IRVING, Texas – The No. 4 University of Texas First Varsity Eight was selected as the Boat of the Week for the sixth week of competition. This marks the second consecutive honor for Texas this season.
The first eight performed well at the 2019 Longhorn Invite hosted in Austin. In heat racing on Friday evening, the Longhorns' crew took first place over No. 16 Indiana, No. 11 Southern California and Notre Dame. The boat finished with a time of 6:22.540 to move on to Saturday's A Final.
In the grand final, UT cruised to a 6:24.316 open-water win over three ranked opponents: No.