ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- The No. 1 Harvard men's lightweight rowing team swept Navy and MIT for the Haines Cup and Paulovich Trophy on the Severn River Saturday morning. With the wins, Harvard moved to 55-9 all-time against the Mids and 100-15 against the Engineers.

The third varsity launched around 7:40 a.m. for the first race of the day. Stroked by Rupert Chen, the Crimson posted a win of just over two seconds over Navy's top boat of three in the race with a time of 6:15.8. In the second varsity, Nikhil Ramaraju stroked Harvard to a win in 6:00.5.

Rowing in gorgeous conditions with a cross/quartering head and a building chop in the second 1,000 meters, Harvard claimed wins over MIT (5:55.8) and Navy (6:05.2) in the varsity race, stroked by Ben Lundie, with a finishign time of 5:51.0.

Results
V8
1. Harvard - 5:51.00
2. MIT - 5:55.8
3. Navy - 6:05.2

2V
1. Harvard - 6:00.5
2. Navy - 6:11.6
3. MIT - 6:18.7

3V
1. Harvard - 6:15.8
2. Navy - 6:17.9
3. Navy 4V - 6:31.8
4. Navy 5V - 6:35.4

Harvard Boat Lineups
V8
Coxswain - Nathalie Gregg
Stroke - Ben Lundie
7 - Alex Forbes
6 - Charles Rahdon 
5 - Preston Darling
4 - Jackson Violich
3 - Jack Duggan 
2 - Andrew Buda
Bow - Kyle Sutherland 

2V 
Coxswain - Sylvie Spitz 
Stroke - Nikhil Ramaraju 
7 - Maxton Kilroy
6 - Brody Luce
5 - Herbie Austin-Baker 
4 - Ian O'Riley 
3 - Zarret Mills
2 - Lucas Pinsent 
Bow - Henry Jones 

3V
Coxswain - Haley Hicks 
Stroke - Rupert Chen
7 - Cedar Larson
6 - Matt Lyons
5 - Howard Huang
4 - Jack Jawork
3 - Russell O'Donnell
2- Nathan Pappas
Bow - Grant Atkinson

Up Next
The Crimson return to race on the Charles against Princeton and Yale for the Goldthwait and Vogel Cups.