ITHACA, N.Y. — The No. 4-ranked Cornell men's lightweight rowing team registered its 11th consecutive victory over No. 5-ranked Dartmouth on the Cayuga Inlet on Saturday morning, ensuring the Baggaley Bowl remains in the Big Red's possession.
Racing on flat water with a low current and minor headwind throughout racing, with winds dying down for the last race, the Big Red's V4+ opened the day of racing with an unopposed time trail time of 7:11.4.
Dartmouth posted its lone victory of the day in the 2V8+ race with a time of 5:59.2, edging Cornell's crew by 2.3 seconds (6:01.5).
The Big Red successfully retained the Baggaley Bowl with a 1.7-second victory after completing the 2000-meter course in 5:41.2.
Rounding out the four-race event, Cornell's 3V8+ and 4V8+ finished in first and second place. The Big Red's 3V8+ crew crossed the finish line 14.4 seconds ahead of the 4V8+ and 33.7 seconds better than Dartmouth's 3V8+.
RESULTS
1V8+:
Cornell - 5:41.2
Dartmouth - 5:42.9
2V8+:
Dartmouth - 5:59.2
Cornell - 6:01.5
3V8+:
Cornell 3V8+ - 6:03.4
Cornell 4V8+ - 6:17.8
Dartmouth 3V8+ - 6:37.1
V4+ Time Trial:
Cornell - 7:11.4
BOATINGS
1V8+: Aden Walsey (coxswain),
Jack Savell (stroke),
Emmett Patterson, Hohlt,
Nathan Bechard,
Grant Smith,
Peter Albrecht,
Sam Alston,
Eliott Swinney (bow).
2V8+: Amanda Johnson (coxswain),
Eric Genden (stroke),
Gabe Xu,
Rahil Dundon,
Colin Bailey,
Teddy Holtman,
Jack Oliveira,
Tomas Eliot Foxley,
Patrick Reilly (bow).
3V8+: Joycelyn Vu (coxswain),
Luke Zaslow (stroke),
Owen Brown,
Steven Busby,
Sebastian El Hadj,
David Soucie-Garza,
Keaton Lynch,
Jon Mayer,
Maximilian Purcea (bow).
4V8+: Mia Goldstein (coxswain),
Matteo Calalang (stroke),
Calder Fritz,
Ryan Aghazadeh,
Tyler Forg,
John Zegger,
Tanas Kazlas,
William Fang,
Michael Phelps (bow).
V4+: Alex Califano (coxswain),
Charlie Irwin (stroke), Everado Lujan IV,
Dylan Price,
Francis Lau (bow).
A LOOK UPSTREAM
Cornell will conclude its regular-season slate next weekend when it travels to Leonia, N.J., to compete against No. 7-ranked MIT and No. 10-ranked Columbia for the Geiger Cup.
The Big Red has won four of the last six Geiger Cup races and has 12 victories dating back to 2007.
MIT will be competing in the Geiger Cup race for the first time since 2018.