Heavyweights Travel to New Jersey for the IRA National Championship

Friday, May 28

Trenton, N.J.

Dartmouth College

IRA National Regatta

Heavyweight Rowing action versus Williams

Photo by: Doug Austin

Heavyweights Travel to New Jersey for the IRA National Championship

5/26/2021 9:14:00 AM | Men's Heavyweight Rowing, Men's Lightweight Rowing

Lightweights will also compete that weekend

By: Cindi Mansell

HANOVER, N.H. – The field has been set for the118th Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championship in Trenton, New Jersey, beginning on May 28 with time trials and concluding on May 29.

Dartmouth will race four boats in the heavyweight division. They will have a varsity, second and third varsity boats, as well as a varsity four with cox, all of which will compete on Friday morning for a spot in the finals on Saturday. Time trials begin at 8:00 a.m. with the semifinals scheduled for 3:00 p.m. Saturday finals begin at 8:00 a.m.

The Big Green's First V8 enters the national championship as the No. 10 ranked team in the nation in the latest poll.

Coach Wyatt Allen is looking forward to the competition. "The team's preparations have been going well and our lineups have come together nicely, particularly given the abbreviated spring. The group is extremely appreciative of the opportunity to compete at our national championship, and we are look forward to testing our speed against the best programs in the country."

Dartmouth's lightweight team will also travel to Mercer Lake to compete in races starting on May 28. Due to the challenges of COVID-19 the lightweights were unable to have a competition season in 2021. To include the lightweights, Allen offered the team a spot at the championship to race in the varsity four with cox. Lightweight coach Dan Roock expressed his appreciation, "Wyatt was kind enough to offer us the entry for the four, which we accepted. We have four men who are fit enough to produce a competitive crew. There was no pre-qualifying for the IRA this year. Without the need to qualify there are schools attending that usually don't."

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there will be no spectators allowed at the event. The IRA will be providing internet coverage all day on both Friday and Saturday. The webstream schedule and video links can be found at http://irarowing.com/2021-championship/.

Lightweight 4 plus Cox
Sean Ward (B), Chris Stich (2), Jack Stone (3), Cooper Tuckerman (Str.), Addison Textor (Cox)

1V
Samantha Sizelove (C), William Bender (8), Joseph Hajjar (7), Paul Gralla (6), Henry Lowe (5), Harrison Taylor (4), Caleb Edmundson (3), Mark Levinson (2), Liam Keane (1)

2V
Mikayla Hubner (C), Evan Dwinell (8), Will Kalikman (7), Dan Kramer (6), Clayton Kiyonaga (5), Gus Emmett (4), Luke Marshall (3), Will Sanford (2), Billy Lockhart (1)

3V
Reagan Readinger (C), Jack Taylor (8), Colin Glew (7), Luke Marshall (6), Max Bessler (5), Robert Pare (4), Richie Santry (3), Alexander Lehr (2), Teddy Danziger (1)