PHILADELPHIA, PA – Harvard men's lightweight rowing opened the regular season with the Matthews and Leonard Cups on Saturday. The Crimson competed in three events over the weekend against both Penn and Cornell. 
 
In the Varsity 8 event, Harvard narrowly finished in second to Penn after finishing only four seconds behind the Quakers.
 
The Crimson had another tight race in the 2^nd Varsity 8 after finishing in second again with only a three-second gap between them and the first-place Quakers.
 
In the third Varsity 8 event Harvard finished with another competitive second-place finish with a time of 6:03.5.
 

Results

Distance: 2000m  
Weather: Slight tail current. Tail to cross-tail wind. Mostly flat water.
 
Varsity 8 
Penn: 5:36.7 
Harvard: 5:40.4 
Cornell: 5:41.1 
 
2^nd Varsity 8
Penn: 5:45.5
Harvard: 5:48.1 
Cornell: 5:51.1
 
3^rd Varsity 8
Cornell: 5:49.9
Harvard: 6:03.5 
Penn: 6:04.4

Lineups 

1V 
Coxswain  - Anya Cheng 
Stroke – Kyle Sutherland
7 – Alex Forbes
6 Ben Lundie 
5 Brahm Erdmann 
4 Johann May 
3 Ryan McCarthy
2 Milo Taylor 
Bow Greg Cain 
 
2V 
Coxswain – Megan Ong 
Stroke – Richard Reid
7 – Zach Mecca
6 – Alick Rose 
5 – Ben Weatherwax 
4 – Finn Crawford
3 – David Picard
2 – James Stevenson
Bow – Joost van Asperen 
 
3V 
Coxswain – Jillian Medina 
Stroke – Matt Lyons 
7 – Stearns Weil 
6 – Howard Huang
5 – Westby Caspersen 
4 – Nathan Evans
3 – Nick Gu 
2 – Abduallah Bannan
Bow – Devinder Sarai