SAN DIEGO, Calif. - The Bulldogs' varsity eight is in San Diego, Calif., to race in the 35th San Diego Crew Classic on Apr. 5 and 6. Since Yale does not usually participate in this regatta, the result will serve as an early indicator of the team's standing against crews it does not race until Eastern Sprints or IRAs. Yale faces fast competition from other strong crews vying for a National Championship in June like Washington, Cal, Stanford and Harvard.

Men's Collegiate Varsity Prelims
Saturday, Apr. 5, 2008

Prelim A - 8:30 a.m. (PST)
Lane 1 Washington
Lane 2 Harvard
Lane 3 Stanford
Lane 4 Syracuse
Lane 5 OSU
Lane 6 Colgate
Lane 7 UCSD

Prelim B - 8:40 a.m. (PST)
Lane 1 Cal
Lane 2 Princeton
Lane 3 Yale
Lane 4 Northeastern
Lane 5 Purdue
Lane 6 Penn

The grand final will take place on Apr. 6 at 9:15 a.m. (PST). Live video coverage of the races can be found on www.crewclassic.org/video.

Report filed by Dominique Fenton '10, Yale Sports Publicity