The Owls opened their spring season with a race against Lehigh University on the Schuylkill. The women’s rowing team swept the varsity eight, second varsity eight and varsity four.
The Owls won the varsity eight by nearly 15 seconds and beat Lehigh by 12.75 seconds in the second varsity eight. Temple’s “B” varsity four boat edged out the “A” boat by less than half a second. Lehigh finished in eight minutes, 22.8 seconds, 34 seconds behind the first-place boat.
The men’s crew team won the varsity eight and second varsity eight races at the Jacksonville Sprints in Florida.