The Terrier women's varsity crew, seeded seventh entering today's Eastern Sprints, advanced to the Grand Final where it finished fifth to highlight an excellent performance on the Cooper River in Camden, NJ.

In the morning heat, rowing on good water but with a light cross headwind, B.U. took second behind only Brown to qualify for the afternoon's Grand Final. In the morning competition, the Terriers were clocked in 6:55.13, while Brown, which was the top-seeded Eastern crew in the race, covered the 2000-meter course in 6:44.50. Columbia was third in 7:07.98, followed in order by Rutgers (7:10.29) and George Washington (7:10.53).

Then, in the afternoon racing, again in good water but into a headwind, the Terriers were fourth behind a quartet of Ivy League boats, all of whom were seeded in the top four entering the competition. Leading the way was second-seeded Radcliffe, which looked very impressive en route to nearly a five-second win over third-seeded Princeton. Radcliffe was timed in 6:43.80 to Princeton's 6:48.20. Brown was third in 6:51.20, while fourth-seeded Yale was fourth in 6:55.60. The Terriers were next in 7:03.40 with Syracuse rounding out the Grand Final field in 7:14.15.

In the second varsity, the Terriers, who were seeded 10th, finished fifth in the Petite Final. Thus, their overall finish was 11th. In the morning competition, the Terriers finished fourth in their heat with a time of 7:35.80. Radcliffe won the heat in 7:14.50, while Wisconsin (7:16.90) was second and Penn (7:32.33) was third. Then, in the afternoon, the Terriers (7:37.20) were fifth behind Dartmouth (7:18.30), Penn (7:27.80), Columbia (7:27.90), and Northeastern (7:34.70).

The novice eight finished third in the Petite and ninth overall, which was two places better than its pre-competition seed of 11th. In the morning competition, the Terriers finished fourth in their heat with a time of 7:37.23. Princeton was first in 7:28.60 followed by Yale (7:31.71) and Syracuse (7:36.14). In the afternoon, Cornell won the Petite with a time of 7:16.50, while Northeastern was second in 7:20.52 and the Terriers were third in 7:34.23.

The Terriers had three other crews entered-a third varsity four A and third varsity four B along with a second novice boat.

The third varsity A, which finished second to Yale in the morning heat, came back in the afternoon to finish sixth overall in the Grand Final with a time of 8:17.70. Yale (7:50.80) won the race with Brown (7:53.50) second, followed, in order, by Radcliffe (7:55.80), Princeton (8:01.45), and Penn (8:04.30). The Terriers' finish placed them one spot higher than they were in the pre-event seeding in which they were seventh.

The third varsity B boat fared the best of all Terrier entries as it finished second in the Garnd Final. The only boat to beat the Terriers was Wisconsin, which rowed in 8:02.10 to the Terriers' 8:07.29. Four Ivy League crews finished behind B.U.-Yale (8:10.51), Cornell (8:11.21), Dartmouth (8:12.68), and Penn (8:24.20). In the morning heat, the Terriers won their heat in a time of 8:21.80. They were followed, in order by Dartmouth (8:23.70), Yale (8:25.65), and Radcliffe (8:34.70).

Finally, the second novice eight boat, which was seeded sixth, finished sixth overall with a time of 8:02.23 in the Grand Final. Wisconsin (7:24.30) won the race, while Cornell was second (7:30.50), Dartmouth was third (7:42.85), Radcliffe was fourth (7:46.56), and Northeastern was fifth (7:58.80). In the morning racing, the Terriers (8:04.85) were third in their heat behind Wisconsin (7:48.60) and Radcliffe (8:01.38).

In the team scoring, the Terriers finished eighth overall with 40 points, just three points behind Dartmouth. Radcliffe won the Willing Point Trophy with 61 points, just one point better than Brown. Princeton was third with 56 points, followed, in order by Yale, 54; Cornell, 50; Wisconsin, 47; Dartmouth; BOSTON UNIVERSITY; Penn, 30; and Syracuse, 29 to round out the top 10.