Heavyweight Crew Heads to IRA Championship

Friday, June 3

Mercer Lake, NJ

Dartmouth College

IRA National Regatta

Photo by: Lars Blackmore

6/2/2022 6:00:00 PM | Men's Heavyweight Rowing

By: Cindi Mansell

HANOVER, N.H. – The field has been set for the119th Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championship on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, New Jersey, including the fourth-ranked heavyweights of Dartmouth. Racing will begin on Friday, June 3, and continue through Sunday, June 5. This year's championships will be co-hosted by the Princeton National Rowing Association (PNRA).

The Big Green will race four boats in the heavyweight division —varsity, second and third varsity boats, as well as a varsity four with cox.

The championship kicks off at 8 a.m. on Friday with the Big Green V8 racing in the fifth heat at 8:40 a.m. Boats will then advance to the repechages and semifinals on Friday afternoon. Racing continues on Saturday and wraps up on Sunday with the grand and petite finals.

The Big Green's first V8 enters the national championship as the No. 4 ranked team in the nation in the latest poll, with California, Yale and Brown rounding out the top three spots. Last season, the boat was ranked 10th due to a pandemic-abbreviated season, yet the Big Green managed to bring home a silver and two bronze medals from the competition.

Betsy and Mark Gates 1959 Head Coach of Men's Heavyweight Rowing Wyatt Allen is looking forward to the culmination of the spring season. "The group has had a productive two-and-a-half weeks of training since the Eastern Sprints, and we are looking forward to a very competitive weekend of racing on Mercer Lake."

IRA Races Live on the internet:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmwFYMMYtpGFgwbhJV5x-2A

IRA Race Schedule and Results:  http://results.regattatiming.com/backoffice/webpages/staticRaceResults.jsp?raceId=543

IRA National Championship by Regatta Timing App:  https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ira-national-championship/id1461730366

Individual Internet session links below:

Friday, June 3 @ 7:45 am: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBYWYoYlE-U

Friday, June 3 @ 1:50 pm:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIH9zbxFj0k

Saturday, June 4 @ 7:45 am:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v10oFBH22V4

Sunday, June 5 @ 7:45 am:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_EPfhFQ8HU

Boat Lineups
1V
Cox: Sammy Houdaigui, (Str) William Bender, (7), Caleb Edmundson (6) Jacob Hudgins, (5) Gustav Arvidsson, (4) Miles Hudgins (3) Harrison Taylor, (2) Henry Lowe, (Bow) James Isles

2V
Cox: Conor Shaheen, (Str) Felix Rawlinson, (7) Max Deering, (6) Isaac Spokes, (5) Joseph Hajjar, (4) Robert Pare, (3) Gus Emmett, (2) Julian Thomas, (Bow) Liam Keane

3V
Cox: Pia Alexander, (Str) Evan Dwinell, (7) Alex Robertson, (6) Ned Rae Smith, (5) Kane Hall, (4) Richie Santry, (3) Will Kalikman, (2) Christian Franck, (Bow) Luke Marshall

V4
Cox: Jessna Brar, (Str) Clayton Kiyonaga, (3) Munroe Robinson, (2) Billy Lockhart, (Bow) Cooper Harrison

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