The Yale-Harvard Regatta, the oldest collegiate athletic competition, is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year.
Described by Sports Illustrated as the most venerable rivalry in college sports, the regatta was launched in 1852 when the Yale and Harvard crews set out on a two-mile race on Lake Winnepesaukee in New Hampshire.
The Crimsons won that inaugural race, and Harvard has since built an 83-53 varsity advantage in the regatta series. The longest win streak by either school is Harvard's 18-year string from 1963 to 1980.
This year's competition will take place on Saturday, June 8, on the Thames River in New London, Connecticut, where the race has been held (with five exceptions) since 1878.
The freshman two-mile sprint is scheduled to begin at 3:15 p.m., followed by the three-mile junior varsity race at 4 p.m. The featured four-mile varsity race should launch at 5 p.m. All races are upstream and will finish at Bartlett's Cove. In the event of inclement weather, the races may be postponed until Sunday, June 9. In that event, the freshman race will begin at 7 a.m., followed by the junior varsity race at 7:45 a.m. and the varsity race at 8:45 a.m.
The Yale varsity (3-4 record) enters the regatta ranked 12th in the national poll compared to Harvard's (5-0) standing at No. 3. The Crimson was seeded first at the Sprints but finished second, while the Bulldogs took ninth overall at Worcester. Yale is led by head coach Dave Vogel '71, while Harvard has 40th-year mentor Harry Parker.
Other crew news
The lightweight crew captured the national championship for the second time in three years at the IRA Championships held June 1 on the Cooper River in Camden County, New Jersey.
The Bulldogs edged Navy by .41 seconds in a thrilling Grand Final. In the winning boat for the Bulldogs were: Julia Tierney (Lincoln, MA), William Ralph (Radnor, PA), Tamas Toro (El Cerrito, CA), Ian Malloch (Queenstown, MD), Andrew Liverman (Oakton, VA), Ben Hamilton (Wayland, MA), Eric Feins (Rochester, NY), Wesley Ng (Toronto, ONT) and Evan Gibson (Seattle, WA).
Under coach Andy Card, the Bulldogs had an undefeated regular season, including winning the annual HYP crown, and won the Jope Cup at Eastern Sprints.
In other news, the women's crew tied for fifth with 42 points at the NCAA Women's Rowing Championships at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis. Yale's varsity eight won the Petite Final with a time of 6:39.99, nearly four seconds ahead of second-place University of Southern California. In the second varsity eight Grand Final, the Bulldogs placed sixth with a time of 6:56.78, and in the varsity four Grand Final, Yale was third with a time of 7:46.80.
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