Navy was never in contention in any of the heavyweight races, losing the freshman, junior varsity and varsity contests by 23.26, 22.79 and 22.53 seconds.

Before the varsity contest, Buzz Congram, Northeastern's coach, anticipated a strong performance from his crew as well.

Mark Hartsell, the sophomore quarterback playing in only his third varsity contest, took it all in.

The Navy varsity heavyweight crew prevented Princeton from dominating the Lake Carnegie races today by winning the varsity contest.

"The varsity contest is CNN."

In a companion regatta, Yale's women's crew swept a dual race with Penn, leading the varsity contest from the first strokes to achieve an 8.4-second, or two-boat-length, victory.

Princeton also won the Berg Schneider Trophy, awarded to the highest-placing Ivy League school in the varsity contest.

In the varsity contest, Northeastern was given a chance to win, based on its previous record and the sheltered Lane 6 that it had drawn for the final race.

The stage was set for a Princeton sweep of the regatta when the six-boat final field lined up for the start of the varsity contest.

Navy, which finished last of the four crews in the varsity contest, lost the Navy-Princeton Trophy.