George Washington University
IRA National Championships
Men's Rowing Advances To Varsity 4 Petite Final
6/3/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Rowing
June 3, 2011
CHERRY HILL, N.J.- The George Washington men's rowing team finished in fifth place in the Varsity 4 Semifinals at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships on the Cooper River on Friday morning. Friday's effort advances the Colonials to the Petite Final on Saturday morning.
GW, coming off a first-place finish in Thursday's repechage, finished just three and one one-hundredths of a second behind first-place Navy. The top five crews all crossed the finish line within three seconds of each other.
In Saturday's Petite Final, the Colonials will row against district-rival Georgetown, A-10 foe Temple, Syracuse, Northeastern and Holy Cross.
The Varsity 4 crew consists of coxswain Margaret Barone, stroke Trofym Anderson, Colin York (three seat), Craig Helmstetter (two seat) and bow James Stafford.
Men's Varsity 4 - Semifinal #1
1 Washington 6:15.470
2 Drexel 6:19.948
3 Wisconsin 6:20.644
4 Georgetown 6:20.979
5 Temple 6:30.914
6 Syracuse 6:38.127
Men's Varsity 4 - Semifinals #2
1 Navy 6:20.080
2 Stanford 6:20.087
3 Brown 6:20.628
4 Northeastern 6:21.076
5 George Washington 6:23.094
6 Holy Cross 6:30.558
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