CAMDEN, N.J. — Harvard Men's Lightweight Rowing opened the IRA Championship weekend with a statement, winning all three of their opening heats in the varsity eight, second varsity eight, and varsity four. The varsity four followed up with a second-place finish in the semifinal, securing a place in the A final. Watch the rest of the races this weekend on overnight.com.

Saturday, May 31

• Varsity Four Final – 2:50 PM (Event #52)

Sunday, June 1

• Second Varsity Eight Final – 10:10 AM (Event #78)
• First Varsity Eight Final – 11:40 AM (Event #87)

 

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Race Recap & Lineups

First Varsity Eight (V8+) – Heat 1

Result: 1st place – 5:39.840
Margin: +3.07 over Dartmouth
Lineup:

• Coxswain – Anya Cheng
• Ben Lundie
• Brahm Erdmann
• Charles Rahdon
• Andrew Buda
• Preston Darling
• Zarret Mills
• Alex Forbes
• Kyle Sutherland

Event #7 - Heat 1 (Official Results):

1. Harvard (Lundie, B.) – 5:39.840

2. Dartmouth (Tripp, R.) – 5:42.910 (+3.070)

3. MIT (Sillifant, H.) – 5:43.110 (+3.270)

4. Yale (Staelin, F.) – 5:47.550 (+7.710)

5. Columbia (Cortes, G.) – 6:01.330 (+21.490)

Event #87 - Final (Upcoming):

• Lane 1: MIT (Sillifant, H.)

• Lane 2: Pennsylvania (Folan, D.)

• Lane 3: Harvard (Lundie, B.)

• Lane 4: Princeton (Aronow, N.)

• Lane 5: Dartmouth (Tripp, R.)

• Lane 6: Navy (Mezzanotte, L.)

 

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Second Varsity Eight (2V8+) – Heat 1

Result: 1st place – 5:49.930
Margin: +3.09 over Columbia
Lineup:

• Coxswain – Megan Ong
• James Stevenson
• Alberto Lasso
• Matt Lyons
• Henry Jones
• Ian O'Riley
• David Picard
• Finn Crawford
• Joost van Asperen

Event #1 - Heat 1 (Official Results):

1. Harvard (Stevenson, J.) – 5:49.930

2. Columbia (Dodman, J.) – 5:53.020 (+3.090)

3. Princeton (Wenk, L.) – 5:54.170 (+4.240)

4. Navy (Chandnani, C.) – 6:01.540 (+11.610)

Event #78 - Final (Upcoming):

• Lane 1: Princeton (Wenk, L.)

• Lane 2: Dartmouth (Alto, A.)

• Lane 3: Harvard (Stevenson, J.)

• Lane 4: Pennsylvania (Luo, F.)

• Lane 5: Columbia (Dodman, J.)

• Lane 6: Yale (Vaughn, R.)

 

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Varsity Four (V4+) – Time Trial & Semifinal

Time Trial Result: 1st – 6:11.611
Semifinal Result: 2nd – 6:28.550
Margin: +2.54 behind Pennsylvania
Lineup:

• Coxswain – Mo Jihad
• Jack Duggan
• Howard Huang
• Nihkil Ramaraju
• Lucas Pinsent

Event #22 - Time-Trial (Official Results):

1. Harvard (Duggan, J.) – 6:11.611

2. Georgetown (Cullen, T.) – 6:12.840 (+1.229)

3. Navy (Liu, G.) – 6:15.141 (+3.530)

4. Pennsylvania (Xia, E.) – 6:15.766 (+4.155)

5. Mercyhurst (Dojcinovic, M.) – 6:15.949 (+4.338)

6. Columbia (Valentino, A.) – 6:16.280 (+4.669)

7. MIT (Astrom, H.) – 6:26.280 (+14.669)

8. Princeton (Mann, V.) – 6:29.628 (+18.017)

9. Dartmouth (Ellison, W.) – 6:31.749 (+20.138)

10. Gordon (Lacoss, L.) – 7:12.284 (+1:00.673)

Event #30 - Semifinal AB (Official Results):

1. Pennsylvania (Xia, E.) – 6:26.010

2. Harvard (Duggan, J.) – 6:28.550 (+2.540)

3. Mercyhurst (Dojcinovic, M.) – 6:29.590 (+3.580)

4. Princeton (Mann, V.) – 6:53.030 (+27.020)

5. Dartmouth (Ellison, W.) – 6:54.490 (+28.480)