PHILADELPHIA – Racing for the Adams Cup for the 85th time in the trophy's existence, the No. 7 Harvard Crimson will take the cup back home to Boston after a successful showing versus the No. 14 Penn Quakers and No. 17 Navy Midshipmen on Saturday. Competing over a five-race slate on the Schuylkill River, the Navy heavyweight rowing team turned in three runner-up results in its penultimate regular season race.
 
A two-boat fifth varsity eight competition between Navy and Harvard kicked off Saturday's meet. Tight over the entire 2,000-meter race, the Crimson held off the Mids' late push and collected a 5:59.0 to 6:01.6 decision at the finish line.
 
The third varsity eights took to the Schuylkill next and the fans in Philadelphia were treated to the tightest three-boat race of the day with just 3.4 seconds separating first-place Harvard from third-place Penn. The Crimson posted their second straight victory with a time of 5:47.4, 2.2 seconds ahead of the Mids, who crossed the line at 5:49.6. Navy edged Penn by 1.2 seconds as the hosts clocked in at 5:50.8.
 
The third race of the competition showcased the first varsities from the three rival schools battling it out for Adams Cup. Harvard illustrated why it's ranked seventh in this week's national poll and captured the hardware with a 5:36.5 effort. Penn was exactly three seconds back in second place at 5:39.5, while Navy finished in third at 5:45.9.
 
The second varsity eights hit the water next and action played out in a similar fashion to its brethren in the first boat as the final standings went Harvard, Penn and Navy. The Crimson were victorious with a 5:41.7 time, five seconds ahead of the Quakers at 5:46.7, who were just under five seconds ahead of the Mids at 5:51.4.
 
In the final race of the slate, Harvard and Navy were the class of the fourth varsity eight field and pulled away from Penn over the course of the contest. Down the stretch, the Crimson netted the victory, 5:50.3 to 5:54.5 over the Mids. The Quakers were well off the pace at 6:26.2.
 
"Our team is learning each week and has our best racing still in front of us," remarked Rob Friedrich, the Tom & Candy Knudson Director of Navy Rowing. "We are ready to get back to work and make up ground on our competition."
 
Navy will round out its regular season next Sunday, April 30 with a three-team neutral site meet versus Columbia and Hobart in West Windsor, N.J.
 
Race Results
First Varsity Eight
Harvard – 5:36.5
Penn – 5:39.5
Navy – 5:45.9
 
Second Varsity Eight
Harvard – 5:41.7
Penn – 5:46.7
Navy – 5:51.4
 
Third Varsity Eight
Harvard – 5:47.4
Navy – 5:49.6
Penn – 5:50.8
 
Fourth Varsity Eight
Harvard – 5:50.3
Navy – 5:54.5
Penn – 6:26.2
 
Fifth Varsity Eight
Harvard – 5:59.0
Navy – 6:01.6

Boat Lineups

	First Varsity Eight	Second Varsity Eight	Third Varsity Eight	Fourth Varsity Eight	Fifth Varsity Eight
Bow	Billy Duffy	Sam Beach	Rory Hagerty	George Wright	Aidan Waits
2	Nick Bostock	Robert Freimuth	Mark Ostrowski	Matthew Derrick	Fletcher Matthews
3	Josiah Glynn	Ethan Barton	Reed Romo	Tripp Richardson	Chris Spencer
4	Nick Duncan	Benjamin Vogel	Matthew Lexa	Kyle Perry	Gavin Frazer
5	Aidan Leavy	Carey Hutchens	Nathaniel Erickson	Jack Mollohan	Claudio Montero
6	Reed Schilb	Connor Feeley	William Wright	Nathan Pawlowicz	Alex Coelho
7	John McNicholas	Will Holsinger	Alex Vogel	Josh Herbert	Gabe Eller
Str.	Adrien Richez	Duncan Ayles	Ryan Hollenbach	Alexander Grande	Colin Lang
Cox.	Alex Coleman	Ava Izenour	Zack Shieh	Bradley Glass	Emily Kraft