Syracuse sweeps Lake Morey Invite, wins Conlan and Packard Cup
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Over the weekend, No. 5 Syracuse Men’s Rowing took on No. 6 Dartmouth, No. 13 Boston University and No. 16 Georgetown at the Lake Morey Invite in Vermont. On Saturday morning, SU defeated BU to bring home the Conlan Cup, winning in back-to-back years for the first time since 2010. In the day’s later races, Syracuse out-paddled Dartmouth to win the Packard Cup. On Sunday, SU bested Georgetown in both the varsity 8 and second varsity 8 races.
The Orange swept the Terriers in all four competitions. Amid flat-water conditions, SU’s varsity 8 defeated BU (5:46.46) by 5.63 seconds with a blistering time of 5:40.83, the second-fastest recorded time of the event. With their win, SU clinched the Conlan Cup, an elusive award which Syracuse used to dominate, winning four straight from 2006-2010.
In the 2V8 race, the No. 5 Syracuse unit finished around 3 seconds ahead of No. 12 Boston, coming in at 5:50.12 to edge out BU’s time of 5:53.26.
Along the 2,000-meter course, winds began to pick up for the 3V8 and 4V8 races, but SU still managed to come out on top. In the 3V8, the No. 7 SU unit defeated No. 11 BU with a time of 5:52.72 to Boston’s 5:58.39.
Finally, in the 4V8, the Orange finished at 6:00.64, nearly 7 seconds ahead of the Terriers.
In the afternoon portion of the regatta, Syracuse and Dartmouth were neck-in-neck before Syracuse brought home victories in the varsity 8 and 2V8 races.
In the varsity 8 race, SU defeated Dartmouth with a time of 5:46.15 and secured the Packard Cup, their first since 2019.
Next, in the 2V8 event, the No. 5 SU unit’s 5:53.48 time narrowly finished ahead of No. 4 Dartmouth’s 5:54.87.
In the 3V8, No. 6 Dartmouth just came out on top, beating No. 7 Syracuse by 0.2 seconds with a time of 5:59.2 to SU’s 5:59.4.
The 4V8 race saw the Big Green defeat the Orange with a time of 6:03.17, beating SU by over 2 seconds. BU also took part in the race, bringing up the rear with a time of 6:17.43.
With winds between 6-8 mph, Syracuse and Dartmouth held a 5V 4+ race where Dartmouth’s A (6:54.88) and Dartmouth’s B (6:56.91) teams out-paddled Syracuse (7:14.87).
On Sunday morning, Syracuse took on Georgetown for the program’s final set of races of the weekend. In the varsity 8 event, SU finished nearly 20 seconds ahead of Georgetown with a time of 6:06.20 to Georgetown’s 6:25.51.
Next, in the 2V8, Syracuse’s A and B squads both finished well ahead of the No. 21 Georgetown unit. Syracuse’s A unit finished at 6:19.29 and the B unit followed finishing at 6:19.27. Georgetown completed the race in 6:57.00.
There was no 3V8 race on the final day, but the 4V8 race included Dartmouth, Boston and Syracuse. Dartmouth led the grouping with a time of 6:23.21, Syracuse placed second at 6:26.00 and BU finished third at 6:39.67.
Syracuse closed out the regular season with a 7-1 record for both the varsity 8 and 2V8. It was also the Orange’s first undefeated cup race season since 2008.
Next, Syracuse races at the Eastern Sprints Regatta on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Massachusetts, on May 14 for their final race before June’s IRA Championships.
