PHILADELPHIA -- The Harvard men's heavyweight rowing team won the first, second and third varsity races over Penn and Navy on the Schuylkill River on Saturday and retained the Adams Cup with the win by the varsity. Conditions featured variable wins throughout the morning with a cross wind of 10-13 mph.

The varsity race was moved up to 9:15 a.m.; the second race of the day for the Harvard boats. Led by coxswain Natalia Tomas and stroke Ben Scott, HUBC won by more than three seconds over Penn in a time of 5:32.3. The varsity win marked the 61st win for Harvard in the Adams Cup, which has been contested 89 times since 1928. HUBC has won every race completed since 2001.

The 2V boat was led by coxswain Iris Hennin and stroke Tyler Horler to a commanding 10-second win at 5:35.6. The final HUBC win of the morning went to the 3V boat with coxswain Cate Frerichs and stroke Marco Vicino, which crossed in a time of 5:40.2; a three-second margin.

Results
1V
1. Harvard - 5:32.3
2. Penn - 5:35.4
3. Navy - 5:48.3

2V
1. Harvard - 5:35.6
2. Penn - 5:45.2
3. Navy - 6:07.4

3V
1. Harvard - 5:40.2
2. Penn - 5:43.4
3. Navy - 5:59.2

4V
1. Penn - 5:48.1
2. Harvard - 5:50.2
3. Navy - 6:05.3

5V
1. Penn - 6:04.3
2. Harvard - 6:09.3
3. Navy - 6:23.9

Harvard Boat Lineups
V8
Cox: Natalia Toms
Stroke: Ben Scott
7: Jack Dorney
6: Jordan Dykema
5: Leo Bessler
4: Alexander Grundy
3: Cameron Beyki
2: Jack Hansen-Knarhoi
Bow: Josh Brangan

2V
Cox: Iris Hennin
Stroke: Tyler Horler
7: Owen Finnerty
6: Apostolos Lykomitros
5: Sam Woodgate
4: Sam Gallaudet
3: Kynan Tallec-Botos
2: Elam Hughes
Bow: Marco Gandola

3V
Cox: Cate Frerichs
Stroke: Marco Vicino
7: Luca Vicino
6: Owen Marcovitz
5: Robert Rawlinson
4: Joe Baker
3: Charles Richards
2: Alexander Sanchez Fretz
Bow: Jack Sulger

4V
Cox: Ericka Lai
Stroke: Pierce Lapham
7: Leyth Sousou
6: Adam Cech
5: Ryan Cornelius
4: Marcus Chung
3: Martin Houska
2: George Burney
Bow: Sam Davidson

5V
Cox: Nicholas Yoo
Stroke: George Farkas
7: Theodore Plimpton
6: Kevin Weldon
5: Mason Cruz-Abrams
4: Ben Schnalke
3: Mike Thomas
2: Julian Paul
Bow: Asante Kiio

Up Next
It's a quick turnaround for HUBC when it returns to the Charles River to take on local-rival Northeastern for the Smith Cup on Tuesday, April 28.