This weekend, Marquette Crew attended MACRA in Cincinnati, Ohio on the gorgeous Harsha Lake course. This is the team’s final race before they make the trip out to the Dad Vail Regatta, and the times here help determine seeding out in Philadelphia. The started out the surprisingly beautiful day early at 8am, where the Varsity Men's 4+ posted a time of 6:58.8 in their heat and snatched third by .3 seconds overall. The race was tight for all 2000 meters, but our boys pulled ahead with a phenomenal final sprint to advance to the Grand Final. The following race was the Varsity Women's 4+ which raced hard, and posted a time of 9:01.4 in the event with the largest field of the day. Following them was the Novice Women's 4+, who placed third in their heat with a time of 8:51.6 to advance to the Grand Final. The next boats up were the Varsity Women's 8+ and the Varsity Men's 8+. The Women took third in their heat and advanced onto the Grand Final. The men missed out on the Grand Final by a few second, but put up a good time of 6:41.7. The finals began in the afternoon, and four of the Varsity Men got right back on the water for the open weight Varsity Men 4+. They raced against some of the best teams in the country, and were behind the winning boat by 17 seconds. The lightweight men followed them racing well against some strong competition in their straight to final race. Next came the Novice Women's 8+ where they raced straight to finals. Our #9 Novice Women's 8+ placed second losing out to only #5 Grand Valley State, and were the only squad to medal this weekend. The Varsity 8+ finals wrapped up the day, starting with the Varsity Men's 8+ Petite Final. The day closed out with the Varsity Women's 8+ missing 6th in the grand finals by 1.4 seconds. All the teams raced well and Marquette placed tenth in overall points. Next weekend is the end of year banquet. Hope to see you there!
