George Washington University Athletics
GW Men's Rowing Heads to IRA National Championship
6/1/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Rowing
| 114th IRA National Championship | |
| Date | Time | Friday-Sunday, June 3-5 | Official Schedule |
| Location | Lake Mercer | West Windsor, N.J. |
| Additional Information | IRA Championship Central | Schedule | Seeding | Progressions |
| Follow | @GW_MensRowing | Live Results | Watch Live |
WASHINGTON - The George Washington men's rowing team will send three boats to this weekend's 114th Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championships, hosted by the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) on Lake Mercer in West Windsor, New Jersey.
The Colonials will race a Varsity 8, 2nd Varsity 8 and 3rd Varsity 8 in the three-day event. The top crews in the country will be competing at the prestigious regatta, with the winner of the Varsity 8 Grand Final being crowned the national champion.
Racing commences with Friday's morning heats followed by repechages in the afternoon. Semifinals are scheduled for Saturday morning with the grand, petite, third-level finals and fourth-level finals on Sunday.
For the Varsity 8, 2V8 and 3V8, the top two crews from each heat will advance to Saturday's semifinals while the remaining boats will row in the Friday afternoon repechages.
For full details regarding race progressions click here (link). Additional information is available at IRA Championship Central.
Last season, GW notched final national rankings of No. 22 for the Varsity 8, No. 15 for the 2nd Varsity 8 and No. 16 for the 3rd Varsity 8.
The Colonials' finest performance at the IRA National Championship came in 2014, when the program posted best-ever finishes in the Varsity 8 (14th) and Freshman 8 (7th).
GW is seeded 19th in the Varsity 8 and will compete against Penn, Princeton, Harvard, Stanford and Temple in its morning heat. The 2V8 is seeded 17th and will row against Northwestern, California, Wisconsin and Oregon State in its heat, while the 3V8, which is seeded 11th, will compete against Navy, Wisconsin, Princeton, California and Hobart.
Lineups
Varsity 8
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2nd Varsity 8
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3rd Varsity 8
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