Men's Lightweight Crew Competes at the Joy Cup

THE BASICS:

- Event: Joy Cup

- Location: Housatonic River in Derby, Conn.

- The Lead: In its return to the east coast, the MIT men's lightweight crew team competed against Yale and Georgetown at the Joy Cup on Saturday. Both the Varsity 8 and the 2V8 finished third after completing the 2,000 meter course.

HOW IT HAPPENED – V8:

- MIT had a rough start to the race and was unable to recover against a very strong Yale crew, which moved fast early and maintained a steady pace throughout the event. The Engineers attempted to move back into the Georgetown boat; however, MIT struggled to find a good rhythm to close the gap. Yale came away with the victory in 5:25.3, followed by Georgetown (5:32.5), and then the Cardinal and Gray (5:40.8).

V8
Cox: Katie Sessa
8: Cameron Douglas
7: Jeremy Stroming
6: Lee Mount
5: Allan Wu
4: Haofeng Xu
3: Liam Green
2: Gabriel Margolis
1: Jake Liguori

HOW IT HAPPENED – 2V8:

- Like the Varsity 8 race, the 2V8 found itself in a similar situation with Yale building a comfortable lead. The Engineers had a more competitive showing against Georgetown but they could not overcome the Hoyas. Yale claimed its second win of the day with a time of 5:33.1 while Georgetown (5:42.5) and MIT (5:50.8) rounded out the field.

2V8
Cox: Chris Jaicks
8: Alden James
7: Patrick McClure
6: Alex Derry
5: Nicolas Amato
4: Adam Dadvar
3: Timothy Leplae-Arthur
2: Sev Kozak
1: Vincent Tjeng