New Continent, Same Result: Men's Lightweights Top Yale in China

The Harvard men’s lightweight crew capped off its international tour last Sunday by winning its second race of a two-week trip to China.

The Crimson finished 10.6 seconds ahead of Yale to win in its final competition and take home first place at the International Famous Universities Regatta. Held at the Sichuan Provincial National Team Training Center, Harvard’s eight beat out Yale, Oxford, and Cambridge with a time of 5:57.6.

Harvard won its first competition of the tour on Aug. 1, besting Yale by 16.2 seconds along the Shunyi Olympic Basin, the same course used during the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Oxford and Cambridge battled for third in both competitions, with Oxford taking third in the first race and Cambridge taking third in the second race.

The Crimson, coached by Linda Muri, sent nine rowers and one coxswain abroad. The team was comprised mostly of current rowers, although the group was also joined by graduates Dexter Louie ’10 and Martin Eiermann ’10—last season’s captain.