Eight Exeter boats travelled to Turkey Pond in Concord, New Hampshire to race St. Paul’s and Concord.  The girls squad made a clean sweep of the competition, with wide margins in all four races.  The boys squad took three of four races, with the B1 finishing barely a length behind St. Paul’s.   Full results:

G1		G2		G3		G4
Exeter	05:53.9	Exeter	05:47.4	Exeter	06:29.1	Exeter	06:29.6
St. Paul’s	06:12.1	St. Paul’s	06:12.2	St. Paul’s	06:52.7	St. Paul’s	06:45.1
Concord	06:28.2	Concord	06:51.6	Concord	07:27.0	Concord	07:03.2
B1		B2		B3		B4
St. Paul’s	04:49.4	Exeter	05:03.8	Exeter	05:35.6	Exeter	05:51.3
Exeter	04:51.7	St. Paul’s	05:07.1	St. Paul’s	05:40.2	St. Paul’s	05:55.1
Concord	05:23.1	Concord	05:35.1	Concord	05:50.4	Concord	06:16.1

Although skies were sunny with temperatures in the 70s, crews struggled against a strong northerly headwind that slowed finishing times throughout the day.

The top three boats from the boys and girls squads now look towards the New England Interscholastic Rowing Association (NEIRA) Championship Regatta next Saturday, May 22, at Lake Quinsigamond.  Boats will race the 1500 meter racecourse twice: once during preliminary heats in the morning and again in the afternoon finals.  The second and third eights must place in the top three of their six-boat heats to proceed to the grand final, while the first eights must place in the top two for the grand final.  The heats’ lane assignments are based on each boat’s seed, a ranking determined by the NEIRA seeding committee based on the boat’s performance in races during the regular season.  Seeds and race times will be posted later this week as they are made available by NEIRA.

Best of luck to all Exeter boats as they prepare for their final races of the season!

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