THE BASICS:
 
- Event: at Williams College with Tufts University
 
- Location: Pittsfield, Mass. (Onota Lake)
 
- The Lead: The MIT men's lightweight crew team finished third in each of its events against the heavyweight squads from Williams College and Tufts University on Saturday. Racing on Onota Lake in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, there was a light cross to cross-headwind which built slightly throughout the morning.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
 
- Competing against the top two heavyweight Varsity 8+ boats in Division III, No. 1 Williams won in 6:00.07, followed by No. 2 Tufts (6:05.07), and MIT (6:05.40). The Engineers' Varsity 8+ currently ranks 11^th in the Division I poll.
 
- The Ephs picked up their second win as their 2V8+ finished in 6:14.00, followed by the Jumbos (6:21.84), and MIT (6:24.39).
 
- Williams completed the sweep with a comfortable win in the 3V8+ as it logged a time of 6:32.05. Tufts was the runner-up (6:44.84) while the Engineers were third (6:53.65).
 
V8+
Cox: Alice Martynova
8: Andrew Stoddard
7: Cameron Dougal
6: Sam Costa
5: Sam Boshar
4: Marc Rizk
3: Sasha Jovanovic-Hacon
2: Rick Ono
1: Richard Sollee
 
2V8+
Cox: Zhi Wei Gan
8: Jakob Jarczynski
7: Alexander Hom
6: Nick Dow
5: Kevin Shao
4: Garrett Hegel
3: Dylan Robinson
2: Stephen Alexander Brennan
1: Luke Stewart
 
3V8+
Cox: Emily Wang
8: Kartik Donepudi
7: Eric Hong
6: Ari Grayzel
5: Aiden Render-Katolik
4: Josef Kirkman
3: Amir Kazeminia
2: Julian Zulueta
1: Mark Razanau
 
UP NEXT:
 
- MIT returns to action on Friday, May 13 for the two-day Dad Vail Regatta on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
 
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