Men’s lightweight crew loses Subin Cup to Dartmouth in last home race of year

Crew saw many second-place finishes this past weekend. Women’s rowing was runner-up in the Dunn Bowl Regatta against Brown and Cornell, while the heavyweight men came in second behind Syracuse on Saturday. The lightweights came in second behind Cornell at the Geiger Cup, and finished behind Dartmouth the following day at the Subin Cup. At the Dunn Bowl in Ithaca, N.Y., the women’s varsity eight boat came in behind Brown’s time of 6:29.5, with a time of 6:36.8. Although the Lions couldn’t outrace Brown, they still managed to narrowly beat Cornell. The Big Red had a final time of 6:37.6, less than a second behind the Lions. This was an improvement over last year’s race, in which the Light Blue came in third of three, almost 10 seconds behind second-place Cornell.

The men’s lightweight team joined the women when it traveled to Ithaca to compete in the Geiger Cup against Cornell and MIT. The rankings came out the same as they did last year, when the lightweight varsity eight raced the Big Red and the Engineers in Cambridge, Mass. This time, however, Columbia came in behind Cornell by a closer margin. Cornell took first place with a time of 5:52.17, Columbia followed with 5:59.36, and MIT finished in 6:02.8.

The next morning the Lions traveled back home to compete in their last home race of the season. They were unable to keep their Subin Cup from last year, losing it to Dartmouth by three seconds. Dartmouth came in first at 6:03.6 and Columbia followed, finishing with a time of 6:06.8.

The heavyweight men also placed second in their race against Syracuse and Boston University at Orchard Beach. In this race, BU had the opportunity to take home two prizes, the Conlan Cup if it beat Syracuse, and the Doc Lusins Trophy if it managed to defeat Columbia. However, they went home empty-handed as Syracuse won the overall race and the Conlan Cup with a time of 5:50.0 and Columbia came in second, about three seconds behind, with a time of 5:53.3. Boston closed with 5:55.5.

The women’s and heavyweight crew will race again next Saturday.