CAMDEN, N.J. — Harvard Men's Lightweight Rowing capped off a historic weekend at the 2025 IRA National Championship with commanding victories in both the first and second varsity eight grand finals. The Crimson secured national titles in back-to-back seasons for both boats, completing undefeated campaigns. The varsity eight's win marks Harvard's 11th IRA national championship in that event, further solidifying their legacy of lightweight rowing excellence. The varsity four added a strong performance with a fourth-place finish in a fiercely contested A final.

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Finals Recap – Sunday, June 1

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First Varsity Eight (V8+)

Result: 1st place – 05:29.620
Margin: +2.630 over Dartmouth
Time: 11:40 a.m. ET
Lineup:
Coxswain – Anya Cheng
Ben Lundie
Brahm Erdmann
Charles Rahdon
Andrew Buda
Preston Darling
Zarret Mills
Alex Forbes
Kyle Sutherland
Official Results:

1. Harvard (Lundie, B.) – 05:29.620
2. Dartmouth (Tripp, R.) – 05:32.250 (+2.630)
3. MIT (Sillifant, H.) – 05:34.390 (+4.770)
4. Pennsylvania (Folan, D.) – 05:34.910 (+5.290)
5. Princeton (Aronow, N.) – 05:36.750 (+7.130)
6. Navy (Mezzanotte, L.) – 05:41.030 (+11.410)

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Second Varsity Eight (2V8+)

Result: 1st place – 05:39.980
Margin: +1.320 over Penn
Time: 10:10 a.m. ET
Lineup:
Coxswain – Megan Ong
James Stevenson
Alberto Lasso
Matt Lyons
Henry Jones
Ian O'Riley
David Picard
Finn Crawford
Joost van Asperen
Official Results:

1. Harvard (Stevenson, J.) – 05:39.980
2. Pennsylvania (Luo, F.) – 05:41.300 (+1.320)
3. Columbia (Dodman, J.) – 05:42.850 (+2.870)
4. Princeton (Wenk, L.) – 05:43.170 (+3.190)
5. Dartmouth (Alto, A.) – 05:45.360 (+5.380)
6. Yale (Vaughn, R.) – 05:51.530 (+11.550)

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Varsity Four (V4+)

Result: 4th place – 06:26.760
Margin: +2.860 behind Georgetown
Time: 2:50 p.m. ET
Lineup:
Coxswain – Mohammad Jihad
Jack Duggan
Howard Huang
Nikhil Ramaraju
Lucas Pinsent
Official Results:

1. Georgetown (Cullen, T.) – 06:23.900
2. Mercyhurst (Dojcinovic, M.) – 06:24.410 (+0.510)
3. Pennsylvania (Xia, E.) – 06:26.420 (+2.520)
4. Harvard (Duggan, J.) – 06:26.760 (+2.860)
5. Navy (Liu, G.) – 06:33.330 (+9.430)
6. Columbia (Valentino, A.) – 06:35.450 (+11.550)