Men's Crew Readies for 120th IRA Championship

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Brown men's crew is ready for the 120th version of the IRA Championship, which take place on June 2-4 on Lake Mercer in Princeton, N.J.

The Bears' First Varsity 8 received the No. 9 seed in the 24-team field, while the Second Varsity 8 is seeded fifth out of 22 programs, and the Third Varsity 8 is the fourth seed of 18 teams. Brown will also compete in the Varsity 4.

FRIDAY HEATS
Varsity 8 Heat 1 Lane 3– 8:10 a.m.
The Bears are the ninth seed in the V8 race and will square off against Columbia, Cal, Dartmouth, Drexel and MIT.

Second Varsity 8 Heat 4 Lane 5– 9:40 a.m.
The Bears are the fifth seed in the 2V8 race and will race against Georgetown, Penn, Princeton, Stanford and UC San Diego.

Third Varsity 8 - Heat 3 Lane 5 - 10:30 a.m.
The Bears are the fourth seed in the 3V8 race and are set to compete against Drexel, Boston U, Cal, Penn and Oregon State.

Varsity 4+ – 11:20 a.m.
Time Trial

CHAMPIONSHIP BREAKDOWN

The 24 programs in the field compete for an IRA Championship based on a points system that weighs the finish of each boat in its respective race.
The Championship begins with heats for each of the three boats – the first varsity eight, second varsity eight, and third varsity eight – on Friday. The top two boats from each heat advance to the A/B semifinals while the remaining crews proceed to the repechage races on Friday afternoon. The top crew from each repechage also advances to the A/B semifinals while the remainders are placed in the C/D semifinals.
From there, the top three boats in each of the A/B semifinals move onto the upper final with the remainder proceeding to the lower final. The process repeats for the C/D semifinals to the third and fourth level finals.
In the finals, each boat earns points based off its finish in its race, and the program with the most points between its three crews at the conclusion of all the races is awarded the James Ten Eyck Memorial Trophy.

THE 2023 FIELD

A total of 24 boats will race for the Varsity 8 crown, 22 boats will race for the Second Varsity 8 title, and 18 boats will race for the Third Varsity 8 crown.
Brown is one of 18 programs to have a boat in each of the three races. Columbia is the lone Ivy League programs without three boats competing.

BROWN IN THE IRA

The 2023 IRA Championship marks the 120th Championship Regatta dating back to 1895. The 2023 event is co-hosted by the Princeton National Rowing Association.
Dating back to 1960, Brown has a storied history at the IRA Championship. The V8 crew has captured 19 medals (7 gold, 9 silver) and the 2V8 crew has captured 18 medals (5 gold, 7 silver).
Under Cooke, The V8 has five medals and 10 top-five finishes and the 2V8 has four medals and seven top-five finishes.
As a team, Bruno has won the Championship twice (1994, 1995), finished second eight times and finished third four times. The team has 30 top-five finishes and 53 top-10 finishes.
Under Cooke, Brown has taken 10 top-five finishes and 17 top-10 finishes. The Bears have finished in second twice and third twice since 2002.

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