WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – After inclement weather cancelled the Lubbers Cup in Spring Lake, Mich., the Drake University rowing team changed its weekend race schedule and traveled to West Lafayette, Ind. to battle host Purdue and Illinois. Drake and the pair of BIG Ten teams raced each other on a 2,400-meter course on the Wabash River Friday night and Saturday morning before the team returned to Des Moines, Iowa. The schools competed in varsity 8, 2nd varsity 8 and 3rd varsity 8 races on the Wabash. Drake was led by its 2nd varsity 8 boat which defeated Purdue Saturday morning.
Rowing Races Illinois and Purdue after cancellation of Lubbers Cup
