PRINCETON, N.J. – Cornell's men's lightweight eight placed third at the Princeton Chase on Sunday morning, finishing 6.100 seconds behind winner Princeton to close the fall season.

The Big Red's A boat covered the three-mile Lake Carnegie course in 12:32.468 in the lightweight eights final. Princeton A won in 12:26.368, and Penn A took second in 12:31.478, 0.990 seconds ahead of Cornell. Georgetown A was fourth in 12:39.193. Cornell's B boat placed sixth in a 16-boat field in 12:57.268, behind Penn B and ahead of Princeton C, Penn C, Princeton B and Georgetown B.

Cornell was the defending champion in the event after winning the lightweight eights at last year's Chase.

Cornell's A eight raced again at noon in the Men's 8+ Round 2, a 23-boat field that included heavyweight and lightweight crews. The Big Red placed fourth in 13:23.624, 18.728 seconds behind winner Columbia (13:04.896). Wisconsin A was second at 13:05.544, and Princeton A took third at 13:11.036. Cornell finished ahead of Temple (13:27.344) and La Salle (13:35.441), and ahead of Princeton's two lightweight eights, which placed eighth and 10th.

In the Men's 4+ final, a 31-boat field, Cornell's lightweight A boat finished seventh in 14:43.304, just ahead of Georgetown's lightweight A boat (14:47.838). Cornell's lightweight B four was eighth in 14:44.024, 0.720 seconds behind the A boat. Princeton boats took the top four places. Princeton's lightweight A four won in 13:54.743, 0.826 seconds ahead of Princeton A.

The Chase concluded Cornell's fall schedule, which began with the Schwartz Cup on Sept. 26 in Ithaca and included a fourth-place finish in the lightweight eights at the Head of the Charles on Oct. 18.

Cornell returns to racing in the spring at the NCLI Race on Saturday, April 3, in Princeton.