Photo Finishes Abound at ACRA Championship

The largest regatta for collegiate teams, the ACRA Championship, concluded on Sunday, May 19 with a flurry of thrilling races in both the men's and women's varsity eights.

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The largest regatta for collegiate teams, the ACRA Championship, concluded on Sunday, May 19 with a flurry of thrilling races in both the men’s and women’s varsity eights. Five of the last seven races, the men’s A, B, C, and D finals in addition to the A, B, and C women’s finals, featured at least one official “photofinish” on the HereNow results.

On the women’s side, Vanderbilt beat Purdue to the line by less than three-tenths of a second, avenging last year’s silver medal.

In the men’s A final, Notre Dame won their first-ever ACRA championship by 1.5 seconds.  Just behind them, Virginia defeated defending champs UCLA by a mere four-tenths of a second.

Furthermore, in the men’s varsity eight C final, Middlebury finished fourth, just .4 seconds behind Lehigh and a mere .104 seconds ahead of UC Davis, a literal bow ball.

These races provided an exciting end to what was already a highly competitive and hard-fought regatta for the 301 crews that raced, representing 68 teams. All races were live streamed on YouTube.

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