IRA National Championship Regatta Up Next For Bulldogs
5/29/2014 12:00:00 AM | Men's Rowing
SPOKANE, Wash. -
IRA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ON TAP: The Gonzaga University men's rowing team will participate in the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championship Regatta for the sixth time in seven years this weekend. The 112th version of the IRA National Championship is set for May 30-June 1 on Lake Mercer at Richard Coffee County Park in West Windsor, N.J.
WHAT BOATS WILL BE RACING?: The Gonzaga University men's rowing Varsity 8+ and Second Varsity 8+ will each participate in this year's Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championship Regatta. This is the sixth time in seven years the Bulldogs are sending a Varsity 8+ crew to the regatta. The Second Varsity 8+ will partake for the fifth time in school history.
WHAT IS THE IRA REGATTA?: The Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) Regatta represents the national championship for men's collegiate crew. The men's Varsity 8+ winner is generally regarded as the men's overall collegiate champion, though the IRA Regatta also features an overall points winner which earns the Ten Eyck Trophy.
IRA RACING FORMAT: Competition at the IRA National Championship Regatta consists of heats, repechage, semifinals and finals. In the Varsity 8+ heat and the Second Varsity 8+ heat, the two fastest crews advance to the semifinals.
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HEAD COACH DAN GEHN'S THOUGHTS ON THE UPCOMING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP: "These guys have worked incredibly hard this year and it was them that won the right to race at the national championship. I am very proud of their efforts. That being said, we are still pretty inexperienced and their success will depend on keeping everything in perspective and staying cool and performing. I like both the Varsity and Junior Varsity's draws for the heats. We have raced some of these crews before and I think that will help us settle into racing here."
IRA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP REGATTA HEAT SCHEDULE - Friday, May 30
Varsity 8+ - Heat 3 - 8:30 a.m. (ET)
1. Syracuse
2. Wisconsin
3. California
4. Boston
5. Oregon State
6. Gonzaga
Junior Varsity 8+ - Heat 4 - 9:45 a.m. (ET)
1. Stanford
2. Cornell
3. Washington
4. Harvard
5. Pennsylvania
6. Gonzaga
GONZAGA LINEUPS
Varsity 8+: Kayla Cartelli, Joseph Morris, Atticus Patterson, Rick Ruddell, Alex Yuska, Brandon Byrd, Alex Lund, Ben Duermit, Dylan Ojeda.
Junior Varsity 8+: Danielle Moorhouse, Anthony Roeber, Walker Capra-Smith, Connor Murray, Carsten Beckwith-Strike, Kevin MacPherson, Kyle Hagmeier, Cole Garcia, Connor Mitchell.
