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Yale Lightweights are the best team for second year in a row
~ 1F  Gold  &  1V  Silver ~
(May 19) The Y150 has won the Jope Cup for lightweight team supremacy for the second year in a row, by virtue of a silver medal in the 1V, a third-straight gold medal in the 1F, and an 'at-seed' performance from the 2V to finish fourth. This gave Yale a total of 33 points to Harvard's 32 and Cornell's 31. 
   Yes, we don't have the best eight in the league -- just the second-best eight -- but Yale does have back-to-back Jope Cup titles to show for their efforts this campaign. 
   And the Kilpatrick Cup is back in the Trophy Case at the Gilder boathouse by virtue of the 1F's 3.5 second win over Cornell. Penn -- the only team to best the Elis this season -- finished third. 


Y150 1V finishes regular season 8-&-wanted-that-1
(Apr 27) The Yale lightweight varsity is 8 up and 1 down on the year, but that "1" is the one that got away today on Lake Carnegie, the only blemish on the year. 
  Overall, the Vogel Cup Regatta found Yale a little on the backfoot in the 2V and 3V races, but not in the 1F race. Coming into the race the Yale freesh had lost only once to Penn, and that was an instructive race for the crew, who were able to move away from the Princeton challenge in the 2nd 1000 to take the Class of 2011 Bowl. Harvard won the Vogel Cup for their overall performance. Princeton won the coxswains' race, although witnesses have video tape of illegal Friday practice, which could nullify the win and give the Cup to Yale.


Yale wins Durand Cup at home
(Apr 20) Yale lightweights took the Durand Cup back to their trophy case here at the Gilder Boathouse today. This was the first Durand win over Dartmouth since 2009. Y150 also won the other three races, the 2V, 1F, and 3V 8+s. Full results are here.


Travelin' band
(Apr 14) The Y150 logged 650 miles this weekend and faced the challenge of three Ivy opponents. First on the slate was the Dodge Cup against Penn and Columbia on the Schuylkill. Yale won all the upperclass races, losing only in the 1F to Penn. Then it was up to Ithaca to watch the Yale men's hockey team win the NCAA championship on Saturday night before facing their own test in the Big Red on Sunday. And that challenge was met in the 1V and 1F races, as well as the 3V 4+. Cornell did best Yale in the 2V matchup in a close race for the full 2k. 
   Congrats to Yale hockey! Stay tuned for more information about the upcoming Durand Cup with Dartmouth. 


Joy Cup stays in Derby
(Apr 6) Y150 won all the races in the The James C. Joy Cup Regatta, named for legendary Yale lightweight coach Jimmy Joy. The Cup was given in Jimmy's honor by his loyal oarsman in 1972. Georgetown has been a recent addition to the regatta. Full race times can be found by clicking on the Joy Cup link above. 


Johnson Cup returns to Derby for 3rd year
(Mar 30) The Yale lightweights opened their 2013 season with the Johnson Cup against the U.S. Naval Academy today on the neutral waters of Lake Carnegie. 
   This was the 10th year for the Johnson Cup, named for Y150 captain and Navy officer Eads Johnson, Jr. For the third year in a row and 5 out of the last 6 years, Yale takes the trophy home waters in Derby. The 3V 4+, as well as the 2V and the 1F were also victorious today.
   Full results can be found here.


The Toenail of the Housatonic
(Nov 16) Perhaps the most exclusive fours regatta in the world, the Toenail of the Housatonic went down this morning in perfect conditions. Results were as follows:
Y150 'A-' 21:01.4
Y150 'B-' 21:12.1
Y150 'C-' 21:22.3
Y150 'D+' 21:40.2
Y150 'E+' 21:54.6
Y150 'F+' 22:01.5
Y150 'G+' 23:30.3
Y150 'H+' 23:35.1


Double Dose of Sandy Silvers
(Oct 28) The conditions weren't Sandy (or Snowy), they were actually quite good, and so were the results for the Y150 down on Lake Carnegie today. The varsity eights raced first, and Yale finished second among the 'A' boats, a close-but-no-mug 1.8 seconds behind Harvard. Yale 'C' beat Yale 'B' by 0.67 seconds to finish 11th and 12th.
   In the novice event, Yale's "B"s came in 25th.
But there was more racing to come, and the lightweight fours were both with near-mishaps (broken skeg) and near-victories, as Yale 'A" was second overall, 6 seconds behind Harvard 'B'. Yale 'A' and 'B' finished second and fourth, with two other fours finishing 13th and 18th. 
  Then the small boats threw down, and the conditions did not disappoint. Y150 had a 2x, three 2-s, and a lone 1x to finish off the day.
Full results here.


The 8+ is 4th and the 4+s are 2nd + 3rd
(Oct 21) The Head of the Charles 2012 is the first chance for the EARC lightweights to get together and race, and Y150 saw some terrific competition. It was a good day on the river, and an upgrade to 2011's results. Starting 5th, the Yale eight had to pass Georgetown to finish 4th overall. The two Yale fours had a cleaner run, and the 'A' four finished second, 1.68 seconds behind NYAC, with Colin Corcoran '11 at 2-seat. The 'B' four finished 4th on time, but 3rd place Ottawa was penalized, moving Yale 'B' up to 3rd. This is the 2nd year in a row that Yale has finished 2-3 in the lightweight four.


Who's Hous
(Oct 6) The first fall regatta for the Y150 crews was a friendly home regatta, run by upstream neighbors New Haven Rowing Club. And the weather was friendly too, as it has been all fall. 
   Great conditions meant great racing, with some small boat rowing (1x and 2-s) preceding the big eights and the fours. As there were no lightweight categories, the Y150 took on heavyweight competition, and the team was able to find out more about racing over the longer 5k distance. 
   The eights finished first, third, and sixth, and the fours finished second, fourth, fifth, and seventh overall. The novice eight acquitted itself well, finishing sixth.
   Also noticeable for their, um, spirit were four alumni lightweight eights, who threw down just like old times. 
   Full results here.


Ned DelGuercio is the new assistant coach
(July 18) As the new season approaches in 2013, with freshmen now eligible for the first time for varsity competition in men's rowing, the Y150 will also have a new leader in the Pew Bay at the Gilder Boathouse. Ned DelGuercio from St. Joe's Prep, Rutgers, and the U.S. National team has been named by head coach Andy Card to the Y150 staff. 
   Ned, a good friend and coxswain of 3-year Y150 freshman coach Colin Farrell, will join the team immediately. For more information, the full press release is here.
   "The Y150 just seems to get one terrific assistant coach after another in our boat bay. I was sad to see Coach Farrell go, but I am happy for him too, and grateful for his dedication to us while he lived a two-city marriage. I'm also grateful for his help in finding his own replacement, a personal friend, terrific coxswain, and dynamic coach as well in Ned" said head coach Andy Card. "The Farrell era closes, the DelGuercio era opens, and the Y150 rolls on." 


Third's the word
(June 2) Given the multitude of unplanned personnel changes during this turbulent 2012 season, the IRA edition of the Y150 varsity came up big today to get back on the podium with a bronze medal in Camden.        
  Congratulations are certainly due to the gold and silver medallists Harvard and Dartmouth respectively.
In the end, Yale just could not establish a consistent line-up and set about finding the speed to get ahead of the Crimson and Big Green this year. Still, the crew finished on a solid note, and improved one place from their Sprints finish. 
   The top three at the IRA this year were the same three as 2011, although for Yale, by the end of the 2012 there were only two oarsmen and the cox remaining from the 2011 national champions.
   The lightweight four finished fourth in the Grand Final, and the Varsity four finished 12th overall. 
   And so we bid goodbye and godspeed to the Y150 Class of 2012 who raced at the IRA:
Captain Dave Walker
coxswain Emma McBurney
Chad Bailey
Skylar Prill
Daniel Ribas


The Jope's all Yale
(May 13) Yup, the Jope Cup for overall team supermacy in the EARC is now back in the Elm City, as Yale's three Jope Cup crews amassed enough points for a 5-point Jope Cup win over Harvard and Princeton, who tied with 29 points apiece. 
   The #1-ranked freshmen started the day by winning their heat, and then had a ripping good final in the afternoon to win the Gary Kilpatrick Cup, leading all the way despite strong challenges from Princeton and Harvard. All three crews separated  themselves from the rest of the field with the heated competition. 
   The #1-ranked 2V, not to be outdone by their own freesh, capped off their season with a Cornell Trophy championship, leading virtually the whole way for a 1.98 second victory over silver medal Cornell.  
   The 3V race was a final-only, and the Eli raced hard and well, but did not have the varsity-caliber power of first-place Cornell, finishing 5th.
   The fifth-ranked varsity qualified in the morning in the third position, ensuring an invitation to the IRA in June. That was task one. The second was to race hard and get enough Jope points to push Yale over the top and take the Cup home. Their fourth-place finish was enough, and for Captain Dave Walker '12 and the team, it was task complete.
   Congratulations to the Harvard varsity lightweight eight on a great season, and congratulations to all Y150s racing and representing today:

1V: cox Emma McBurney '12, stroke Matt O'Donoghue '14, 7-seat Matt Bridgwater '14, 6-seat Dave Walker '12, 5-seat Tom Swartz '13, 4-seat David Kahan '12, 3-seat Peter Bridgwater '14, 2-seat Josh Ruck '13, bow William Ferraro '13.

2V
:
cox Ilana Usiskin '14, stroke Chad Bailey '12, 7-seat Joseph Hanlon '14, 6-seat David Bloom '13 , 5-seat Patrick O'Keefe'13, 4-seat Christopher Vasseur '13, 3-seat Daniel Ribas '12, 2-seat Michael Glenmullen '13, bow Skylar Prill '12.

1F
:
cox Kimaya Abreu '15, stroke Greg Hawkins '15, 7-seat Andrew Todd '15, 6-seat Jack Welsh '15, 5-seat Walker Wulbern '15, 4-seat Alex Spaulding '15, 3-seat Matt Cecil '15, 2-seat Chris Mulvey '15, bow Brandon Blaesser '15.

3V
:
cox Paige Fedon '12, stroke Scott Isaac '13, 7-seat Chris Pang '14, 6-seat Mikko Salovaara '14, 5-seat John Harringa '14, 4-seat Philip Morel '14, 3-seat Adin Lykken '14, 2-seat Cameron Best '13, bow seat Johnathan Yao '15.


2V and 1F complete undefeated regular seasons with HYP victories
(April 28) Two #1 ranked crews showed today why they deserved the top seed for the EARC Sprints, but one #1 was toppled here on the very fast Housatonic River in Derby. In brisk tailwind conditions, the Yale 2V completed its season with a strong win over Princeton and Harvard, while the Yale freshmen, in a classic HYP battle between three unbeaten squads, emerged from the scrape and across the finish line first.
   In the Goldthwait Cup, it was Harvard for the third year in a row, with Princeton second and Yale third.  
   The 3V also fell to Harvard but finished ahead of Princeton, who had two heavyweights in the squad due to injury. 
   The Vogel Cup, donated in honor of long-time Yale lightweight coach David H. Vogel '71 by alumni and friends, is a points trophy nearly unique in that it includes the results from all 5 races in the regatta, not just the Jope Cup races. Harvard won the Cup, with 35 points to Yale's 28 and Princeton's 21.
    The next regatta for the Elis will be the EARC Sprints on May 13 on Lake Quinsigamond.



3 Blue, 1 Green

(April 21) The Yale Lightweights went north to Hanover today, and came back with three wins out of four, but could not return the Durand Cup to Derby in the varsity race. The 1F led off the regatta with a good performance in a decent but not overpowering headwind, followed by the 2V with a similar row over their Big Green counterparts. The varsity race saw a talented Dartmouth crew handle nearly everything about the race better than the Eli, who suffered their first defeat of the 2012 campaign. The 3V 4+s were next, and the Yale 'A' four emerged on top of that contest, defeating both Dartmouth and Yale 'B'.


Jersey-fried
(April 13) The Yale Lightweights spent the whole day racing in New Jersey, and came back home with the Dodge Cup over Columbia and Penn in the morning and a victory over Cornell in the afternoon. 
   The Dodge Cup races were held for the first time at Overpeck Lake just over the George Washington Bridge, and the venue proved mostly friendly to the Elis, as the 1V, 2V, and 1F all won. A great battle in the 3V race saw Yale lead the whole way by about a length, only to suffer an over-the-head crab in the last 250 meters which opened the door for Penn's crew. The Elis could not recover, and Penn took advantage for the win.
   The varsity and junior varsity races were hard fought and well rowed events, with Columbia and Yale locked together for much of the race, each crew either unable to move away from or unable to move through the other. In the end, on this day, it was Yale who crossed this finish line first.
   After a great lunch in Overpeck Park, the team headed to Lake Carnegie to take on the Big Red of Cornell, who had beaten Princeton in the morning to take the Platt Cup. After a dominating performance by Cornell's 3V, the rest of the day was Blue, as the freesh won by 2.3 seconds, the 2V by 3.2 seconds, and the varsity by 5.4 seconds.
 
1V    Yale 5:48.1   Cornell 5:53.5

2V    Yale 5:50.2   Cornell 5:53.4

1F    Yale 5:57.0    Cornell 5:59.3

3V    Cornell 6:00.8    Yale 6:28.


Victory and Bust
(April 7) The Yale Lightweights came off the Charles River elated with their sweep of the Joy Cup and a hard-fought win over Georgetown in the varsity race, but elation turned to surprise then tragedy then farce as Will Zeng '11 and his Oxford teammates contended with a bizarre re-start and then a clash with Cambridge that left Oxford with only 7 able oarsmen and an interminable denouement that meant a Cambridge win and enough fodder for argument to last until next year's Boat Race. 
   On the American shore, the lower boats from Yale posted victories. The 2V bested Georgetown, and the 1F and 4+ won their races over both Georgetown and M.I.T.
   The varsity race between Yale and the #3 Hoyas was close for the full distance on a Charles River that started the morning gently but then kicked up a headwind as the sun rose higher. For unofficial results, click here.


Y150 sweeps Johnson Cup
(March 31) The Yale lightweights opened their spring season today on the neutral waters of Carnegie Lake against Navy. The 9th edition of the Johnson Cup rivalry with Navy was all Yale Blue today as the Bulldogs won all four races of the regatta. The 3V started things off with the closest race of the day, besting their Navy counterparts as well as the Navy 2F. The freesh then faced their first race as Elis, and they responded with a great effort to lead the race from the get-go. A Navy crab in the 2nd thousand helped increase the Yale lead to a final margin of 25 seconds. The 2V race was a hard-fought contest, with Yale taking a length lead early and pushing that out to a 4.15 second win. But winning the Johnson Cup was foremost on Y150 minds, and it would take a good row from start to finish to bring the Johnson Cup back to New Haven for the 5th time in 9 years. The Elis got that good effort, and an near-9-second win was the result. This was Yale's biggest margin of victory ever in Johnson Cup competition, and the largest since 2008. 
   Next week the Bulldogs travel to Cambridge to race M.I.T. and Georgetown. 


William Zeng '11 is the two-seat of the Oxford Blue Boat
-- shocking development on the scale --
    Will, we hardly know ye at 82.4 kg

(March 5) The crews for the 2012 Boat Race were named today in London. Y150 Will Zeng '11, a member of the Yale lightweight eight that won the 2011 national championship, and attending Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship, has been named to the two-seat of the Blue Boat. Will has two teammates who weigh less than his 82.4 kg, although that's no surprise, as we now know where the purloined jars of Nutella went on the Henley trip.


 





Alexander Capelluto
Yale Class of 2008
1986 - 2006

Beloved friend and teammate
www.alexcap.org




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