CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard men's lightweight crew will open spring racing on April 2 and compete in three more events prior to the Eastern Sprints and IRA National Championships as part of its 2022 spring schedule, Billy Boyce, Friends of Harvard Lightweight Rowing Coach for Men's Lightweight Crew, announced on Thursday.
 
Coming off a successful return to competition with the Head of the Charles, Princeton Chase, and the Foot of the Charles this past fall, the Crimson will begin its spring season with the Overpeck Invitational on April 2 in Leonia, N.J. Harvard will compete in a spring race for the first time since the 2019 IRA National Championships.
 
Harvard returns to the Charles River to race Dartmouth and MIT for the Biglin Bowl on April 16, competing in a spring dual race on the Charles for the first time since April 20, 2019.
 
The Crimson races at Navy with Delaware for the Haines Cup on April 23 in Annapolis, Md., before taking on Yale and Princeton for the Goldthwait Cup and Vogel Cup on April 30 in Princeton, N.J.
 
The Crimson will then compete at the Eastern Sprints on May 15 on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass.
 
The 2022 IRA National Championships will take place at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J., from June 3-5.