Shelly Pearson and her Harvard Women’s Rowing Heavyweight teammates won all five races against Syracuse and Dartmouth on Onondaga Lake. The racing, which was postponed from Saturday due to the lockdown of Boston, included a Harvard win in the First Varsity race involving Pearson to retain the O'Leary Cup.
The First Varsity's O'Leary Cup, named in honor of Harvard head coach Liz O'Leary, will stay with the Harvard for the second straight year and ninth time overall in 14 contests.
"The most important part of this day was that it had a positive conclusion to a week that has been sad and unnerving given everything that has transpired," said O'Leary. "We were fortunate enough to come away with wins in each of the hard fought races. I'm proud of how our team came through."
Pearson’s Harvard’s No. 8-ranked First Varsity outpaced their opponents with its win in the race for the O'Leary Cup. Pearson and her teammates boat was to the line in 6:47.9, well ahead of Syracuse's 6:55.3 and Dartmouth's 6:57.7.
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