The men’s heavyweight rowing team opens up its spring season with split squad meets on Saturday, March 31 and Sunday, April 1. The Red will send two varsity boats to compete in the two-day San Diego Crew Classic, while the freshman and third varsity boats will remain in Ithaca to battle against Harvard on Saturday at 9 a.m.

Several coaches from the Cornell rowing team helped recover a body they found in Cayuga Lake Thursday morning, according to Todd Kennett '91, head coach of the men’s heavyweight rowing team.

Men's basketball graduated seniors Ryan Wittman and Jeff Foote have been "doing work" this summer, working out for various NBA teams in preparation for this month's draft and NBA Summer League. Meanwhile, another Cornell all-time great has been inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. 

The rowing teams hit the water in full force this weekend, sending 34 boats to the Princeton Chase on Sunday. The Red put up an overall solid performance at the three-mile race on Lake Carnegie in New Jersey –– recording 15 top-10 results, including five finishes of sixth or better.

Both men’s rowing teams were well-represented at the race, yet it was the men’s heavyweight team that had arguably the best showing at the regatta. The heavyweight team sent 10 boats to New Jersey and placed half of them in the top-10, including two in the top-5.

There are few teams on campus that can boast a perfect regular season, but for the first time since 1974, heavyweight crew has earned those bragging rights after overcoming Yale and Princeton in the Ithaca-based Carnegie Cup. This spring, the Cornell oarsmen pulled ahead of the likes of Navy, Syracuse, Princeton, Yale and Georgetown, taking the first-place trophy at all four of their regular season races, all under the steady guidance of former lightweight IRA champion coach, and the new Head of Cornell Rowing, Cornell heavyweight Todd Kennett ’91.

“Todd is a madman.” said senior Jason Malumed, “He has a way of always pushing us to our physical and mental extremes.”