FAIRLEE, Vt. – The Yale heavyweight crew team traveled north to Lake Morey, the home of Dartmouth rowing, for a slate of races against the Big Green Saturday evening. Dartmouth took each of the races, with its first varsity boat winning the Olympic Axe for the second-straight year over the Bulldogs.

Results
The racing slate featured 2,000-meter races for each school's top four varsity boats. The first varsity boats competed for the Olympic Axe, which Dartmouth won for the first time ever in 2025. 

• Dartmouth's 4V and 5V boats took over the first race of the slate, with both reaching the finish line before Yale's 4V. 
• The Big Green took the 3V race from the Bulldogs with an eight-second win. 
• Yale kept things close in the 1V and 2V races, but Dartmouth took them both by 2.9 and 3.5 seconds, respectively.

For the event's full results, look here.

Looking Ahead
Yale will now turn its attention to preparing for the Eastern Sprints Championships, set to take place in Worcester, Mass. on May 17.