Oct. 25, 2009

PRINCETON, N.J. - Navy's men's crew teams produced four top-three times to showcase its performance at the Princeton Chase on Lake Carnegie on Sunday.

On the heavyweight crew side, Navy placed ninth out of 40 boats in the varsity eight race with a time of 13:41.996 over the 2.75-mile course. The Midshipmen finished ninth out of 50 vessels in the varsity four race with a time of 15:30.661 and landed second out of 17 crews in the freshmen eight race with a 14:04.276 showing.

Navy's lightweight team opened the day with a solid third-place time of 13:27.604 among 31 boats - just 7.919 seconds behind first-place Princeton. The Midshipmen went on the finish second out of 15 boats in the freshmen eight race with a 14:14.646 showing and third among 39 boats with a 14:58.688 clocking in the varsity four event.

"It was a good showing for the program," stated Navy men's lightweight crew head coach Steve Perry. "We always want to win, but we'll take third and work with it over the winter. Our 'A' four also had a good piece finishing third in their event, having never rowed their lineup before I was happy with their showing."

The Navy heavyweight and lightweight crew teams will conclude the fall rowing season with their freshmen competing at the Virginia Invitational on Saturday, Nov. 7.

NAVY RESULTS AT THE PRINCETON CHASE
• Heavyweight •
Varsity Eight - 9th of 40 boats (`A' boat, 13:41.996, +0:23.310); 23rd (`B' boat, 14:10.114, +0:51.428); 30th (`C' boat, 14:28.638, +1:09.952)
Varsity Four - 9th of 50 boats (`A' boat, 15:30.661, +0:35.833); 14th (`B' boat, 15:43.619, +0:48.791); 36th (`C' boat, 16:12.139, +1:17.311)
Freshmen Eight - 2nd of 17 boats (14:04.276, +0:23.119); 7th (`B' boat, 14:38.944, +0:57.787)

• Lightweight •
Varsity Eight - 3rd of 31 boats (`A' boat, 13:27.604, +0:07.919); 12th (`B' boat, 14:00.173, +0:40.488); 19th (`C' boat, 14:11.508, +0:51.823); 25th (`D' boat, 14:46.005, +1:26.320)
Varsity Four - 3rd of 39 boats (`A' boat, 14:58.688, +0:11.080); 13th (`B' boat, 15:44.220, +0:56.612); 29th (`C' boat, 16:18.724, +1:31.644)
Freshmen Eight - 2nd of 15 boats (14:14.646, +16.560)