The Crimson will take on Penn and Cornell in Philadelphia before heading to Princeton, New Jersey for Delaware and Georgetown (Zack Williamson).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The No. 3 Harvard lightweight crew will have a tough test to start the season as the Crimson travels south to Philadelphia to take on No. 8 Penn and No. 1 Cornell Saturday April 4. The following day, Harvard heads to Princeton, New Jersey to meet No. 7 Delaware and No. 12 Georgetown. The Delaware race was originally scheduled to be in Cambridge last weekend.
Boatings
First Varsity
Coxswain: James Dreben; Stroke: Nico Astrup-Wiik; 7: Michael Wales; 6: Thomas Marshall; 5: Jack Kelly; 4: Alexander Bonorris; 3: Ian Klein; 2: Samuel Frum; Bow: Christopher Wales
Second Varsity
Coxswain: Charlie Zhang; Stroke: Emanuel Ritschard; 7: Christopher Magnani; 6: Connor Mangan; 5: Matthew Podlesak; 4: Mitchel Cole; 3: Ian Meyer; 2: Eli Leavitt; Bow: Luke Farewell
Third Varsity
Coxswain: Alexander Spencer; Stroke: Matthew Pawlowski; 7: Mark Steinbrick; 6: Patrick Anderson; 5: Edward McKlveen; 4: Cameron Clemence; 3: Lev Ratnofsky; 2: Eric Rodrigo; Bow: Ross Svenson
Freshman Eight
Coxswain: Catherine Gildea; Stroke: Andre Dupuis; 7: Daniel Bridgwater; 6: Alexander Harding; 5: Andre Dempsey; 4: Jordan Rogers; 3: Nolan Thomas; 2: Patrick Hansen; Bow: Cayman Bearly-Malinowski
Second Freshman/Novice 4+s:
Coxswain: Sergio Martinez; 4: Shangyan Li; 3: Niels Laurberg; 2: Nik Cable; 1: Liam Daily
Coxswain: Benjamin Molin; 4: Ryan Patrick; 3: Andrew "Huck" Rocca; 2: Wes Fabyan; 1: Christian Kardish
Tentative Penn-Cornell Schedule
9:10am - 2F 4+ (two Harvard crews and one Penn crew)
9:30am - 3rd Varsity
9:50am - 1st Freshman
10:10am - 2nd Varsity
10:30am - 1st Varsity
Season Preview
Last Season
The Crimson rebounded from finishing fifth at the Eastern Sprints to take home the silver medal at the IRA National Championships. Harvard posted a 6-3 record during the dual season.
In the Polls
Harvard opened the season at No. 4, but edged up to No. 3 in this week's USRowing poll. The Ivy League owns five of the top six spots, as Cornell and Princeton sit atop the polls and Columbia (No. 4) and Yale (No. 6) are not far behind.
Harvard-Penn-Cornell Series
The Crimson owns the all-time series lead against Cornell and Penn 17-7-1. Harvard had won five-straight before the Big Red earned a narrow victory a season ago. Cornell finished in 5:53.0 at Lake Cayuga, while Harvard was just behind in 5:54.2. Both squads bested Penn by open water (6:08.7).
Scouting Cornell
The No. 1 team in the nation, Cornell will be opening the season against Penn and Harvard. Head coach Chris Kerber was named the 2014 IRA Coach of the Year and the Big Red's varsity eight was named the IRA Crew of the Year after posting an undefeated regular season and winning both the Eastern Sprints and the IRA national championship.
Scouting Penn
No. 8 Penn has a week of racing under its belt as the Quakers vaulted up three spots in the national rankings to No. 8 in the country with a victory over No. 12 Mercyhurst last week. The Penn varsity boat pulled ahead and held a comfortable lead near the finish, where they stopped the clock at 5:49.3, while the Lakers clocked out at 5:57.9.
Scouting Georgetown
Georgetown will take on Drexel and Temple in its first race of the season Saturday before facing off against the Crimson and Blue Hens. Giuseppe Lanzone heads the Hoya crew.
Scouting Delaware
This will be the Delaware lightweight club team's fourth event, after taking on Dartmouth and Fordham in New Haven, Connecticut Saturday. Head coach Chuck Crawford, a 1973 Rutgers graduate, leads the Blue Hen squad.
In the Launch
Michiel Bartman enters his second season as the Friends of Harvard Lightweight Rowing Coach for Men's Lightweight Crew after earning a silver medal a season ago at the IRA National Championships. An Olympic champion, a three-time Olympic medalist and a 16-year coaching veteran, Bartman improved the Radcliffe lightweight women's performance in each of his first two seasons at Weld.
Up Next
The Crimson return home next weekend to take on Dartmouth and MIT in search of the Biglin Bowl. The race will be streamed live on ILDN, weather pending.
