Hartford Courant · Jun 7, 2015
Yale Makes History At 150th Yale-Harvard Regatta
Harvard and Yale alumni gather with their families at the Harvard boathouse on the Thames River in Gales Ferry Saturday, June 6, 2015, for the alumni row ahead of Sunday's 150th Harvard-Yale Regatta. (Tim Cook / AP)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.