The UMass Light Eight
A reader wrote to say that the UMass light eight that raced at A10s last weekend was not the same boat that raced MIT. With one exception, the A10 boat was crewed by novices. It sounds, however, like there may be some hope that the Boston UMass boat will race again.
Thinking about the UMass light eight racing, makes me think of Dad Vail. It's plausible to me that we could have light eight entries from Dayton, UMass, Buffalo, Duquesne, Lehigh, Temple, and Philadelphia. Looking at past results, we could see boats from Villanova, Ohio State, and Purdue. UCSB and Cal have also competed recently, as has UCF. Without ECAC to pull entries, there could be a great field at Dad Vail, full enough to require heats. Some of these boats, like UMass, may think about not racing a light eight so they can put their four top rowers into the light four. For those considering that, I have just one word - Pittsburgh.
8 comments:
pittsburgh?
As in the dominant four.
looks like dayton dropped 20s between Knecht & A10s. they could be peaking in time for vails.
Looks like Buffalo and UMass are racing their 8's at the ECAC Metro according to Regatta Central
Can we get these lightweight eights all to go to IRAs instead? That would be awesome.
Agreed :-)
Lightweight 8s could race at both IRAs and Vails. That would be even more awesome
I agree with the last comment - we should have these boats at both events.
As for the ECAC Metro - that should be a great race. I'll look forward to that.
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