Four Great Races Define Day Between Penn Heavies and Northeastern

Northeastern Captures Burk Cup At Penn

The Northeastern men's rowing team kicked off the 2026 season with victories in the first and second varsity boats. The victory in the 1V returns the Burk Cup to Henderson Boathouse for the 31st time in series history, and seventh time in the last eight meetings.

Four Great Races Define Day Between Penn Heavies and Northeastern

CHERRY HILL, N.J. – The University of Pennsylvania men's heavyweight crew handed the Burk Cup back to Northeastern in its first racing of the 2026 spring season. In a day of incredibly competitive competition on the Cooper River, Northeastern won two races while Penn took the other two as three of the four races were decided by less than a second and the fourth was decided by just 1.1 seconds.