April 14, 2007

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Navy lightweight crew team won a trio of races against Georgetown Saturday morning on the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., but lost the varsity race to the Hoyas by one second.

"I'll give all credit to Georgetown," said Navy head coach Rob Friedrich. "We had a lead in the first half of the race, but Georgetown held in tough and had a great finish. It was a tight race, but they were stronger than us today."

The Hoyas posted a winning time of 5:36.2 in the race, with the Mids completing the course in a time of 5:37.6.

Navy's other boats fared much better on the day against the Hoyas. The Mids won the second varsity race by 12 seconds, the freshman race by 13 seconds and the freshman four race by 29 seconds.

Navy's next race will be April 21 at Harvard.

Varsity
Georgetown, 5:36.2; Navy, 5:37.6

2nd Varsity
Navy 2V, 5:39.5; Navy 3V, 5:47.8; Georgetown, 2V 5:51.7

1st Freshmen
Navy, 5:46.1; Georgetown, 5:59.0

2nd Freshmen Fours
Navy A, 6:43.0; Navy B, 6:45.3; Georgetown, 7:12.7