George Washington University
at IRA National Championships
Men's Rowing Team places 19th at IRA National Championships
6/5/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Rowing
June 5, 2007
CHERRY HILL, NJ - The George Washington Men's Rowing Team competed this past weekend at the 105th IRA National Championships in Cherry Hill, NJ. The Colonials fielded 5 crews in this prestigious regatta: Varsity Eight, 2nd Varsity Eight, Freshman Eight, Freshman Four, and Open Four. All five GW crews advanced to Saturday's finals, with command performances across all levels.
In the Ten Eyck Award team points standings, GW ended up ranked 19th in the country (the University of Washington took home the trophy). For the Clayton Chapman Award for most improved team, the Colonials were eclipsed only by Cornell University.
"This has been a tremendous, though very challenging, season for us," said Head Coach Greg Myhr. "We're beginning to see some returns on an enormous volume of dedicated hard work by our university, our administration, and most importantly, by our athletes themselves - it's a constant thrill and privilege to be a part of this program. Every team we compete against is well supported, well coached, and incredibly driven. While it will take everything we can do as well as some luck to continue our climb, it's precisely that challenge that makes this endeavor so worthwhile - I really can't wait to get the 2007-08 season started."
Varsity Eight: Amy Garrison, Matt Brady, Oliver Blodgett, Joe DeLeo, Henry Roosevelt, Jon D'Alba, Andrew Cummings, Pete Magee, Michael Mancusi-Ungaro
4th Level Final
19 Purdue 05:49.570
20 Holy Cross 05:51.486
21 Marist 05:53.122
22 GW Univ. 05:53.309
23 Columbia 05:53.360
24 Dartmouth 06:12.256
2nd Varsity Eight: Caroline Emanuel, Grant LaFarge, Ben Lookner, Will Lee, Alex DelSordo, Gorgi Popstefanov, James Hacker, Mike Hill, Andrew Lennox
3rd Level Final
13 Navy 05:53.984
14 Michigan 05:55.747
15 Georgetown 05:58.302
16 Delaware 05:59.067
17 GW Univ. 06:01.784
18 Princeton 06:04.649
Freshman Eight: Lia Simeone, Dominic Abruzzese, Karel Bryukhanov, Rob Berns, Curtis Batts, Tom Caruso, JJ Silverstein, Josh Grace, Max Greenblum
Petite (2nd level) Final
7 Northeastern 05:50.417
8 Cornell 05:52.639
9 Orange Coast 05:54.436
10 Stanford 05:59.558
11 GW Univ. 06:03.231
12 Georgetown 06:06.375
Freshman Four: Alex Hofbauer, Sam Gorgen, Tom Lochery, Dave Fowler, Travis Reed
Petite (2nd level) Final
7 Navy 06:38.445
8 Grand Valley 06:38.571
9 MIT 06:38.748
10 Orange Coast 06:43.997
11 GW Univ. 06:47.195
12 Temple 06:50.752
Open Four: Stephen Nishikawa, Tim Conroy, Erik Bergmann, Chris Wieman, Sam Mahler
Petite (2nd level) Final
7 Wisconsin B 06:41.344
8 Wisconsin 06:42.996
9 Harvard 06:49.305
10 Yale 06:56.268
11 Georgetown 07:03.413
12 GW Univ. 07:06.456
The Colonials will kick off their 2007-08 season at the Occoquan Chase Regatta in early October.
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