WORCESTER, Mass. – The Wesleyan men's crew varsity eight boat won the third level final to take 13^th place out of 18 teams competing at the National Invitational Championships on Sunday.

• RESULTS

Starting the day in heat 1, the Cardinal varsity eight boat crossed the line in 6:15.178 to take fifth place out of six teams in the heat and 12^th place out of 18 teams in preliminary action. In the third level final later in the afternoon, Wesleyan's boat crossed the line in 6:14.616 to take first place by a hair over Coast Guard (6:15.823) who was just over a second behind the Cardinals' time.
 
Wesleyan's second varsity eight boat made it two-for-two in third level finals as the Cardinals claimed another win. Racing to a time of 6:27.416 in the preliminaries, Wesleyan finished with a 6:28.4 in the third level final to beat the runner-up UMass by more than four seconds and take 13^th place out of 16 teams.
 
A third varsity eight boat was sent out in the water and the group crossed in 7:09.424 in the preliminary heat, followed by a 6:52.130 in the petite final to claim second place in that race and eighth place overall out of nine teams.