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Rowing Spring Preview
The Holy Cross men’s and women’s crew teams kicked
off the 2003 spring season after four months of hard training
at the Hart Center. The Crusaders competed in the Jesuit
Invitational where the school battled Boston College, Georgetown,
Loyola, Fordham and St. Joseph’s on the Cooper River
in New Jersey.
The men’s varsity eight boat led the way, placing second
overall with a time of 6:00.2, while the second varsity eight
boat also placed second in its race with a time of 6:16.96.
On the women’s side, the varsity eight boat placed third
overall with a time of 6:54.15, while the second varsity
eight boat also placed third. The Crusaders finished their
race with a time of 7:29.45.
Holy Cross then returned home with hopes that Lake Quinsigamond
had thawed, and the teams could compete on their home course.
Fortunately for the Crusaders, the warm weather of late March
helped break up the ice on the lake, and the team hosted
Coast Guard and Wesleyan on the final Saturday of March.
In the first of eight straight home meets for Holy Cross,
the men’s varsity eight boat and second varsity eight
boat placed first, with times of 7:03.12 and 7:03.1 respectively,
against Coast Guard and Wesleyan. Also, the novice eight
boat placed second with a time of 8:17.56. The women’s
varsity eight boat placed first with a time of 8:03.7, while
Holy Cross had boats place second and third respectively
in the second varsity eight race. The Crusaders finished
in times of 9:19.6 and 10:14.5. The women’s novice eight
boat also placed second with a time of 10:08.
Holy Cross will now host six straight meets against New
England foes in preparation for the two big championship
meets at the end of April and the beginning of May. The Crusaders
will compete against all of the other Patriot League schools
at the end of April before hosting the New England Championships
on the first weekend of May. Holy Cross will then compete
in the Avaya Collegiate Regatta on May 10 and 11. Last season,
the women’s varsity eight boat won the Avaya Regatta
for the first time in school history.
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