Six Exeter crews returned to Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, MA today to race for medals at the 63rd annual New England Interscholastic Rowing Association (NEIRA) Championship.  The girls squad amazingly repeated last year’s sweep of the competition by taking gold in the first, second and third varsity eight grand finals.  This is the fourth time in NEIRA history that a girls squad has swept the competition (St. Paul’s in 1979, Exeter in 1994, Exeter in 2008).  These wins come amidst significant turnover on the girls squad–nearly three-quarters of last year’s varsity girls graduated.  On the boys side, the first boat was edged out of the grand finals by three seats in the morning heats, easily finishing first in the petite final that afternoon.  The second boat fell 0.288 seconds (around 6 feet) short of a bronze medal in its grand final, and the third boat finished sixth in its grand final.  Full results:

G1	Grand	G2	Grand	G3	Grand
Exeter	5:09.157	Exeter	5:25.963	Exeter	5:34.372
Andover	5:12.929	Andover	5:27.050	Hanover	5:38.541
Tabor	5:17.632	Kent	5:33.603	Kent	5:38.871
Kent	5:17.892	Hanover	5:37.519	St. Paul’s	5:41.131
St. Paul’s	5:27.481	St. Paul’s	5:42.879	Andover	5:42.843
Simsbury	5:28.272	Tabor	5:49.858	Simsbury	6:05.879
B1	Petite	B2	Grand	B3	Grand
Exeter	4:52.825	Andover	4:43.404	Kent	4:51.523
NMH	4:56.995	Kent	4:43.845	Andover	4:52.732
St. John’s	5:00.742	Salisbury	4:48.915	Salisbury	4:52.734
Hanover	5:01.002	Exeter	4:49.203	St. John’s	5:07.379
Hingham	5:01.532	Brunswick	4:55.042	Hanover	5:08.133
Middletown	5:11.948	St. Paul’s	5:00.575	Exeter	5:15.014

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