The national championship for lightweight crews was taken by Princeton, which beat Dartmouth by 1.2 seconds.

Last year's top lightweight crew, Yale, finished behind the Lions in sixth place.

Last fall, the lightweight crew rounded a bend and collided with a barge.

For the second consecutive year, it took the men's open Grand Final against both lightweight and second-echelon heavyweight crews.

The plan gives varsity status to three women's teams - lightweight crew, equestrian and water polo.

Or third-class, if you count the men's heavyweight and lightweight crews separately.

These three are the top-ranked lightweight crews.

No other lightweight crew has won three straight IRA titles.

A good lightweight crew will be about four seconds, or a boat length, slower than a heavyweight crew.

She was from 1998 until June the assistant coach of the men's lightweight crew at Cornell.