Harvard-Yale Regatta

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The Yale-Harvard Boat Race or Harvard-Yale Regatta is an annual rowing race between Yale and Harvard universities. Having been raced since 1852, The Race is the oldest American collegiate athletic competition, predating The Game by 23 years. Originally rowed on Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire, it has since moved to the Thames River, New London, Connecticut. Although other locations for the race have included the Connecticut River at Springfield, Mass. and Lake Quinsigamond at Worcester, Mass., the Thames has hosted The Race on all but 5 occasions since 1878 and both teams have erected permanent training camps on the Thames at the Ferry for Yale and at Red Top for Harvard. The race has been exclusively between Harvard and Yale except for 1897 when the race was held as part of a three boat race with Cornell on the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie, New York, where, athough it lost to Cornell, Yale was deemed the winner of the Harvard-Yale race.

The first race was held over 2 miles (3.2 km) but this was changed to 3 miles (4.8 km) for all the races up to 1875, when both universities agreed on the current length of 4 miles (6.4 km).

Originally the race occurred between just the varsity crew but now there are 3 races held on the day, the 2 mile (3.2 km) freshmen race, the 3 mile (4.8 km) junior varsity and finally the 4 mile (6.4 km) varsity match.

Typically the day before the freshman, junior varsity and varsity races, there is a 2 mile (3.2 km) race between the spares for both crews. These "combination" boats are made up of second freshman boat and third varsity boat rowers (i.e. the "combi" or "combo" race). The winner of this race gets the James P. Snider Cup, as well as the right to paint its school's colors on the "rock" at Bartlett's Cove near the north end of the race course.

Currently Harvard leads the varsity series at 88-53, the second varsity (JV) at 68-36, and the freshman series at 63-39-1. Harvard also holds the upstream record with its time of 18:41.9 in 1995. Yale's fastest upstream time (18:45.5) was also posted that year. The Crimson set the downstream--and Thames River course--mark of 18:22.4 in 1980.

See also The Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge.

Results

Harvard: 88 wins
Yale: 53 wins

This is an incomplete list compiled from various sources [link] [link].

Date Winner Time Direction
1852 Harvard
1855 Harvard
1859 Harvard
1860 Harvard
1864 Yale
1865 Yale
1866 Harvard
1867 Harvard
1868 Harvard
1869 Harvard
1870 Harvard
1872 Harvard
1873 Yale
1874 Harvard
1875 Yale
1876 Yale
1877 Harvard
1878 Harvard
1879 Harvard
1880 Yale
1881 Yale
1882 Harvard
1883 Harvard
1884 Yale
1885 Harvard
1886 Yale
1887 Yale
1888 Yale
1889 Yale
1890 Yale
1891 Harvard
1892 Yale
1893 Yale
1894 Yale
1895 Yale
1897 Yale
1898 Yale
1899 Harvard
1900 Yale
1901 Yale
1902 Yale
1903 Yale
1904 Yale
1905 Yale
1906 Harvard
1911 Harvard
1925 Yale
1934 Yale
1947 Harvard
1952 Harvard
1954 Yale

Date Winner Time Direction
1955 Yale
1956 Yale
1957 Yale
1958 Yale
1959 Harvard
1960 Harvard
1961 Harvard
1962 Yale
1963 Harvard
1964 Harvard
1965 Harvard
1966 Harvard
1967 Harvard
1968 Harvard
1969 Harvard
1970 Harvard
1971 Harvard
1972 Harvard
1973 Harvard
1974 Harvard
1975 Harvard
1976 Harvard
1977 Harvard
1978 Harvard
1979 Harvard
1980 Harvard 18:22.4 Downstream
1981 Yale
1982 Yale
1983 Yale
1984 Yale
1985 Harvard
1986 Harvard
1987 Harvard
1988 Harvard
1989 Harvard
1990 Harvard
1991 Harvard
1992 Harvard
1993 Harvard
1994 Harvard
1995 Harvard 18:45.5 Upstream
1996 Yale Downstream
June 1, 1997 Harvard 22:06.8 Upstream
June 6, 1998 Harvard 20:32.3 Upstream
June 5, 1999 Yale Downstream
June 10, 2000 Harvard 19:44.4 Upstream
June 3, 2001 Harvard 18:55.6 Upstream
June 8, 2002 Harvard 19:02.5 Upstream
June 7, 2003 Harvard 18:54.4 Upstream
June 12, 2004 Harvard 18:42.1 Upstream
June 11, 2005 Harvard 19:20.4 Upstream
June 11, 2006 Harvard 23:22.6 Upstream

External links

[The Harvard-Yale Regatta] - on Harvard Crew website
[Yale Crew]

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