WORCESTER, Mass. – The No. 4 Harvard men's lightweight crew team posted a fourth-place finish in the Jobe Cup team standings, as well as the varsity eight competition at the 2018 Eastern Sprints Championship on Lake Quisigamond in Worcester, Massachusetts Sunday.

The Crimson's top finish of the day was produced by the fifth varsity eight, which placed second, two seconds shy of Navy.

Harvard first varsity eight boat did battle against four other Ivy schools and Navy with all crews finishing within eight seconds of each other. The Crimson (6:14.854) raced its way to fourth, trailing Penn for third by one second and Princeton for second by three ticks. Columbia won the event. Harvard placed second in its morning heat, trailing only the Lions.

Harvard's second varsity eight reached the afternoon's grand final with a runner-up showing in the first heat. In the grand final, the Crimson took sixth with a time of 6:04.458, just off the mark of Yale for fifth. Columbia took the spot in the race. 

The Crimson's third varsity eight earned itself a third-place finish in both its morning heat and the grand final. Harvard engaged in a very close race with Princeton and Navy in the grand final, but the Tigers were able to cross the line first, followed by the Midshipmen and then the Crimson just 0.147 behind them in 6:02.178.

The fourth varsity eight placed fourth in early afternoon racing with Princeton placing first, followed by Navy and Yale.

BOATINGS
1V: Jack Stone (Cox), David Wexner (Stroke), Andrew Wilkins (7), Victor Olsen (6), Chris Skokowski (5), Sean Hayes (4), Drake Deuel (3), Nicholas Barry (2), Hunter Wallace (Bow) 

GRAND FINAL
COLUMBIA - 6:08.060
PRINCETON - 6:11.002
PENNSYLVANIA - 6:13.414
HARVARD - 6:14.854
NAVY - 6:16.036
CORNELL - 6:16.649

HEAT 1
COLUMBIA - 5:45.911
HARVARD - 5:47.174
CORNELL - 5:52.972
DARTMOUTH - 5:53.802
GEORGETOWN - 6:05.161

2V: Annina Kennedy-Yoon (Cox), Andrew Sterne (Stroke), Isaac Walker (7), Andre Dupuis (6), Rob Lowe (5), Freddie Johnson (4), Spencer Kaplan (3), Eryk Dobrushkin (2), Toby Satterthwaite (Bow) 

GRAND FINAL
COLUMBIA - 5:55.198
CORNELL - 5:58.147
PRINCETON - 5:59.954
NAVY - 6:01.220
YALE - 6:03.758
HARVARD - 6:04.458 

HEAT 1
COLUMBIA - 5:54.141
HARVARD - 5:57.314
CORNELL - 5:59.949
GEORGETOWN - 6:11.261
DARTMOUTH - 6:11.790

3V: Mary Yeh (Cox), Owen Niles (Stroke), Mike Genovesi (7), Zach Altshuler (6), Michael Yuan (5), Brady Stevens (4), Noah Burhance (3), Nick Kochanek (2), Aiden Crawford (Bow) 

GRAND FINAL
PRINCETON - 5:59.618
NAVY - 6:02.031
HARVARD - 6:02.178
PENNSYLVANIA - 6:05.669
COLUMBIA - 6:05.984
CORNELL - 6:06.266 

HEAT 1
PRINCETON - 5:58.806
NAVY - 5:59.762
HARVARD - 6:04.038
GEORGETOWN - 6:14.585
DARTMOUTH - 6:19.257

4V: Matty Cheng (Cox), Liam Daily, (Stroke), Dillon Dunteman (7), Chris Jarrett (6), Wesley Fabyan (5), Tate Huffman (4), Oliver Hansen (3), Josh Kuppersmith (2), David Gonzalez (Bow) 

GRAND FINAL
PRINCETON - 6:05.535
NAVY - 6:07.131
YALE - 6:11.022
HARVARD - 6:13.356
COLUMBIA - 6:14.882
PENNSYLVANIA - 6:18.416
CORNELL - 6:20.959

5V: Catherine Li (Cox), William Weiter (Stroke), Derek Woo (7), Andrew Hebert (6), Reed McMurchy (5), Conlan Olson (4), Sam Detmer (3), Robert Powell (2), Nate Dempsey (Bow)  

GRAND FINAL
NAVY 5V - 6:05.792
HARVARD - 6:07.716
NAVY 6V - 6:21.962
PRINCETON - 6:27.336 

UP NEXT
Harvard will turn its attention to the IRA National Championships at Mercer Lake, New Jersey, June 1-3.