ITHACA, N.Y. — The Matthews Trophy and Leonard Cup have returned to the possession of the Cornell men's lightweight rowing team as the Big Red claimed both trophies on home water at the Cayuga Inlet on Saturday morning.
Both teams had to battle a headwind of around 12-13 mph and some current flow that lead to some rolling waves in the second-half of the 2000-meter course.
Cornell posted victories in the second, third, and fourth varsity eights to edge Penn from retaining both trophies for another year. Harvard, who entered the rave as the top-ranked lightweight program in the country, took home a first-place finish in the first varsity eight race, finishing 2.1 seconds ahead of the Big Red (5:59.7) with its time of 5:57.8.
The Big Red's second varsity eight won by 2.2 seconds with its 6:09.8 time, finishing ahead of Penn (6:12.0) and Harvard (6:18.7). Cornell cruised to victories over Penn in the third and fourth varsity eights by 10.9 and 23.9 seconds, respectively.
RESULTS
1V8
Harvard: 5:57.8
Cornell: 5:59.7
Penn: 6:01.5
2V8
Cornell: 6:09.8
Penn: 6:12.0
Harvard: 6:18.7
3V8
Cornell: 6:16.5
Penn: 6:27.4
Harvard: 6:40.3
4V8
Cornell: 6:32.6
Penn: 7:08.7
BOATINGS
1V8: Alice Rau (coxswain),
Gerald Anderson (stroke),
Eliott Swinney,
Jack Savell,
Emmett Patterson,
Danny Mackle,
Timothy Duffy,
Grant Smith,
Axel Ljunggren (bow).
2V8: Aden Walsey (coxswain),
Sam Alston (stroke),
Peter Albrecht,
Andrew Hohlt,
Sebastian Pardo, Tomas Eliot Foxley,
Henry Koontz,
Connor Eaton,
Patrick Reilly (bow).
3V8: Joycelyn Vu (coxswain),
Jack Oliveira (stroke),
Luke Zaslow,
Matt Callewaert,
Rahil Dundon,
Joe Savell,
Eric Genden,
Henry McCarthy,
Keaton Lynch (bow).
4V8: Amanda Johnson (coxswain),
Sebastian El Hadj (stroke),
Calder Fritz,
Matteo Calalang,
Steven Busby,
David Soucie-Garza,
Tyler Forg,
William Fang,
Sean McFadden (bow).
A LOOK UPSTREAM
Cornell will return to the water next weekend when it travels to Princeton, N.J., for the Platt Cup. Race action will be broadcast live on ESPN+.
Last year, the Big Red captured the Platt Cup for the third consecutive season as it won the first varsity eight, as well as winning the Harriot Cup for its trio of wins in the varsity eight races (1V8, 3V8, 4V8).
