Crew Wins the Sanford All-Points Trophy

The Army West Point Crew team competed in the 25th NY State Collegiate Rowing Championships in Saratoga Springs, NY. In the best showing in Army Crew history, the team captured seven gold and two silver medals, capturing the Sanford All-Points Trophy for only the second time since the trophy was first awarded in 1989. The Varsity Men’s Eight had a strong showing, defeating Varsity programs from RIT, Ithaca, Marist, Hamilton, and Skidmore. The Women’s Varsity continued their successful season with the best finish for an Army Varsity Women’s Eight in school history, taking Silver against an all NCAA field. The Men’s JV Eight completed the sweep of the Eights events with a 4.2 second win over RIT, Ithaca, Marist, St. Lawrence, and Geneseo. The Varsity Men’s and Women’s Fours both finished second in their qualifying heats to advance to the Grand Finals, finishing sixth and fourth, respectively. The Novice Men’s Eight finished with a 12.7 second win over the Grand Final field, including RIT, ST. Lawrence, Union, Rochester, and Rennsselaer. The Novice Women’s Eights continued the winning streak with the largest Eights victory of the day, a 16 second win over two Ithaca boats, St. Lawrence, Hamilton, and RIT. The Novice team sent three Fours to the Grand Finals, to include two Novice Men’s entries, and one Novice Women’s entry. The Novice Men’s first boat took gold, crossing the line more than 26 seconds ahead of the field; the Men’s second Novice entry finished in fifth place. The Novice Women rowed a strong race to finish in the Silver Medal position, just 3.4 seconds behind the winning boat from Rochester. The Varsity and Novice Men combined to field a Men’s Open Four, again finding gold, finishing 2.9 seconds ahead of the closest competitor. The final gold medal of the day went to the Varsity Women’s pair in a finals-only race, marking the second year in a row that Army Crew won the event. The winning Army boat finished 7.7 seconds ahead of the Hamilton and Rochester crews. Army Crew finished with a total of 140 points, taking the points trophy back to West Point for the first time since 2006.