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The third event of the morning was the freshman eight. The Bulldogs picked up a close win, beating the Bears by 1.3 seconds. Yale finished the 2000-meter course in a time of 5:49.5 to Brown’s 5:50.8.

The freshman eight had the inside lane, so they started down on Brown but had almost walked up even by the turn.

“We had a big move at the halfway point, taking the lead, but Brown came back a bit meaning we had to answer with a big sprint,” noted freshman Tom Lynam.

The sprint paid off and the Bulldogs were able to hold off their opponent to cross the line first. This year’s winning eight featured Don Leatherwood (stroke), Viktor Romanov (seven), Grant Stegelmann (six), Harry Picone (five), Tom Lynam (four), Harry Simperingham     (three), Ian Suvak (two), Philippe Mastroyannis (bow) and Ian Forsyth (cox).

Brown won last year’s freshman event by 9.13 seconds and went on to win Eastern Sprints. In fact, many members of Brown’s current team carry Eastern Sprints gold medals. The Bears swept all four events they raced in (1V, 2V, 1F, 2F) at last year’s championship to take the team trophy.