GOLD RIVER, Calif. -- All three eight-man boats for the Harvard men's heavyweight rowing team clinched spots in the finals on day two of the IRA National Championship Regatta. HUBC's varsity eight brought home the team's first medal of the weekend; reaching the podium with a bronze-medal performance in the final to wrap up the day's action.

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Stroke Ben Scott and the varsity eight clinched a spot in Sunday's A Final at 3:04 pm ET with a second-place finish behind California. HUBC posted a time of 5:41.770; finishing just one seat behind Cal.

The second varsity took to the water next and rowed approximately 800m before the race was called off due to interference and race officials implemented a restart after the third varsity semifinals. After returning to the start, Syracuse and Princeton both push the HUBC boat, but Harvard pulled away late from Syracuse and nearly caught Princeton before taking second in a time of 5:43.170. Sunday's A final will take place at 2:08 pm ET.

In the third varsity, HUBC trailed at every milestone through the 1500m mark before overtaking Washington inside the red buoys in a time of 5:45.910; a 0.27-second margin of victory. The third varsity will compete in Sunday's A Final at 12:46 pm ET.

The varsity four, stroked by Adam Cech, raced in a highly-competitive final to end the day. California earned a wire-to-wire victory with Penn taking silver. Harvard, which was in fifth after the first 500m, charged in the second half to overtake Princeton and Washington on its way to the podium in a time of 6:31.180.

Results
1V (Semifinal)
1. California - 5:36.950
2. Harvard - 5:37.910
3. Stanford - 5:41.770
4. Penn - 5:42.890
5. Brown - 5:45.950
6. Boston U. - 5:50.130

2V (Semifinal)
1. Princeton - 5:42.860
2. Harvard - 5:43.170
3. Syracuse - 5:48.350
4. Penn - 5:50.530
5. Stanford - 5:52.870
6. Dartmouth - 6:01.300

3V (Semifinal)
1. Harvard - 5:45.910
2. Washington - 5:46.180
3. Yale - 5:55.180
4. Northeastern - 5:56.640
5. Penn - 5:57.020
6. Syracuse - 5:58.050

V4+ (Final)
1. California - 6:27.660
2. Penn - 6:30.610
3. Harvard - 6:31.180
4. Washington - 6:32.250
5. Princeton - 6:34.570

Harvard Boat Lineups
V8
Cox: Natalia Toms
Stroke: Ben Scott
7: Jack Dorney
6: Jordan Dykema
5: Sam Woodgate
4: Alexander Grundy
3: Leo Bessler
2: Jack Hansen-Knarhoi
Bow: Josh Brangan

2V
Cox: Iris Hennin
Stroke: Tyler Horler
7: Owen Finnerty
6: Apostolos Lykomitros
5: Cameron Beyki
4: Sam Gallaudet
3: Robert Rawlinson
2: Elam Hughes
Bow: Marco Gandola

3V
Cox: Cate Frerichs
Stroke: Marco Vicino
7: Luca Vicino
6: Owen Marcovitz
5: Kynan Tallec-Botos
4: Joe Baker
3: Charles Richards
2: Alexander Sanchez Fretz
Bow: Jack Sulger

V4+
Cox: Nicholas Yoo
Stroke: Adam Cech
3: Marcus Chung
2: Ryan Cornelius
Bow: Leyth Sousou

Sunday Race Times*
12:46 PM - 3V (Final)
2:08 PM - 2V (Final)
3:04 PM - 1V (Final)
*All times listed as Eastern Time and subject to change.