CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The nationally-ranked No. 5 MIT men's lightweight crew team generated a trio of third-place finishes as it hosted No. 1 Cornell University and No. 2 Columbia University in the Geiger Cup on Saturday morning.
Cornell retained the Geiger Cup by winning the varsity eight with a time of 6:18 as Columbia finished three seconds later with the Engineers crossing the line in 6:28. In the second varsity eight race, Cornell once again came away with the victory as it was seven seconds ahead of Columbia (6:40) and 12 seconds in front of MIT (6:45). Cornell's third varsity boat overpowered the field with a comfortable eight-second margin against Columbia (6:39.20) while the Engineers finished in 7:04.07.
Next up for MIT will be a trip to Philadelphia where it will compete in the Dad Vail Regatta on May 8-9.
Varsity 8+
Cox: Ali Finkelstein
8: Tom Altmann
7: Mycal Tucker
6: Lee Mount
5: Luke Koblan
4: Ijan Zhakiya
3: Chris Schlaepfer
2: Peter Augusciak
1: Christopher Knapp
2V8+
Cox: Julian Ranz
8: Richard Chew
7: Berk Ozturk
6: David Danko
5: Jeremy Stroming
4: Alexander Derry
3: William Martin
2: Jesus Mathus
1: Jake Liguori
3V8+
Cox: Jamie Voros
8: Cameron Douglas
7: Patrick McClure
6: Austin Hubbert
5: Robert Hunt
4: Carlos Torres
3: Haofeng Xu
2: Scott McCuen
1: Patrick Lowe
