Return to the main page...At the Sprints, the heavies won with a clear margin of victory over second place Brown and third place Penn. The second and third varsities also won Sprints crowns with the freshmen placing third in the 1 F and fourth in the 2F While the Princeton 41 varsity was the dominant crew in the east, it would be the western crews that would put the Tigers to the test.
Last year the Tigers topped Washington to win the national championship. This year, Steve Gladstone's California crew came in as the crew to beat, having won the Pac-10 Regatta with a nearly 10 second margin over perennial powerhouse Washington. As one rowing publication stated, "Princeton is the only crew with a prayer to beat Cal." Beaten out of the blocks, the Tigers came storming down the course at the Cooper River in Camden, NJ but Cal proved too much for the Tigers, crossing the line with 2.6 seconds to spare in the record setting time of 5:23.6, believed to be the fastest 2000 meter time ever for a collegiate crew, and possibly for any crew. Princeton secured a silver by outpacing third place Washington by 1.7 seconds.
Link to the Complete Men's 1998-1999 Season Crew Results
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