The Varsity Match is one of only three varsity events to be televised and is shown live on Sky Sports.
In the fall 2012 semester, the women's rowing team, for the first time, took first in the varsity eight event at the Head of the Ohio, hosted in Pittsburgh.
In a race similar to the varsity event, the Crimson freshmen won by two-tenths of a second over Penn with Navy third.
Brown crews swept the regatta by also winning the freshman and second varsity events.
One of the largest varsity events in Britain competed annually in the week before the Easter holidays in March.
The song is played by the Brown Band at varsity athletic events.
In some sports, such as tennis and golf, a junior varsity meet will take place simultaneously with the varsity event; however, the scores are separately tabulated.
Northeastern, expected to challenge Harvard in the varsity event, was last through the early going and finished next-to-last, beating only Navy.
It was the final varsity athletic event held at Golden Bear Stadium for Western New England under the auspices of the Pilgrim League.
The varsity events were run on the park's hilly 2.5-mile trails.