Sunday, May 3
Worcester, MA / Lake Quinsigamond
12:45 PM
Boston University
vs
Eastern Sprints
Photo by: Boston University Athletics
Lightweight Rowing Takes On Eastern Sprints This Sunday
May 2, 2026 | Women's Lightweight Rowing
BOSTON – For its final tune-up before the 2026 IRA National Championship Regatta, the Boston University lightweight rowing program gears up for the 2026 Eastern Sprints on Sunday (May 3) on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass.
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BU will send out five crews for the regatta, competing in its first race at 9:20 a.m. and the first finals set for 1:10 p.m. Fans can watch all the day's events on Overnght.com with a subscription while live results will be available on the Quinsigamond River Association's website.
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RACE SCHEDULE
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BU will send out five crews for the regatta, competing in its first race at 9:20 a.m. and the first finals set for 1:10 p.m. Fans can watch all the day's events on Overnght.com with a subscription while live results will be available on the Quinsigamond River Association's website.
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RACE SCHEDULE
- 9:20 a.m. – Lightweight 8 (Heat 1)
- Lane 1 vs. Stanford, Wisconsin "A", Princeton, Wisconsin "B"
- 1:10 p.m. – Lightweight "B" Double
- Lane 5 vs. Wisconsin, Harvard-Radcliffe, MIT, Georgetown
- 1:20 p.m. – Lightweight 4 "B"
- Lane 1 vs. Wisconsin, MIT, Princeton, Harvard-Radcliffe
- 1:32 p.m. – Lightweight Double
- Lane 0 vs. Wisconsin, MIT, Georgetown, Sacred Heart, Harvard-Radcliffe, Princeton
- 1:44 p.m. – Lightweight 4
- Lane 0 vs. Wisconsin, MIT, Georgetown, Sacred Heard, Princeton, Harvard-Radcliffe
- 1:56 p.m. – Lightweight 8 Petite Final
- 2:06 p.m. – Lightweight 8 Grand Final
- The Terriers sent boats out to the west coast for a dual race at Stanford and to Worcester to compete with the BU openweight crews against Rhode Island, Holy Cross and Delaware.
- Against the Cardinal, BU triumphed in the Lightweight Double and Lightweight 4.
- The "A" crew came in second place among a six-boat field in the Second Varsity 4 on Lake Quinsigamond.
- The latest installment of the Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll kept BU's Double atop the eight-school field and the Lightweight 8 in third place.
- The Lightweight 4 moved into sole possession of fourth place over MIT.
- The Lightweight "B" Double features crews from BU, Georgetown, MIT, Harvard-Radcliffe and Wisconsin.
- The "A" category for both the Double and Lightweight 4 features the Terriers, Georgetown, MIT, Princeton, Radcliffe, Sacred Heart and Wisconsin.
- BU, MIT, Princeton, Radcliffe and Wisconsin comprise the "B" entries for the Lightweight 4.
- The Terriers, Georgetown, MIT, Princeton, Radcliffe, Sacred Heart, Stanford and two Wisconsin crews will compete in the Lightweight 8 event.
- In the 2025 Eastern Sprints, the Terriers finished second only to Princeton in the team standings after winning the 2024 Konrad Ulbrich Team Trophy.
- BU won gold medals in both Lightweight Double events and the Lightweight 4 "B" category.
- The Terriers were third in both the Lightweight 4 and 8 events.
- The 2026 IRA National Championship Regatta takes place from May 30-31 at Lake Natoma in Gold River, Calif.
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