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The Crimson finished in fourth place, while the Elis took first, followed by Columbia and the Midshipmen. That left Harvard to race in the Petite Final.
In the Grand Final, Eastern champion Yale won the crown in 5:38.13, edging out Navy by .41 seconds. Princeton, Columbia, Cornell and Dartmouth rowed in after the Elis and the Midshipmen.
This isn’t the last time Harvard will see these competitors—IRAs, the regatta to determine the national champion begin on May 31th. Last year, Harvard beat Yale out after losing to the Elis in both dual competition and at Eastern sprints.
Yale and Brown jumped out to an early lead off the start, but Radcliffe made a move at the 1,000-meter mark and pulled even with Yale. The Elis, though, had more juice left and turned it on to take the lead for good with 500 meters to go...
There were more disappointing suprises at the novice level. Ranked second to Yale in the final poll of the year, the Radcliffe first novice eight beat the fourth-place Elis in the final, but could not fend off the Princeton and Brown boats, which finished first and second respectively. Radcliffe...