NEW LONDON (AP) — Yale's heavyweight crew team has defeated Harvard in their 150th regatta, the nation's oldest collegiate sporting event.
Yale finished almost 17 seconds ahead in the annual 4-mile race Sunday along Connecticut's Thames River. Yale coxswain Chris Carothers told The Boston Globe: "It's a huge statement for our program."
The Bulldogs' time was 18 minutes, 35.8 seconds. Harvard's was 18 minutes, 52.6 seconds. Yale beat Harvard's 1995 upstream course record of 18:41.
Yale last won in 2007. Harvard has won 95 of the previous 149, including seven in a row and 14 of the last 15.