THE BASICS:
 
- Location: San Diego, Calif. (Mission Bay)
 
- The Lead: At the San Diego Crew Classic, the MIT women's openweight crew team competed in the V8, the 2V8 and the 4+ over the two-day event in Mission Bay.
 
A LOOK INSIDE THE RACES:
 
- In heat 1 of the UCSD Cal Cup on Saturday morning, the Engineers finished in third out of six boats with a time of 7:13.810. Finishing .343 seconds ahead of UC San Diego, MIT advanced to Sunday's Cal Cup Grand Final. In that race, the Engineers powered to a second-place finish out of six boats as MIT crossed just in front of the Stanford lightweight crew in a time of 7:09.307.
 
- On Saturday, the MIT 4+ finished its heat in sixth place at 9:07.240 and moved onto Sunday's Karen Plumleigh Cortney Cup Final 2. In the Petite Final, the Engineers put together a great push to finish in third and in front of Santa Clara with a time of 8:48.332.
 
- In their heat, the MIT 2V8 was fifth in a time of 7:30.581 and advanced to the Petite Final of the Jackie Ann Stitt Hungness Trophy on Sunday morning. In the Petite Final, the Engineers finished in a final time of 7:36.034.
 
BOATINGS:
 
V8
Cox: Emelie Eldracher
8: Ella Gersack
7: Tatum Wilhelm
6: Portia Gaitskell
5: Arina Khotimsky
4: Julia Contini
3: Stephanie Hulme
2: Abby Dulski
1: Anna Meurer
 
2V8
Cox: Kelly Kim
8: Kayla Robertson
7: Claire Johnson
6: Gabriella Aponte
5: Anaisa Sibel
4: Teagan Sullivan
3: Norah Miller
2: Tamsin Nottage
1: Leena Jhamb
 
4+
Cox: Arya Sasne
4: Emma Tysinger
3: Emma Rutherford
2: Elizabeth Wright
1: Carly Long
 
UP NEXT:
 
- The Engineers are back in action on April 15-16 as the team travels to the Knecht Cup on the Cooper River in Cherry Hill, N.J.
 
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