THE BASICS:
- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Charles River)
- The Lead: At the CRI Fall Classic on the Charles River, the MIT women's lightweight 8 "A" and 4 "A" boats captured the Open 8+ and Open 4+ races. Overall, the Engineers opened the season by racing two eights and one four.
A LOOK INSIDE THE RACES:
- In the Open 8+ race, the Engineer "A" boat crossed in a time of 19:27.5 to defeat Simmons by a 27-second margin. MIT's "B" crew finished in fourth place with a time of 21:16.4.
- MIT took the Open 4+ race in the early afternoon as the Engineers finished in a time of 20:15.7 and defeated the CRI and Upper Valley crews in the process.
- Today's three boats featured five first-year student-athletes.
BOATINGS:
8 "A" Boat
Cox: Sarah Quraishi
8: Eve Schoen
7: Sophie Herscovici
6: Maheera Bawa
5: Sophie Longawa
4: Tatum Wilhelm
3: Eileen Hu
2: Julia Van Cleef
1: Frances Parker-Hale
8 "B" Boat
Cox: Alexis Yang
8: Natalie Northrup
7: Crystal Chen
6: Jordan Docter
5: Sarah Edwards
4: Vivian Lo
3: Savannah Tynan
2: Megan Diehl
1: Ning Guan
4 "A" Boat
Cox: Jennifer Nwenyi
4: Brigid Bane
3: Haley Higginbotham
2: Kathleen Love
1: Jaime Cook
UP NEXT:
- MIT returns to action on Saturday, October 20th as the Engineers compete at the Head of the Charles.
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