Eastern Sprints


Eastern Sprints refers to the annual rowing championship for the men's Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges.

Participants

The teams include all of the Ivy League schools as well as others such as Georgetown University, Syracuse University, U.S. Naval Academy, MIT, BU, Rutgers, Northeastern, and Wisconsin. In the fall of 2006, The George Washington University and The College of the Holy Cross were given a two-year provisional bid to join the league; both schools are now full members of the league.
Since 1981, the Quinsigamond Rowing Association has invited the winner of the Worcester City Championships to compete in the varsity eight events at the Eastern Sprints. The College of the Holy Cross has secured this invitation since 1996.

Location

The race is held at Regatta Point on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, MA in mid to late May. In general, crews compete in a trial heat in the morning, followed by a final in the afternoon. Each race is a 2000m race including up to six crews.

Team cups

Since 1946, the Rowe Cup has been awarded to the college whose heavyweight men's crews score the highest combined total number of points in the varsity, junior varsity, and freshman races. Harvard has won the cup the most number of times. Princeton has the 2nd most Rowe Cup victories with 9.
Since 1961, the Jope Cup has been awarded to the college whose lightweight men's crews score the highest combined total number of points in the varsity, junior varsity, and freshman races. Harvard has won the cup 22 times. Princeton has won 15 times. The current holder is Yale University.
Since 2009, the Joke Cup has been awarded to the college whose third varsity lightweight men's crew won its race at Eastern Sprints. The Joke Cup is a reward for the third varsity non-Jope Cup qualifying crew that performs the best at the Sprints. It is awarded in secret, given from crew to crew at an undisclosed location. Harvard won the Joke Cup in its inaugural year, 2009. Yale won the cup in 2011, Cornell in 2010, 2012, and 2015. Navy in 2013, and Columbia in 2014. After the third varsity eight became a Jope Cup event for the Kilpatrick Trophy in 2015, the Joke Cup is now passed between fourth varsity eights.

Course records

New event record times were set in the 2007 edition of the regatta. Harvard now holds the record time in the Varsity Heavyweight event and Dartmouth holds the Varsity Lightweight event record.

EARC Varsity Heavyweight 8 Winners

Overall ranking

Winners by year

YearWinner
1946Wisconsin
1947Harvard
1948Harvard
1949Harvard
1950MIT
1951Yale
1952Navy
1953Navy
1954Navy
1955Penn
1956Cornell
1957Cornell
1958Yale
1959Harvard
1960Cornell
1961Navy
1962Penn/Yale
1963Cornell
1964Harvard
1965Harvard
1966Harvard
1967Harvard
1968Harvard
1969Harvard
1970Harvard
1971Navy
1972Northeastern
1973Northeastern
1974Harvard
1975Harvard
1976Harvard
1977Harvard
1978Yale
1979Yale
1980Harvard
1981Yale
1982Yale
1983Harvard
1984Brown
1985Harvard
1986Penn
1987Brown
1988Harvard
1989Harvard
1990Harvard
1991Penn
1992Dartmouth
1993Brown
1994Brown
1995Princeton
1996Penn
1997Princeton
1998Penn
1999Princeton
2000Brown
2001Princeton
2002Wisconsin
2003Harvard
2004Harvard
2005Harvard
2006Princeton
2007Harvard
2008Wisconsin
2009Brown
2010Harvard
2011Harvard
2012Brown
2013Harvard
2014Harvard
2015Yale
2016Yale
2017Yale
2018Yale
2019Yale

EARC Varsity Lightweight 8 Winners

Overall ranking

Winners by year

YearWinner
1938Yale
1939Harvard
1940Harvard
1941Harvard
1942Princeton
1946Harvard
1947Harvard
1948Princeton
1949Cornell
1950Yale
1951Penn
1952Penn
1953Princeton
1954MIT
1955Penn
1956Princeton
1957Princeton
1958Harvard
1959Harvard
1960Harvard
1961Harvard
1962Cornell-MIT-Navy
1963Cornell
1964Cornell
1965Cornell
1966Harvard
1967Cornell
1968Harvard
1969Harvard
1970Harvard
1971Harvard
1972Harvard
1973Princeton
1974Harvard
1975Harvard
1976Penn
1977Harvard
1978Harvard
1979Yale
1980Harvard
1981Princeton
1982Harvard
1983Princeton
1984Yale
1985Princeton
1986Princeton
1987Yale
1988Harvard
1989Harvard
1990Yale
1991Harvard
1992Cornell
1993Dartmouth
1994Dartmouth
1995Harvard
1996Princeton
1997Harvard
1998Princeton
1999Princeton
2000Columbia
2001Yale
2002Yale
2003Princeton
2004Navy
2005Harvard
2006Cornell
2007Dartmouth
2008Cornell
2009Princeton
2010Princeton
2011Harvard
2012Harvard
2013Harvard
2014Cornell
2015Cornell
2016Yale
2017Cornell
2018Columbia
2019Penn