Eastern Sprints refers to the annual rowing

College rowing (United States)

Rowing is one of the oldest intercollegiate sports in the United States. However, rowers comprise only 2.2% of total college athletes. This may be in part because of the status of rowing as an amateur sport and because not all universities have access to suitable bodies of water. In the 2002-03...

 championship for the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges

Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges

The Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges is a college athletic conference of eighteen men's college rowing crews. It is an affiliate of the Eastern College Athletic Conference .-Members:...

 (EARC). Since 1974, the "Women's Eastern Sprints" has been held as the annual championship for the Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges

Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges

The Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges is an American athletic conference of eighteen women's college rowing crew teams. The conference is an affiliate of the Eastern College Athletic Conference .-Members:*Boston College...

 (EAWRC) league.

• For the women's regatta
  Regatta
  A regatta is a series of boat races. The term typically describes racing events of rowed or sailed water craft, although some powerboat race series are also called regattas...
  
  , see Women's Eastern Sprints
  Women's Eastern Sprints
  Women's Eastern Sprints refers to the annual rowing championship for the Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges league. The teams include all of the Ivy League schools as well as others such as MIT, BU, and Wisconsin....
  
  

The Eastern College Athletic Conference

Eastern College Athletic Conference

The Eastern College Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference comprising schools that compete in 21 sports . It has 317 member institutions in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III, ranging in location from Maine to North Carolina and west to Illinois...

 (ECAC) sponsors the event along with other co-sponsors.

Participants

The teams include all of the Ivy League

Ivy League

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 schools as well as others such as Georgetown University

Georgetown Hoyas

Georgetown's nickname is The Hoyas, but its mascot is "Jack the Bulldog." Various breeds of dogs have been used by the sports teams as mascots since the early 1900s. Several notable bull terriers like Sergeant Stubby and "Hoya" were used at football games in the 1920s, as was a Great Dane in the...

, Syracuse University, U.S. Naval Academy

Navy Midshipmen

The United States Naval Academy sponsors 30 varsity-sports teams and 12 club-sports teams . Both men's and women's teams are called Navy Midshipmen or "Mids"...

, MIT, BU

Boston University

Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...

, Rutgers

Rutgers Scarlet Knights

The Rutgers Scarlet Knights are the athletic teams that represent Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey...

, Northeastern, and Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin–Madison

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...

. In the fall of 2006, The George Washington University and The College of the Holy Cross were given a two year provisional bid to join the league; both schools are now full members of the league.

Since 1981, the Quinsigamond Rowing Association (QRA) has invited the winner of the Worcester City Championships to compete in the varsity eight events at the Eastern Sprints. The College of the Holy Cross has secured this invitation since 1996.

Location

The race is held at Regatta Point on Lake Quinsigamond

Lake Quinsigamond

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 in Worcester, MA in mid to late May. In general, crews compete in a trial heat in the morning, followed by a final (grand, petite, or 3rd level) in the afternoon. Each race is a 2000m race including up to six crews.

Team cups

Since 1946, the Rowe Cup has been awarded to the college whose heavyweight men's crews score the highest combined total number of points in the varsity, junior varsity, and freshman races. Harvard has won the cup the most number of times (27). Princeton comes in second with 7 wins.

Since 1961, the Jope Cup has been awarded to the college whose lightweight men's crews score the highest combined total number of points in the varsity, junior varsity, and freshman races. Harvard has won the cup 20 times. Princeton has won 14 times. The current holder is Harvard University, which won it in 2009. The U.S. Naval Academy, won it back-to-back 2006 and 2007.

Course records

New event record times were set in the 2007 edition of the regatta. Harvard now holds the record time in the Varsity Heavyweight event (5:27.005) and Dartmouth holds the Varsity Lightweight event record (5:38.894).

Overall ranking

EWLINE Rank University Times Won 1. Harvard 26 2. Yale 6.5 3. Brown 6 4. Penn 5.5 5. Navy 5 5. Princeton 5 7. Cornell 4 8. Wisconsin 3 9. Northeastern 2 10. Dartmouth 1 10. MIT 1

Winners by year

EWLINE Year Winner 1946 Wisconsin 1947 Harvard 1948 Harvard 1949 Harvard 1950 MIT 1951 Yale 1952 Navy 1953 Navy 1954 Navy 1955 Penn 1956 Cornell 1957 Cornell 1958 Yale 1959 Harvard 1960 Cornell 1961 Navy 1962 Penn/Yale 1963 Cornell 1964 Harvard 1965 Harvard 1966 Harvard 1967 Harvard 1968 Harvard 1969 Harvard 1970 Harvard 1971 Navy 1972 Northeastern 1973 Northeastern 1974 Harvard 1975 Harvard 1976 Harvard 1977 Harvard 1978 Yale 1979 Yale 1980 Harvard 1981 Yale 1982 Yale 1983 Harvard 1984 Brown 1985 Harvard 1986 Penn 1987 Brown 1988 Harvard 1989 Harvard 1990 Harvard 1991 Penn 1992 Dartmouth 1993 Brown 1994 Brown 1995 Princeton 1996 Penn 1997 Princeton 1998 Penn 1999 Princeton 2000 Brown 2001 Princeton 2002 Wisconsin 2003 Harvard 2004 Harvard 2005 Harvard 2006 Princeton 2007 Harvard 2008 Wisconsin 2009 Brown 2010 Harvard

Overall ranking

EWLINE Rank University Times Won 1. Harvard 25 2. Princeton 15 3. Cornell 8.3 4. Yale 7 5. Penn 4 6. Dartmouth 3 7. Navy 1.3 7. MIT 1.3 9. Columbia 1

Winners by year

EWLINE Year Winner 1946 Harvard 1947 Harvard 1948 Princeton 1949 Cornell 1950 Yale 1951 Penn 1952 Penn 1953 Princeton 1954 MIT 1955 Penn 1956 Princeton 1957 Princeton 1958 Harvard 1959 Harvard 1960 Harvard 1961 Harvard 1962 Cornell-MIT-Navy 1963 Cornell 1964 Cornell 1965 Cornell 1966 Harvard 1967 Cornell 1968 Harvard 1969 Harvard 1970 Harvard 1971 Harvard 1972 Harvard 1973 Princeton 1974 Harvard 1975 Harvard 1976 Penn 1977 Harvard 1978 Harvard 1979 Yale 1980 Harvard 1981 Princeton 1982 Harvard 1983 Princeton 1984 Yale 1985 Princeton 1986 Princeton 1987 Yale 1988 Harvard 1989 Harvard 1990 Yale 1991 Harvard 1992 Cornell 1993 Dartmouth 1994 Dartmouth 1995 Harvard 1996 Princeton 1997 Harvard 1998 Princeton 1999 Princeton 2000 Columbia 2001 Yale 2002 Yale 2003 Princeton 2004 Navy 2005 Harvard 2006 Cornell 2007 Dartmouth 2008 Cornell 2009 Princeton 2010 Princeton 2011 Harvard