All Five Women's Rowing Boats Advance to Grand Finals at Ivy Championship

CHERRY HILL, N.J. – The 14th-ranked University of Pennsylvania women’s rowing team put all five boats into Sunday’s grand finals at the Ivy League Championship on Saturday. The two-day event is taking place on the Cooper River.

Due to an expected windy morning on Sunday, the finals schedule has been changed and will be as follows…
8 a.m. – V4C Grand Final
8:10 a.m. – 1V8 Grand Final
8:20 a.m. – 2V8 Grand Final
8:30 a.m. – V4A Grand Final
8:40 a.m. – 1V8 Petite Final
8:50 a.m. – 2V8 Petite Final
9 a.m. – V4A Petite Final
9:10 a.m. – 3V8 Petite Final
9:20 a.m. – 3V8 Grand Final
9:30 a.m. – V4B Petite Final
9:40 a.m. – V4B Grand Final
 
Watch Sunday’s Finals on ESPN+ ($) | Results (RegattaTiming.com) | Penn Boatings (PDF)
 
“The team raced well today in our heats at the Ivy Championship,” said Penn’s head coach, Bill Manning. “Every boat advanced to their A Finals. It’s always gratifying when the work they put into practice shows itself on race day. This was some of their most mature racing of the spring. Tomorrow the team will face tougher racing than today, but they will be racing for medals and a berth at the NCAA Championships.”
 
Among the NCAA boats, the Varsity Eight took second in its heat on Saturday, finishing behind top-seeded Yale but leading fourth-seeded Harvard wire-to-wire and beating the Crimson by more than five seconds. In the Second Varsity Eights race, fifth-seeded Penn did well to row through fourth-seeded Harvard, overcoming nearly a boat-length deficit after 500 meters to beat the Crimson by more than three seconds for second place behind Yale. In the Varsity Fours race, fifth-seeded Penn led fourth-seeded Brown after 500 meters but the Bears rowed through the Quakers in the second 500 on the way to a second-place finish behind top-seeded Yale.
 
The best race of the day came in the Third Varsity Eights, where Penn and Columbia stayed in contact with Yale throughout the 2,000 meters—the fifth-seeded Quakers finishing less than four seconds behind the top-seeded Bulldogs and nipping the fourth-seeded Lions by just 1.24 seconds for second place.
 
Varsity Eights
  (1) Yale 6:08.012
  (5) Penn 6:12.774
  (4) Harvard 6:18.012
  (8) Cornell 6:38.099

Second Varsity Eights
  (1) Yale 6:15.718
  (5) Penn 6:22.205
  (4) Harvard 6:25.865
  (8) Cornell 6:57.754

Varsity Fours
  (1) Yale 6:55.919
  (4) Brown 7:09.126
  (5) Penn 7:20.166
  (8) Cornell 7:40.330

Second Varsity Fours
  (1) Yale 7:02.020
  (4) Harvard 7:16.218
  (5) Penn 7:29.611
  (8) Cornell 7:46.376
 
Third Varsity Eights
  (1) Yale 6:37.508
  (5) Penn 6:41.153
  (4) Columbia 6:42.393
  (8) Cornell 7:13.297
 
Up Next
The Ivy League Championship finals will take place Sunday starting at 8 a.m. on the Cooper River.
 
For the latest on Penn women’s rowing, follow @PennWomensRowing on Instagram, and on the web at PennAthletics.com.
 

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