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Women’s Rowing Prepped for Eastern Sprints Sunday
May 3, 2025 | Women's Rowing
BOSTON – The Boston University women's rowing program is set to compete at the Eastern Sprints on Lake Quinsigamond on May 4 in Worcester, Mass.
The 50th edition of the sprints will air live on Overnght.com, which requires a paid subscription. Live results can be found on the Quinsigamond Rowing Association's website. Fans looking to attend the regatta can visit the Women's Sprints page on the IRA's website using this link. Entries can be found here.
SCHEDULE - HEATS
LAST TIME OUT
THE FIELD
RANKINGS IN THE FIELD
LAST YEAR AT THE EASTERN SPRINTS
LOOKING AHEAD
The 50th edition of the sprints will air live on Overnght.com, which requires a paid subscription. Live results can be found on the Quinsigamond Rowing Association's website. Fans looking to attend the regatta can visit the Women's Sprints page on the IRA's website using this link. Entries can be found here.
SCHEDULE - HEATS
- 8:00 a.m. – Third Varsity 4+ – Heat 1
- 8:30 a.m – Varsity 8+ – Heat 2
- 9:00 a.m. – Second Varsity 8+ – Heat 2
- 9:20 a.m. – Varsity 4+ – Heat 1
- 10:00 a.m. – Second Varsity 4+ – Heat 1
- 10:40 a.m. – Third Varsity 8+ – Heat 2
- 2:00 p.m. – Third Varsity 4+ finals
- 2:30 p.m. – Third Varsity 8+ finals
- 3:10 p.m. – Second Varsity 4+ finals
- 3:50 p.m. – Varsity 4+ finals
- 4:30 p.m. – Second Varsity 8+ finals
- 5:10 p.m. – Varsity 8+ finals
LAST TIME OUT
- BU's top squads last competed at the Lake Wheeler Invitational, finishing sixth overall out of 18 schools.
- The Varsity 8+ turned in three top three finishes, highlighted by its second-place finish in 6:28.481, just narrowly behind Duke.
- The Second Varsity 4+ also finished in the top three in all races it competed in, including a first-place finish in its first race of the weekend. The boat was an honorable mention for the Patriot League Boat of the Week.
THE FIELD
- The Terriers will face 13 different opponents in its heats before moving on to finals, three of which are Patriot League foes and four of which are ranked.
- BU's Varsity 8+ will compete in heat two against Brown, Columbia, Boston College, Drexel, Colgate and UConn.
- The Terriers' Second Varsity 8+ will race head-to-head with Brown, Columbia, URI, Drexel, Holy Cross and UConn in heat two.
- BU, Brown, Dartmouth, Boston College and Drexel will race in the second heat of the Third Varsity 8+.
- The Varsity 4+ faces off against Rutgers, Northeastern, URI, UConn, Marist and Holy Cross in heat one.
- BU will compete against Rutgers, Northeastern, George Washington and UConn in heat one of the Second Varsity 4+.
- The Third Varsity 4+ will see two Rutgers boats as well as Dartmouth and Holy Cross in the first heat.
- When BU raced then No. 22 Dartmouth earlier this spring, BU's Varsity 4+, Second Varsity 4+ and Third Varsity 8+ noticeably finished ahead of the Big Green.
RANKINGS IN THE FIELD
- #7 Rutgers
- #8 Brown
- #19 Columbia
- #21 Dartmouth
LAST YEAR AT THE EASTERN SPRINTS
- All five of BU's crews advanced to the grand finals in 2024.
- The Varsity 4+ had the highest finish, crossing the line in fourth in the grand final only behind Brown, Rutgers and Columbia.
- The Varsity 8+ and Third Varsity 8+ each came in fifth in their grand final races.
LOOKING AHEAD
- This will be BU's last races before the Patriot League Championship on May 16.
- The championship will take place on the Cooper River in Pennsauken, N.J.
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