second in their respective matchup last week.

The women’s rowing team is traveling to Boston, Mass. to race Northeastern in the Beanpot Regatta for the Woodbury Cup. Last year there were six teams in the Beanpot Regatta. The varsity eight boat came in fourth with a time of 7:30.4 while host Northeastern came in second with a final time of 7:12.1. Perhaps this year they will see a better finish, as last year the novice eight boat took first place of six, finishing with a time of 7:40.5, far ahead of fifth place Northeastern, who finished with a time of 8:11.4.

This weekend will be challenging for the women’s team. The team last saw Northeastern in the fall at the Head of the Charles Regatta where Northeastern had the upper-hand, finishing 14th with a time of 17.27.603, while the Lions finished pretty low, in 29th place, with a time of 18.37.640.

The racing will start in the early morning at 6:36 a.m on Saturday.

The heavyweight men’s team will head to Princeton, N.J. to face Navy for the Maxwell Stevenson Cup after winning the Doc Lusins Cup against Boston University last weekend. They will look to win the title for the second year in a row, after defeating Navy last year by almost eight seconds. In that race, the Lions finished first with a time of 5:55.1 while Navy trailed with a 6:02.8 finish.

The last time the heavyweights raced Navy this season was also at the Head of the Charles Regatta, where, even without the added one-minute penalty for bumping into a bridge, the Lions finished behind them with a time of 15.33.047, while Navy came in ahead with a 15.23.041 finish.

The Maxwell Stevenson race will begin at 10:00 a.m on Sunday.