June 6, 2008

CAMDEN, N.J. - The Yale freshman eight will be the only boat representing the heavyweight crew in Saturday's grand finals. The varsity eight along with the freshman four, the open four and the varsity four will race in their petite finals. The second varsity and the pair will race in their third-level finals.

Varsity Eight Semifinal
1 University of Washington 05:39.454
2 University of California Berkeley 05:40.088
3 Northeastern University 05:43.585
4 U.S. Naval Academy 05:47.091
5 Harvard University 05:47.333
6 Yale University 05:47.523

The varsity eight will race in the 12:12 p.m. petite final against Cornell, Harvard, Brown, Navy and Princeton.

Freshman Eight Semifinal
1 Harvard University 05:40.692
2 Brown University 05:41.105
3 Yale University A 05:45.130
4 Stanford University 05:47.720
5 Yale University B 05:51.876
6 Northeastern University 05:55.258

The freshman eight will race in the 11:12 a.m. grand final against Washington, Harvard, California, Brown and Princeton.

Other boats will race at the following times:
Varsity pair: 7:24 a.m. third-level final
Second varsity eight: 8:12 a.m. third-level final
Freshman four: 9:00 a.m. petite final
Open four: 9:24 a.m. petite final
Varsity four: 9:48 a.m. petite final

Full results of all the events can be found here.

Live coverage of the Saturday finals can again be accessed by clicking here.

Report filed by Dominique Fenton '10, Yale Sports Publicity