Eight Exeter boats travelled to Turkey Pond in Concord, New Hampshire to race St. Paul’s and Concord.  The girls squad made a clean sweep of the competition, with wide margins in all four races.  The boys squad took three of four races, with the B1 finishing barely a length behind St. Paul’s.   Full results:

G1		G2		G3		G4
Exeter	05:53.9	Exeter	05:47.4	Exeter	06:29.1	Exeter	06:29.6
St. Paul’s	06:12.1	St. Paul’s	06:12.2	St. Paul’s	06:52.7	St. Paul’s	06:45.1
Concord	06:28.2	Concord	06:51.6	Concord	07:27.0	Concord	07:03.2
B1		B2		B3		B4
St. Paul’s	04:49.4	Exeter	05:03.8	Exeter	05:35.6	Exeter	05:51.3
Exeter	04:51.7	St. Paul’s	05:07.1	St. Paul’s	05:40.2	St. Paul’s	05:55.1
Concord	05:23.1	Concord	05:35.1	Concord	05:50.4	Concord	06:16.1

Although skies were sunny with temperatures in the 70s, crews struggled against a strong northerly headwind that slowed finishing times throughout the day.

The top three boats from the boys and girls squads now look towards the New England Interscholastic Rowing Association (NEIRA) Championship Regatta next Saturday, May 22, at Lake Quinsigamond.  Boats will race the 1500 meter racecourse twice: once during preliminary heats in the morning and again in the afternoon finals.  The second and third eights must place in the top three of their six-boat heats to proceed to the grand final, while the first eights must place in the top two for the grand final.  The heats’ lane assignments are based on each boat’s seed, a ranking determined by the NEIRA seeding committee based on the boat’s performance in races during the regular season.  Seeds and race times will be posted later this week as they are made available by NEIRA.

Best of luck to all Exeter boats as they prepare for their final races of the season!

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Eleven Exeter boats traveled to Andover today to race Phillips Academy and Tabor on the Merrimack River.  The results of the tri-meet were split, with five races won by Exeter and six by Andover.  The finishes were also very close throughout the day–six races had margins of less than three seconds between first and second place.  In all, the boys squad won three of six races, while the girls squad won two of five.  Full results:

B1		B2		B3
Exeter	05:04.4	Andover	05:05.3	Exeter	05:17.9
Tabor	05:06.5	Exeter	05:17.9	Tabor	05:20.5
Andover	05:10.5	Tabor	05:21.7	Andover	05:27.2
B4		B5		B6
Andover	05:06.2	Exeter	05:37.6	Andover	05:56.2
Exeter	05:06.5	Andover	05:39.5	Exeter	06:15.8
Tabor	05:41.5	Tabor	06:00.0
G1		G2		G3
Andover	05:30.4	Exeter	05:46.1	Andover	05:39.8
Exeter	05:32.1	Andover	05:56.3	Exeter	05:40.9
Tabor	05:44.8	Tabor	06:10.7	Tabor	06:01.8
G4		G5
Andover	06:06.4	Exeter	6:10
Exeter	06:18.3	Andover	7:03

More information, including recaps from the captains, will be added tomorrow.

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Exeter hosted Hanover High School yesterday for a rare home meet on the Squamscott River. The boys squad made a clean sweep of the competition on the Newfields course. On the girls side, G1, G2, G4, and G5 finished comfortably ahead, while G3 was edged out by Hanover. Full results:

G1		G2		G3		G4
Exeter	04:41.2	Exeter	05:04.4	Hanover	05:17.6	Exeter	06:11.0
Hanover	04:52.1	Hanover	05:14.9	Exeter	05:24.7	Hanover	06:25.0
B1		B2		B3 + B4		G5
Exeter	04:09.9	Exeter	04:27.5	Exeter 3	04:51.0	Exeter	06:17.0
Hanover	04:15.3	Hanover	04:37.5	Exeter 4	05:11.2	Hanover	06:25.0
				Hanover	05:26.2

With sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s, weather conditions were much better than on Wednesday. Exeter’s boats utilized their home course advantage and soundly beat Hanover’s crews.

With lineups coming back together after a number of injuries and absences, all boats are looking to keep their momentum going as they head into the Andover/Tabor meet next weekend.

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