May 17 & 18, 2003 Melton Hill Lake - Oak Ridge, Tenn. PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS: CENTRAL REGION: Cincinnati, Eastern Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kansas State, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Tulsa SOUTH REGION: Clemson, Duke, Louisville, Miami (Fla.), North Carolina, SMU, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia DIRECTIONS TO OAK RIDGE ROWING VENUE: View Directions 2003 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: SATURDAY, MAY 17: | PRELIMINARY HEATS: | Novice 8+ | 9 a.m. | heat 1 | 9:15 a.m. | heat 2 | 9:30 a.m. | heat 3 | 2nd Varsity 4+ | 9:45 a.m. | heat 1 | 10 a.m. | heat 2 | Varsity 4+ | 10:15 a.m. | heat 1 | 10:30 a.m. | heat 2 | 10:45 a.m. | heat 3 | 2nd Varsity 8+ | 11 a.m. | heat 1 | 11:15 a.m. | heat 2 | Varsity 8+ | 11:30 a.m. | heat 1 | 11:45 a.m. | heat 2 | 12 noon | heat 3 | 12:15 p.m. | heat 4 | SEMIFINALS/REPECHAGES: | Novice 8+ | 2 p.m. | semifinal 1 | 2:15 p.m. | semifinal 2 | 2nd Varsity 4 | 2:30 p.m. | repechage 1 | Varsity 4 | 2:45 p.m. | semifinal 1 | 3 p.m. | semifinal 2 | 2nd Varsity 8+ | 3:15 p.m. | repechage 1 | 3:30 p.m. | repechage 2 | Varsity 8+ | 3:45 p.m. | C/D semifinal 1 | 4 p.m. | C/D semifinal 2 | 4:15 p.m. | A/B semifinal 1 | 4:30 p.m. | A/B semifinal 2 | SUNDAY, MAY 18: | Varsity 8+ | 9 a.m. | D final | Novice 8+ | 9:15 a.m. | C final | Varsity 4+ | 9:30 a.m. | C final | 2nd Varsity 8+ | 9:45 a.m. | C final | Varsity 8+ | 10 a.m. | C final | 2nd Novice 8+ | 10:15 a.m. | grand final | Novice 8+ | 10:30 a.m. | petite final | 10:45 a.m. | grand final | 2nd Varsity 4+ | 11 a.m. | petite final | 11:15 a.m. | grand final | Varsity 4+ | 11:30 a.m. | petite final | 11:45 a.m. | grand final | 2nd Varsity 8+ | 12 noon | petite final | 12:15 p.m. | grand final | Varsity 8+ | 12:30 p.m. | petite final | 12:45 p.m. | grand final | SEMIFINAL/REPECHAGE AND FINALS PROGRESSION: Varsity 8+ (21 entries): three heats of five boats, one heat of six boats - Top three in each heat advance to the A/B semifinals.
- 4th-5th place in each heat (4th-6th in the six boat heat) go to the C/D semifinals.
- In each of the A/B semifinal heats, the top three finishers advance to the grand final, while 4th-6th go to the petite final.
- In each of the C/D semifinal heats, the top three finishers advance to the C final for places 13th-18th, while the remaining boats go to the D final for the 19th-21st positions.
2nd Varsity 8+ (14 entries): two heats of seven boats each - Top finisher in each heat advances to the grand final, while positions 2nd-7th go to the repechage heats.
- The 1st and 2nd place boats in each repechage advance to the grand final. 3rd-5th place goes to the petite final, while 6th place goes to the C final.
Varsity 4+ and Novice 8+ (17 entries each): two heats of six, one heat of five - Top four boats in each heat advance to the semifinals, while the remaining boats go to the C final for 13th-17th place.
- The top three boats from each semifinal advance to the grand final, while 4th-6th place goes to the petite final.
2nd Varsity 4+ (8 entries): two heats of four boats - Top finisher in each heat advances to the grand final, while 2nd-4th place goes to the repechage.
- 1st-4th place in the repechage advance to the grand final, while 5th-7th place go to the petite final.
2nd Novice 8+ (5 entries): - All five boats race once in the grand final.
SCORING SYSTEM: Varsity 8+: | 36, 33, 30, 27, 24, 21, 18, 15 (1st through 8th score) | 2nd Varsity 8+: | 24, 22, 20, 18, 16, 14, 12, 10 (1st through 8th score) | Varsity 4+: | 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 (1st through 8th score) | 2nd Varsity 4+: | 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (1st through 6th score) | Novice 8+: | 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (1st through 6th score) | 2nd Novice 8+: | 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 (1st through 5th, since only five boats are entered) | ALL-TIME LEXUS SPRINTS RESULTS: View Results |