Wednesday, September 26, 2018
The Caspersen Rowing Center came alive on Wednesday afternoon with some friendly, intra-boathouse competition among the different high school crews that train here. The Lawrenceville School, Hun School, Peddie School and Mercer Junior Rowing all took part in two co-ed events, each a 4.6K ‘round the lake’ timed race in two boat classes. The first group to go off was the 4+ (coxed 4s), 4X (quads), and event. Next the teams seated 8s for the same trip.
The weather cooperated and the Mercer Lake Challenge gave the crews a chance to test their speed as the Fall Head racing season gets underway.
Next up on Mercer Lake will be the Small Boat Challenge on October 6th & 7th , 2018. The Mercer Juniors and Mercer Masters will compete at the Head of the Housatonic in Derby CT on October 6,, 2018.
2018 Mercer Lake Challenge Results
Men’s 8+ – 4:30pm
Place Bow Team Final Time
1 1 Mercer “A” 16:11.3
2 3 Lawrenceville “A” 16:48.1
3 4 Hun 16:58.3
4 5 Mecer “B” 17:03.1
5 2 Peddie “A” 17:07.6
6 7 Lawrenceville “B” 17:46.1
7 6 Peddie “B” 18:39.0
8 9 Peddie “C” 19:17.1
9 8 Mercer “C” 20:19.0
Women’s 8+ – 4:35pm
Place Bow Team Final Time
1 12 Mercer “A” 4+ 18:05.4
2 14 Mercer “B” 4+ 18:35.0
3 15 Mercer “C” 4+ 19:26.9
4 16 Mercer “D” 4+ 19:42.1
5 13 Lawrenceville 4+ 20:26.1
1 17 Peddie “A” 4x 19:21.0
2 18 Hun 4x 19:46.3
3 19 Peddie “B” 4x 20:09.2
4 20 Peddie “C” 4x 24:34.9
3 23 Hun “C” 2x 23:35.0
1 21 Hun “A” 2x 23:59.0
2 22 Hun “B” 2x 26:58.6
24 Hun “D” 2x DNS
Men’s 8+ – 5:10pm
Place Bow Team Final Time
1 27 Mercer “A” 15:22.5
2 29 Lawrenceville “A” 16:03.4
3 31 Mercer “B” 16:28.0
4 30 Hun 16:44.5
5 28 Peddie “A” 17:05.2
6 33 Mercer “C” 17:31.9
7 32 Peddie “B” 19:03.0
8 34 Mercer “D” 20:12.5
Women’s 8+ -5:20pm
Place Bow Team Final Time
1 35 Mercer “A” 16:41.6
2 37 Mercer “B” 17:11.2
3 38 Mercer “C” 18:24.0
4 39 Mercer “D” 19:27.4
5 36 Peddie 20:17.2