The No. 4 Stanford Lights raced No. 3 Boston today, with the varsity 8+ topping the Terriers at Redwood Shores.

After the agony of Olympic selection, the head coach of the USRowing Training Center-Princeton is confident the process yielded the 12 best athletes. “We just have to make sure we don’t mess it up.”

Championship racing proceeds this weekend with the continuation of the USRowing Youth Series with the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast Youth Championships and the Dad Vail Regatta in Pennsauken, NJ. In one of the final dual races of the collegiate season, the #3 BU lightweight women will take on #4 Stanford in Redwood Shores, CA.

With the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games just over two months away, most of the crews who will be competing have already qualified their boats through the World Rowing Championships, or the various continental qualification regattas. The last chance for remaining crews to qualify takes place at the 2024 World Rowing Final Olympic & Paralympic Qualification Regatta (FOPQR) in Lucerne, Switzerland from 19-21 May.

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