Men's Crew Posts Strong First Day at IRA Championship

Friday, May 31

West Windsor, N.J.

8 a.m.

Brown University

IRA Championship - Day 1

Photo by: AllMarkOne

Men's Crew Posts Strong First Day at IRA Championship

5/31/2024 7:12:00 PM | Men's Crew

Resulta

WEST WINDSOR, N.J. – The Brown Bears opened the 121st IRA Championships with a strong showing as all three crews advanced to Saturday's A/B Semifinal races. The Varsity 8 and Third Varsity 8 both won their respective heats with the 2V8 taking second to advance.

"It was a good team performance today," said Head Coach Paul Cooke '89. "All the boats qualified for the A/B semifinal and the 4+ made it through to the Grand Final. The energy throughout the team is good and the crews are focused on the task at hand."

Brown's Varsity 8 took control of the opening heat early and held nearly a boat-length lead over Penn and Northeastern across the line to finish first with a time of 5:37.691. The Quakers (5:39.321) and Huskies (5:39.941) advanced to the A/B Finals along with Brown with second and third place finishes, respectively.

The V8 races in the semifinal tomorrow at 8:10 a.m. against Boston U., Dartmouth, Princeton, Washington, and Yale.

The Second Varsity 8 clocked a time of 5:48.965 to finish second to Washington (5:45.259) in its morning heat. The Bears jumped ahead of third-place Northeastern (5:57.072) in the early stages of the race and pulled away from the Huskies as the race progressed.

The Bears race at 9:10 a.m. tomorrow morning in the semifinal against Cornell, Harvard, Northeastern, Princeton, and Syracuse.

The Third Varsity 8 closed out the morning heats with a wire-to-wire win over Princeton and Northeastern to comfortably advance to the A/B Semifinals. The Bears posted a time of 5:50.385 to finish ahead of the second-place Tigers (5:53.745) and third-place Huskies (5:56.622).

The Bears race in the semifinal at 9:50 a.m. tomorrow against Cornell, Dartmouth, Syracuse, Washington, and Yale.

Bruno's Varsity 4 took third among 10 crews in a Time Trial, clocking in at 6:09.993 to finish just behind Washington (6:06.858) and Cal (6:07.738) to advance to the afternoon semifinal.

In the afternoon semifinal, the Bears held tight with FIT throughout the race and held off Syracuse to finish second and earn a spot in tomorrow's A Final. Brown crossed the line in 6:18.340 to finish between first-place FIT (6:17.050) and the third-place Orange (6:19.107).

The Varsity 4 returns to the water in the Grand Final at 11:50 a.m. tomorrow against Cal, Colgate, Dartmouth, FIT, and Washington.

Results and Boatings
Varsity 8
Brown – 5:37.691
Penn – 5:39.321
Northeastern – 5:39.941
Columbia – 5:47.641
Wisconsin – 5:55.851
MIT – 6:06.448

B: Connor Brown
2: David Person
3: Oliver Page-Kuhr
4: Gabriel Mahler
5: Enno Mönch
6: Nathan Swidler
7: Ian Burnett
S: Willem Stoop
C: Jack DiGiovanni

Second Varsity 8
Washington – 5:45.259
Brown – 5:48.965
Northeastern – 5:57.072
Georgetown – 5:59.389
Wisconsin – 6:09.772

B: Tom Griffin
2: Simon Hatcher
3: Davis Kelly
4: Keyan O'Donnell
5: Adam von Bismarck
6: Nick Gaensler
7: Dom Valt
S: Josh Golbus
C: Lizzie Mitchell

Third Varsity 8
Brown – 5:50.385
Princeton – 5:53.745
Northeastern – 5:56.622
Drexel – 6:13.492
Santa Clara – 6:27.819

B: Connor Prior
2: Harri Peck
3: Savas Koutsouras
4: Sean Egan
5: Schuyler Bacon
6: Ben Jackson
7: Owen McKenna
S: Marcus Winter
C: Elenna Seguin

Varsity 4
Afternoon Semifinal
FIT – 6:17.050
Brown – 6:18.340
Syracuse – 6:19.107
Harvard – 6:22.927
Boston U. – 6:27.313
Penn – 6:32.113

Morning Time Trial
Washington – 6:06.858
Cal – 6:07.738
Brown – 6:09.993
FIT – 6:10.404
Dartmouth – 6:10.985
Stetson – 6:12.182
Holy Cross – 6:15.865
Harvard – 6:18.631
Northeastern – 6:28.274
Navy – 6:38.807

B: Cole Matlack
2: Matthew Boranian
3: Jack Cadwallader
S: Eddie Andrews
C: Matthew Rose

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