Last year, all of the Crimson crews except the freshman second boat placed fourth.
The pressure is on the Harvard varsity eight with a streak of 37 straight appearances in the Grand Final on the line.
The varsity eight will face No. 4 Penn, No. 9 Cornell, No. 10 Syracuse and No. 15 MIT in morning trials. Only the top two teams from the heat will advance to Grand Final.
With its fourth straight undefeated season on the Charles River, Harvard is poised for a high finish in Eastern Sprints and ready for the Harvard-Yale regatta on June 3, America's oldest intercollegiate event and longest crew race.
Harvard Lightweights
The Harvard varsity has a record of 6-2, having dropped races only to Yale and Columbia. The Crimson will have to face No. 6 Columbia along with No. 3 Georgetown, No. 7 Navy, No. 10 Penn and No. 11 M.I.T. in the morning trials. The top three teams will advance to the Grand Final.
The Harvard third varsity and the first and second freshman boats are seeded fifth. The second varsity boat is ranked third.
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