Completed Event: Men's Heavyweight Rowing versus Georgetown on April 4, 2026 ,
Final
Men's Heavyweight Rowing
vs Georgetown
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Sunday, June 4
West Windsor, N.J.
Dartmouth College
at
IRA National Championship
Photo by: Justin Lafleur
Men’s Heavyweight Rowing Wraps Up IRA National Championship in Seventh Overall
6/4/2023 5:52:00 PM | Men's Heavyweight Rowing
WEST WINDSOR, N.J. – The Dartmouth men's heavyweight rowing team wrapped up a successful weekend at the IRA National Championship on Sunday, as the Second and Third Varsity Eights each narrowly missed medaling while the Varsity Eight finished fourth in the petite final. Overall, the Big Green came in seventh place as a team out of 24 crews in one of the deepest and most talented fields ever seen.
"It was a great team day and weekend," said Wyatt Allen, Betsy and Mark Gates 1959 Head Coach of Men's Heavyweight Rowing. "Following up on the fours medaling yesterday with fourth place in the 3V and fifth place in the 2V, the Varsity also raced their butts off and finished 10th. It's not quite where we wanted to be, but they feel good about the piece they laid down and proud of the effort.
"We missed our goal in the 1V, but if that's going to happen, you want it backed up by a great team day and that's what we had," Allen continued.
In the final Ten Eyck points trophy standings, California came in first to win the national championship as the Golden Bears swept the Varsity Eight, 2V and 3V. Washington came in second followed by Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Brown, Dartmouth, Syracuse, Northeastern and Boston University. The Big Green found themselves right in a large pack of Ivy League crews and ahead of Penn (11th), Cornell (12th) and Columbia (19th) from the Ivy.
The seventh-place finish comes one year after the Big Green came in fifth, as they're showing they will be a force to be reckoned with year in and year on the national landscape.
Sunday began for the Big Green with the Third Varsity Eight rowing to a fourth-place finish in the grand final, recording a time of 5:50.390, which was just over three seconds off the pace of Washington in third (5:47.130). California finished first (5:42.220) with Harvard less than four tenths of a second behind (5:42.600). The Big Green 3V finished ahead of Yale (5:52.210) and Brown (5:54.540).
Dartmouth's 2V followed by coming in fifth with a time of 5:48.870, which wasn't far off from a top three finish, either. California earned gold (5:39.600), followed by Washington (5:42.070) and Yale (5:42.310).
The morning, and weekend, wrapped up with the Varsity Eight, which posted a time of 5:42.588, good for fourth in the petite final. The top three finishers were Brown (5:35.596), Stanford (5:37.538) and Harvard (5:40.932) while Dartmouth finished ahead of Cornell (5:44.892) and Penn (5:48.962).
The Big Green finished their season in a strong place, having earned at least one medal at the IRA National Championship for a third straight season (as Dartmouth's Varsity Four won bronze on Saturday). Prior to 2021, it had been over a decade since Dartmouth had qualified a boat for the grand finals at IRAs, nevermind medaling. The Big Green will look to continue the momentum heading into the summer and the 2023-24 season.
"So appreciative of the guys who are graduating," said Allen. "We had two fifth-year walk-ons in the Varsity Eight, which I'm really proud of and is indicative of the type of program we have and the group of guys we have that they invest themselves for five years. We're losing some other seniors who have been huge contributors to the program over the last four years.
"I'm just so thankful to this group for leaving the program in a better place."
Results
Varsity Eight
Petite Final
1. Brown – 5:35.596
2. Stanford – 5:37.538
3. Harvard – 5:40.932
4. Dartmouth – 5:42.588
5. Cornell – 5:44.892
6. Penn – 5:48.962
Second Varsity Eight
Grand Final
1. California – 5:39.600
2. Washington – 5:42.070
3. Yale – 5:42.310
4. Harvard – 5:45.410
5. Dartmouth – 5:48.870
6. Brown – 5:50.790
Third Varsity Eight
Grand Final
1. California – 5:42.220
2. Harvard – 5:42.600
3. Washington – 5:47.130
4. Dartmouth – 5:50.390
5. Yale – 5:52.210
6. Brown – 5:54.540
"It was a great team day and weekend," said Wyatt Allen, Betsy and Mark Gates 1959 Head Coach of Men's Heavyweight Rowing. "Following up on the fours medaling yesterday with fourth place in the 3V and fifth place in the 2V, the Varsity also raced their butts off and finished 10th. It's not quite where we wanted to be, but they feel good about the piece they laid down and proud of the effort.
"We missed our goal in the 1V, but if that's going to happen, you want it backed up by a great team day and that's what we had," Allen continued.
In the final Ten Eyck points trophy standings, California came in first to win the national championship as the Golden Bears swept the Varsity Eight, 2V and 3V. Washington came in second followed by Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Brown, Dartmouth, Syracuse, Northeastern and Boston University. The Big Green found themselves right in a large pack of Ivy League crews and ahead of Penn (11th), Cornell (12th) and Columbia (19th) from the Ivy.
The seventh-place finish comes one year after the Big Green came in fifth, as they're showing they will be a force to be reckoned with year in and year on the national landscape.
Sunday began for the Big Green with the Third Varsity Eight rowing to a fourth-place finish in the grand final, recording a time of 5:50.390, which was just over three seconds off the pace of Washington in third (5:47.130). California finished first (5:42.220) with Harvard less than four tenths of a second behind (5:42.600). The Big Green 3V finished ahead of Yale (5:52.210) and Brown (5:54.540).
Dartmouth's 2V followed by coming in fifth with a time of 5:48.870, which wasn't far off from a top three finish, either. California earned gold (5:39.600), followed by Washington (5:42.070) and Yale (5:42.310).
The morning, and weekend, wrapped up with the Varsity Eight, which posted a time of 5:42.588, good for fourth in the petite final. The top three finishers were Brown (5:35.596), Stanford (5:37.538) and Harvard (5:40.932) while Dartmouth finished ahead of Cornell (5:44.892) and Penn (5:48.962).
The Big Green finished their season in a strong place, having earned at least one medal at the IRA National Championship for a third straight season (as Dartmouth's Varsity Four won bronze on Saturday). Prior to 2021, it had been over a decade since Dartmouth had qualified a boat for the grand finals at IRAs, nevermind medaling. The Big Green will look to continue the momentum heading into the summer and the 2023-24 season.
"So appreciative of the guys who are graduating," said Allen. "We had two fifth-year walk-ons in the Varsity Eight, which I'm really proud of and is indicative of the type of program we have and the group of guys we have that they invest themselves for five years. We're losing some other seniors who have been huge contributors to the program over the last four years.
"I'm just so thankful to this group for leaving the program in a better place."
Results
Varsity Eight
Petite Final
1. Brown – 5:35.596
2. Stanford – 5:37.538
3. Harvard – 5:40.932
4. Dartmouth – 5:42.588
5. Cornell – 5:44.892
6. Penn – 5:48.962
Second Varsity Eight
Grand Final
1. California – 5:39.600
2. Washington – 5:42.070
3. Yale – 5:42.310
4. Harvard – 5:45.410
5. Dartmouth – 5:48.870
6. Brown – 5:50.790
Third Varsity Eight
Grand Final
1. California – 5:42.220
2. Harvard – 5:42.600
3. Washington – 5:47.130
4. Dartmouth – 5:50.390
5. Yale – 5:52.210
6. Brown – 5:54.540
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