Men's Crew Finishes 15th Overall at the IRA National Championships

Friday, May 29

Mercer Lake - West Windsor, N.J.

Drexel University

IRA National Championships

Photo by: Mark DiLucca

Men's Crew Finishes 15th Overall at the IRA National Championships

5/31/2015 4:49:00 PM | Men's Rowing

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WEST WINDSOR, N.J. – Drexel Crew finished 15th overall in its 2014-15 season finale Sunday at IRA National Championships on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J., as the freshmen eight took the Dragons' highest finish in sixth place.

Rounding out the Dragons' boats at IRAs was the varsity eight (20th), second varsity eight (19th), varsity four (16th) and third varsity eight (17th). The University of Washington won the title for a record fifth-straight time.

Coming off of a Dad Vail gold medal, the freshmen eight finished sixth overall with a time of 6:04.010 as the only Drexel boat to advance to a grand final. The boat raced to a second-place 5:59.565 time in Saturday's reps in the Joseph Greipp boat. The Dragons finished fourth in heats Friday with a 6:20.889 to move into reps.

Drexel's varsity eight finished second in Sunday's fourth final with a 5:47.671 to finish 20th overall, just 2.5 seconds behind fourth final winner Syracuse. The Dragons finished fourth in the semis with a time of 5:47.606, less than two seconds behind Stanford. The varsity eight kicked off the Blue and Gold's weekend at IRAs in the Sandra Lee Sheller II boat with a fifth-place time in its heat of 6:00.108, less than five one-hundredths of a second behind fourth-place Dartmouth. In afternoon reps, the Dragons came in fourth with a 6:02.181 to move into the fourth semifinal.

The second varsity eight finished 19 th overall, cruising to victory in the fourth final with a 5:53.047 in its first competition after winning gold at the Dad Vail Regatta. The boat's time was faster than all but one boat in the third final and two boats in the petite final. In a competitive semifinal, the Dragons were fourth with no time taken. In the Lois Krall boat, the JV eight rowed to a fourth-place 6:09.634 to move into the after reps. In reps, the Dragons came in third with a 6:19.993.

The varsity four concluded its season with a 16th overall finish, coming in fourth in the third final with a 6:40.521. In the LeBow College of Business boat, it finished second in its semifinal with a 6:40.538 in a tight race with all four boats within four seconds of each other. The Dragons will race in Sunday's third final at 8:24 a.m. in lane two. In heats Friday, the Dragons finished second to Cornell with a 6:56.439 to move into reps. In reps, Drexel grabbed third with a 7:01.647.

Finally, the Dragons' third varsity eight, a boat that does not often race together, finished 17 th overall with a fifth-place time of 6:06.237 in the third final. The boat raced into Sunday's third final at 9:36 a.m. in the Annette Pennoni boat. Drexel to a fifth-place 6:34.705 in heats, then another fifth-place finish, this time at 6:35.030, to move into the third final.

Two weeks ago, Drexel's women finished their year with a program-best second-place finish at the CAA Championships.

For updates throughout the summer and offseason, follow Drexel Crew on Twitter and Facebook throughout the weekend.

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Results – Friday, May 29 – Heats & Reps
Men's Varsity 8
1^st and 2^nd to semis; all others to Reps
Princeton – 5:52.280
Northeastern – 5:54.712
Cornell – 5:57.806
Dartmouth – 6:00.059
Drexel – 6:00.108
Hobart – 6:04.871

Men's Second Varsity 8
1^st and 2^nd to semis; all others to Reps
California – 5:56.820
Yale – 5:59.617
Wisconsin – 6:06.819
Drexel – 6:09.634
Oregon State – 6:25.887

Men's Third Varsity 8
1^st and 2^nd to Semis; all others to Reps
California – 6:04.364
Harvard – 6:05.601
Boston – 6:06.364
Oregon State – 6:31.707
Drexel – 6:34.705

Men's Freshmen 8
Winner to Grand Final; all others to Reps
Washington – 5:56.969
Cornell – 6:04.274
Penn – 6:13.259
Drexel – 6:20.883
Dartmouth – 6:25.911

Men's Varsity 4
1^st to Semi; all others to Reps
Cornell – 6:50.314
Drexel – 6:56.439
Northeastern – 7:00.295
George Washington – 7:00.836
Santa Clara – 7:02.799

Men's Varsity 8 Reps
1^st to Semi 1 or 2; all others to Semi 3 or 4
Columbia – 5:51.190
FIT – 5:53.629
Syracuse – 5:56.284
Drexel – 6:02.181

Men's Second Varsity 8 Reps
1^st to Semi 1 or 2; all others to Semi 3 or 4
Penn – 6:00.649
George Washington – 6:03.529
Drexel – 6:19.993
Holy Cross – 6:30.864

Men's Third Varsity 8 Reps
1^st and 2^nd to Semis; all others to Third Final
Boston – 6:03.001
Navy – 6:07.199
George Washington – 6:12.364
Penn – 6:18.378
Drexel – 6:35.030

Men's Varsity 4 Reps
1^st to Semi 1 or 2; all others to Semi 3 or 4
Brown – 6:50.811
Temple – 6:54.570
Drexel – 7:01.647
Dartmouth – 7:10.482

Results – Saturday, May 30 – Semifinals
Men's Freshmen 8 Reps – 10:24 a.m.
1^st and 2^nd to Grand Final; all others to Petite Final
Cornell – 5:56.385
Drexel – 5:59.565
Navy – 6:03.982

Men's Varsity 8
Semi 4: Top 3 to Third Final; Next 3 to Fourth Final
Hobart – 5:43.222
FIT – 5:45.579
Stanford – 5:45.770
Drexel – 5:47.606
Oklahoma City – 5:59.220
Santa Clara – 6:01.730

Men's Second Varsity 8
Semi 4: Top 3 to Third Final; Next 3 to Fourth Final
Columbia – 5:53.072
Syracuse – 5:56.017
Hobart – 5:56.662
Drexel – NTT

Men's Varsity 4
Semi 3: Top 3 to Third Final
Syracuse – 6:38.070
Drexel – 6:40.538
Santa Clara – 6:41.339
Northeastern – 6:41.911

Results – Sunday, May 31 – Finals
Men's Varsity 4 – Third Final – 16^th Overall
Syracuse – 6:35.312
Penn – 6:37.443
Navy – 6:37.663
Drexel – 6:40.521
Dartmouth – 6:43.032
Santa Clara – 6:47.693

Men's Second Varsity 8 – Fourth Final – 19^th Overall
Drexel – 5:53.047
FIT – 6:05.215
Holy Cross – 6:16.274

Men's Third Varsity 8 – Third Final – 17^th Overall
Syracuse – 5:54.320
Oregon State – 5:57.001
Penn – 6:00.576
George Washington – 6:04.037
Drexel – 6:06.237
Hobart – 6:07.319
Holy Cross – 6:09.568

Men's Freshmen 8 – Grand Final – 6^th Overall
Washington – 5:39.366
California – 5:44.085
Penn – 5:47.034
Wisconsin – 5:48.194
Cornell – 5:55.310
Drexel – 6:04.010

Men's Varsity 8 – Fourth Final – 20^th Overall
Syracuse – 5:45.101
Drexel – 5:47.671
Oregon State – 5:47.880
George Washington – 5:50.652
Oklahoma City – 5:53.519
Santa Clara – 6:00.019

IRA All-Academic (announced end of June)
Brett Barry
Grigorios Papadourakis
Ivo Krakic
Joseph Masgai
Ryan Mallgrave

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Varsity 8
Boat – Sandra Lee Sheller II
Coxswain – Christopher Henderson
Stroke – Mikulas Sum
7 – Ivo Krakic
6 – Daniel Dollin
5 – Nicholas Capaldi
4 – Michael DiLucca
3 – Dave Hanrahan
2 – Daniel Palombo
Bow – Joseph Masgai

Second Varsity 8
Boat – Lois Krall
Coxswain – Victoria Kenion
Stroke – Keegan Shannon
7 – Xavier Stanish
6 – Marko Durica
5 – Cameron Staines
4 – Ian Luetzow
3 – Ryan Mallgrave
2 – Grigorios Papadourakis
Bow – Brian McCabe

Freshmen 8
Boat – Joseph Greipp
Coxswain – Charlie Bavisotto
Stroke – Gregory Waxman
7 – Justin Terek
6 – J.P. Clark
5 – Dan Motz
4 – Zachary Seither
3 – Braedon Jelinek
2 – Niles Arner
Bow – Zachary Hartman

Third Varsity 8
Boat – Annette Pennoni
Coxswain – Malcolm Newman
Stroke – Ryan Gasparini
7 – Louis Masi
6 – Adam Wisniowski
5 – Kyle Hershman
4 – Tom Foulds
3 – Stephen Robbins
2 – Julien Mahler
Bow – George Twardy

Varsity 4
Boat – LeBow College of Business
Coxswain – Brett Barry
Stroke – Dean Hill
3 – Jim Howley
2 – William Cartwright
Bow – Casimir Czworkowski