Crew: Mayor's Cup, April 2014
This was the second crew race of the Spring season, against an ancient rival, Buckingham Browne and Nichols (BB&N). BB&N is the usual winner of the "Cambridge Mayor's Cup", but this year, for only the second time, our CRLS boys team won the cup! This was a particularly sweet victory for Benjamin, whose freshman year second varsity boat was part of the previous win in 2011.
According to the BB&N coach, this crew rivalry goes back to the 1880s, perhaps the oldest high school crew competition in the US, between the predecessor schools. There was then a long gap between 1929, when the Cambridge public high schools dropped crew, until 2001, when the series was re-established.
Results: Mayor’s Cup (CRLS vs. BB&N), Charles River, Cambridge
G1V4+ BB&N – 4:40.4, CRLS – 4:48.8
B1V4+ CRLS – 4:04, BB&N – 4:12
G2V4+ BB&N – 4:41.3, CRLS – 4:57.1
B2V4+ CRLS – 4:17, BB&N – 4:24
B3V4+ CRLS – 4:29, BB&N – 4:31
Read MoreAccording to the BB&N coach, this crew rivalry goes back to the 1880s, perhaps the oldest high school crew competition in the US, between the predecessor schools. There was then a long gap between 1929, when the Cambridge public high schools dropped crew, until 2001, when the series was re-established.
Results: Mayor’s Cup (CRLS vs. BB&N), Charles River, Cambridge
G1V4+ BB&N – 4:40.4, CRLS – 4:48.8
B1V4+ CRLS – 4:04, BB&N – 4:12
G2V4+ BB&N – 4:41.3, CRLS – 4:57.1
B2V4+ CRLS – 4:17, BB&N – 4:24
B3V4+ CRLS – 4:29, BB&N – 4:31
