THE BASICS:

- Event: Bates and Trinity

- Location: Cambridge, Mass. (Charles River)

- The Lead: Competing against Trinity College and Bates College on Sunday morning, the MIT men's lightweight crew team won the Varsity 8+ race and finished third in the Second Varsity 8+ event.

INSIDE THE RACES:

- MIT edged out Trinity by 1.7 seconds, taking the V8+ victory in 6:10.2. Bates, meanwhile, followed closely behind in 6:13.3.

- In the 2V8+ race, Bates and Trinity got off the start quick as they battled it out down the course. The Bates bow ball crossed at 6:25.2 as Trinity was only 1.7 seconds behind with a time of 6:27.2. The Engineers raced hard coming in at 6:42.0.

BOATINGS:

V8+ 
Cox: Jane Atkinson 
8: Sam Costa 
7: Daniel Kurlander 
6: Marc Rizk 
5: Richard Sollee 
4: Harry Sillifant
3: Sam Boshar
2: Lucas Young 
1: Kieran Dunn

2V8+ 
Cox: Hannah Ono 
8: Josef Kirkman 
7: Michael Donnellan 
6: Hector Astrom 
5: Yicheng Huang 
4: Christopher Hom 
3: Luke Kelly 
2: Trent Lee 
1: Nicolas Camenisch

UP NEXT:

- MIT will travel to Pittsfield, Mass. to face off against Williams and Tufts on Saturday, April 27 on Lake Onota. 

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