For a team whose success is usually measured in effort and not top finishes, Saturday’s races were nothing new.

The heavyweight team rowed in two series of races – a morning stint against Pennsylvania and MIT and three afternoon races against Bucknell on the Delaware River in Philadelphia.

The Hoyas did not fare well in the morning, escaping last place in only one event, the varsity eight. In that race, Georgetown finished third among four boats, with Penn’s varsity and junior varsity teams finishing ahead of the Hoyas while MIT lagged to a fourth-place finish.

Penn dominated the rest of the regatta, winning handily in the novice eight and the novice four and finishing a close second in the varsity four. The Hoyas, meanwhile, came closest to the pack in the varsity four, where they finished just 11 seconds outside first place.

In the afternoon, Georgetown saw similar results. The Bison finished ahead of the Hoyas in every race, with their smallest margin of victory being nine seconds.

While the varsity eight saw some success earlier in the day on the 2,000-meter course, they fell to Bucknell’s A and B teams. The Bison’s second-string crew also downed the women in the varsity four.

The lightweight women saw action on Saturday against Radcliffe on the Potomac. The Black and White took all but one race at the Class of 2004 cup, with the Hoyas eking out a win in the varsity eight by just nine tenths of a second. None of the other races was nearly as close, with the next closest Hoya finish coming in the novice eight by 14 seconds.

Both the men’s and women’s heavyweight squads next hit the water April 6 and 7 at the George Washington Invitational in Washington, D.C.