What is your ideal match up for this year?
For me, I'd love to see Yale V USA in the first round of the Grand. Winner goes on to race GBR on Sunday.
HRR 2022
Re: HRR 2022
Any IRA GF crew (relatively) intact against anyone. Feels like the last time it was even close was Yale vs Washington in the first YouTube year (2015?)
I don't see it happening, these days many of those athletes go back to home countries for U23s and the like and all we get are 1V-2V-3V composites.
Would have been fascinating to watch Yale v Top Brookes at some point over the last few years, but it's hard to clone Tom Digby so he can race with both
I don't see it happening, these days many of those athletes go back to home countries for U23s and the like and all we get are 1V-2V-3V composites.
Would have been fascinating to watch Yale v Top Brookes at some point over the last few years, but it's hard to clone Tom Digby so he can race with both
Re: HRR 2022
I think that was the Ladies Plate. Has a US college won the Grand in the last 60 years?FullSend wrote:Feels like the last time it was even close was Yale vs Washington in the first YouTube year (2015?)
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Re: HRR 2022
Harvard in 1985.crewu wrote:I think that was the Ladies Plate. Has a US college won the Grand in the last 60 years?FullSend wrote:Feels like the last time it was even close was Yale vs Washington in the first YouTube year (2015?)
UDub in 1977.
Re: HRR 2022
I'm not nearly as well versed in HRR history as many here, but I would argue that the it's wildly unrealistic for a university to win the Grand other than Olympic years where national teams aren't entering. This isn't 1970-whatever where college 8s were the US men's 8.
These days you basically have to beat the GB senior 8+. I'd reckon an intact Yale 8+ from their fastest year could maybe make it a race. Maybe.
UDub giving GB a run in 2013 was really impressive. Since then it's even more rare to see top athletes stick around for HRR with their college. Watch a lot of those GB U23/Leander/Brookes boats at the regatta and check out how many of the athletes these days are wearing hats/undershirts from their uni. Many/most of those are active students not just alums
These days you basically have to beat the GB senior 8+. I'd reckon an intact Yale 8+ from their fastest year could maybe make it a race. Maybe.
UDub giving GB a run in 2013 was really impressive. Since then it's even more rare to see top athletes stick around for HRR with their college. Watch a lot of those GB U23/Leander/Brookes boats at the regatta and check out how many of the athletes these days are wearing hats/undershirts from their uni. Many/most of those are active students not just alums