Friday, May 31
Lake Natoma - Gold River, Calif.
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IRA National Championships
Men’s Rowing Concludes Weekend at IRA National Championships
6/2/2019 3:08:00 PM | Men's Rowing
GOLD RIVER, Calif. – The Drexel men's rowing team concluded their time at the 117th Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championships, which took place from Friday, May 31 through Sunday, June 2, from Lake Natoma in Gold River, Calif.
FULL RESULTS
Sunday Finals
Overall, the varsity 8 finished 21st, the second varsity 8 20th, the third varsity 8 16th and the varsity 4 18th.
The varsity 8 placed 3rd of 6 in the fourth final with a time of 5:56.793 behind the winner, FIT (5:51.588) and Oregon State (5:55.091).
The second varsity 8 took 2nd of their five boat, fourth final with a mark of 6:07.353, trailing only UCSD (6:04.730). The third varsity 8 owned a third finals time of 6:09.522 as they came in 4th of 7 with Cornell, Oregon State and George Washington leading the way.
The varsity 4 posted a time of 6:42.463 in their third final.
Saturday Semifinals
In the third semifinal, the varsity 8 narrowly edged out Oregon State for fourth place in the race. Penn (5:47.941) came in first followed by George Washington (5:48.884) and Colgate (5:52.801). The Dragons crossed with a time of 5:54.476, just ahead to the Beavers at 5:54.986.
The second varsity 8 also placed fourth in their semifinal. Columbia (5:56.287) took first with Penn (5:59.278), Hobart (6:02.765), Drexel (6:05.560), Santa Clara (6:09.695) and FIT (6:13.672) rounding out the field.
Friday Heats
Facing some of the toughest competition in the country, the Dragons had four boats in the morning heats (varsity 8, second varsity 8, varsity 4 and third varsity 8). None of the boats were fast enough to move straight to the Saturday semifinals and had to fare through the afternoon repechages. The varsity 8 took 6th of 6 in the heats; the second varsity 8 placed 5th of 5; the third varsity 8 finished 4th of 5; the varsity 4 came in 4th of 4.
The varsity 8 was within three seconds of second place after the first 500 meters but fell behind by almost 17 seconds over the next 1000 meters to finished sixth. Drexel clocked a time of 6:08.250.
The third varsity 8 had the fastest time of the Drexel boats in the heats at 6:06.108 to take 4th of 5 in their heat. The second varsity 8 was at 6:18.554 for their 2000-meter race.
Friday Repechages
The varsity 8 finished with a time of 6:02.332 in their afternoon repechage, roughly six seconds faster than their morning heat.
The second varsity 8 finished with a time of 6:13.032 in their repechage after a 6:18.554 pace in the morning heat.
The third varsity 8 took 4th of 6 in their repechage at 6:12.685 which was slightly slower than their 6:06.108 in the morning heat.
The varsity 4 came in with a time of 6:58.123.
OVERALL
Overall / 20th
Varsity 8 / 21st
Second Varsity 8 / 20th
Third Varsity 8 / 16th
Varsity 4 / 18th
TIMES BY BOAT
Varsity 8
Sunday / Final 4 / 5:56.793
Saturday / Semifinal 3 / 5:54.476
Friday / Repechage 3 / 6:02.332
Friday / Heat 4 / 6:08.250
Second Varsity 8
Sunday / Final 4 / 6:07.353
Saturday / Semifinal 3 / 6:05.560
Friday / Repechage 3 / 6:13.032
Friday / Heat 1 / 6:18.554
Third Varsity 8
Sunday / Final 3 / 6:09.522
Friday / Repechage 1 / 6:12.685
Friday / Heat 2 / 6:06.108
Varsity 4
Sunday / Final 3 / 6:42.463
Friday / Repechage 2 / 6:58.122
Friday / Heat 4 / 6:56.521
FINISHES BY DAY
Sunday, June 2
Finals
Varsity 8 / Final 4 / 3rd of 6 / 21st overall
1 / FIT / 5:51.588
2 / Oregon State / 5:55.091
3 / Drexel / 5:56.793
4 / Santa Clara / 6:00.211
5 / Hobart / 6:00.386
6 / UCSD / 6:05.245
Second Varsity 8 / Final 4 / 2nd of 5 / 20th overall
1 / UCSD / 6:04.730
2 / Drexel / 6:07.353
3 / George Washington / 6:08.496
4 / FIT / 6:09.458
5 / Santa Clara / 6:10.020
Third Varsity 8 / Final 3 / 4th of 7 / 16th overall
1 / Cornell / 6:04.426
2 / Oregon State / 6:06.986
3 / George Washington / 6:08.284
4 / Drexel / 6:09.522
5 / Stanford / 6:12.882
6 / Hobart / 6:13.574
7 / UCSD / 6:18.552
Varsity 4 / Final 3 / 6th of 6 / 18th overall
1 / OK City / 6:36.266
2 / Jacksonville / 6:37.323
3 / Wisconsin / 6:38.823
4 / Brown / 6:39.976
5 / Northeastern / 6:41.763
6 / Drexel / 6:42.463
Saturday, June 1
Semifinals
Varsity 8 / Semifinal 3 / 4th of 6
1 / Penn / 5:47.941
2 / George Washington / 5:48.884
3 / Colgate / 5:52.801
4 / Drexel / 5:54.476
5 / Oregon State / 5:54.986
6 / UCSD / 6:03.393
Second Varsity 8 / Semifinals 3 / 4th of 6
1 / Columbia / 5:56.287
2 / Penn / 5:59.278
3 / Hobart / 6:02.765
4 / Drexel / 6:05.560
5 / Santa Clara / 6:09.695
6 / FIT / 6:13.672
Friday, May 31
Afternoon Repechages
Varsity 8 / Repechage 3 / 4th of 4
1 / Dartmouth / 5:51.039
2 / Penn / 5:53.529
3 / Columbia / 5:55.504
4 / Drexel / 6:02.332
Second Varsity 8 / Repechage 3 / 4th of 4
1 / Navy / 5:55.027
2 / Columbia / 5:58.765
3 / UCSD / 6:05.719
4 / Drexel / 6:13.032
Third Varsity 8 / Repechage 1 / 4th of 6
1 / Syracuse / 5:54.212
2 / Dartmouth / 5:54.854
3 / Cornell / 6:08.167
4 / Drexel / 6:12.685
5 / UCSD / 6:18.902
6 / Stanford / 6:23.569
Varsity 4 / Repechage 2 / 4th of 4
1 / MIT / 6:37.859
2 / Harvard / 6:40.492
3 / Cornell / 6:52.637
4 / Drexel / 6:58.122
Morning Heats
Varsity 8 / Heat 4 / 6th of 6
1 / Harvard / 5:40.407
2 / Brown / 5:43.363
3 / Navy / 5:45.688
4 / George Washington / 5:45.742
5 / Colgate / 5:54.607
6 / Drexel / 6:08.250
Second Varsity 8 / Heat 1 / 5th of 5
1 / Washington / 5:47.446
2 / Boston U / 5:49.926
3 / Northeastern / 5:53.453
4 / Wisconsin / 6:00.114
5 / Drexel / 6:18.554
Third Varsity 8 / Heat 2 / 4th of 5
1 / Yale / 5:50.108
2 / Boston U / 5:51.819
3 / Navy / 5:57.994
4 / Drexel / 6:06.108
5 / Oregon State / 6:06.683
Varsity 4 / Heat 4 / 4th of 4
1 / Princeton / 6:31.716
2 / Boston U / 6:34.255
3 / Marist / 6:36.793
4 / Drexel / 6:56.521
- / Syracuse / DNS
LINEUPS
Men's Varsity 8
Boat / Lois Krall II
Coxswain / Hunter Reed
Stroke / Dimitrije Ibrocic
7 / Damjan Lazic
6 / Anthony Williams
5 / Doug Davis
4 / Lazar Lazovic
3 / Justin Best
2 / Bryce Rosicky
Bow / Ben Lee
Men's Second Varsity 8
Boat / Sandra Lee Sheller II
Coxswain / Thomas Kish
Stroke / Dario Vracevic
7 / Matt Reilly
6 / Rocco Fucetola
5 / Joe Aach
4 / Colin Stewart
3 / Dimitrije Regodic
2 / CJ Rooney
Bow / Brandon Kintish
Men's Third Varsity 8
Boat / Lois Krall
Coxswain / Billy Ernst
Stroke / Alister Virkler
7 / Tyler Parnell
6 / John Karen
5 / Veselin Trickovic
4 / Matt Bergquist
3 / Andrew Tengdin
2 / Leonard Meirson
Bow / Chris Cail
Men's Varsity 4
Boat / Dan Lyons
Coxswain / Olivia Szabo
Stroke / Garrison Bentz
3 / Herbert De Cokere
2 / Nick DiVito
Bow / Jack Solecki
Alternates
Leon Bulic
Angelo Rosato
FULL RESULTS
Sunday Finals
Overall, the varsity 8 finished 21st, the second varsity 8 20th, the third varsity 8 16th and the varsity 4 18th.
The varsity 8 placed 3rd of 6 in the fourth final with a time of 5:56.793 behind the winner, FIT (5:51.588) and Oregon State (5:55.091).
The second varsity 8 took 2nd of their five boat, fourth final with a mark of 6:07.353, trailing only UCSD (6:04.730). The third varsity 8 owned a third finals time of 6:09.522 as they came in 4th of 7 with Cornell, Oregon State and George Washington leading the way.
The varsity 4 posted a time of 6:42.463 in their third final.
Saturday Semifinals
In the third semifinal, the varsity 8 narrowly edged out Oregon State for fourth place in the race. Penn (5:47.941) came in first followed by George Washington (5:48.884) and Colgate (5:52.801). The Dragons crossed with a time of 5:54.476, just ahead to the Beavers at 5:54.986.
The second varsity 8 also placed fourth in their semifinal. Columbia (5:56.287) took first with Penn (5:59.278), Hobart (6:02.765), Drexel (6:05.560), Santa Clara (6:09.695) and FIT (6:13.672) rounding out the field.
Friday Heats
Facing some of the toughest competition in the country, the Dragons had four boats in the morning heats (varsity 8, second varsity 8, varsity 4 and third varsity 8). None of the boats were fast enough to move straight to the Saturday semifinals and had to fare through the afternoon repechages. The varsity 8 took 6th of 6 in the heats; the second varsity 8 placed 5th of 5; the third varsity 8 finished 4th of 5; the varsity 4 came in 4th of 4.
The varsity 8 was within three seconds of second place after the first 500 meters but fell behind by almost 17 seconds over the next 1000 meters to finished sixth. Drexel clocked a time of 6:08.250.
The third varsity 8 had the fastest time of the Drexel boats in the heats at 6:06.108 to take 4th of 5 in their heat. The second varsity 8 was at 6:18.554 for their 2000-meter race.
Friday Repechages
The varsity 8 finished with a time of 6:02.332 in their afternoon repechage, roughly six seconds faster than their morning heat.
The second varsity 8 finished with a time of 6:13.032 in their repechage after a 6:18.554 pace in the morning heat.
The third varsity 8 took 4th of 6 in their repechage at 6:12.685 which was slightly slower than their 6:06.108 in the morning heat.
The varsity 4 came in with a time of 6:58.123.
OVERALL
Overall / 20th
Varsity 8 / 21st
Second Varsity 8 / 20th
Third Varsity 8 / 16th
Varsity 4 / 18th
TIMES BY BOAT
Varsity 8
Sunday / Final 4 / 5:56.793
Saturday / Semifinal 3 / 5:54.476
Friday / Repechage 3 / 6:02.332
Friday / Heat 4 / 6:08.250
Second Varsity 8
Sunday / Final 4 / 6:07.353
Saturday / Semifinal 3 / 6:05.560
Friday / Repechage 3 / 6:13.032
Friday / Heat 1 / 6:18.554
Third Varsity 8
Sunday / Final 3 / 6:09.522
Friday / Repechage 1 / 6:12.685
Friday / Heat 2 / 6:06.108
Varsity 4
Sunday / Final 3 / 6:42.463
Friday / Repechage 2 / 6:58.122
Friday / Heat 4 / 6:56.521
FINISHES BY DAY
Sunday, June 2
Finals
Varsity 8 / Final 4 / 3rd of 6 / 21st overall
1 / FIT / 5:51.588
2 / Oregon State / 5:55.091
3 / Drexel / 5:56.793
4 / Santa Clara / 6:00.211
5 / Hobart / 6:00.386
6 / UCSD / 6:05.245
Second Varsity 8 / Final 4 / 2nd of 5 / 20th overall
1 / UCSD / 6:04.730
2 / Drexel / 6:07.353
3 / George Washington / 6:08.496
4 / FIT / 6:09.458
5 / Santa Clara / 6:10.020
Third Varsity 8 / Final 3 / 4th of 7 / 16th overall
1 / Cornell / 6:04.426
2 / Oregon State / 6:06.986
3 / George Washington / 6:08.284
4 / Drexel / 6:09.522
5 / Stanford / 6:12.882
6 / Hobart / 6:13.574
7 / UCSD / 6:18.552
Varsity 4 / Final 3 / 6th of 6 / 18th overall
1 / OK City / 6:36.266
2 / Jacksonville / 6:37.323
3 / Wisconsin / 6:38.823
4 / Brown / 6:39.976
5 / Northeastern / 6:41.763
6 / Drexel / 6:42.463
Saturday, June 1
Semifinals
Varsity 8 / Semifinal 3 / 4th of 6
1 / Penn / 5:47.941
2 / George Washington / 5:48.884
3 / Colgate / 5:52.801
4 / Drexel / 5:54.476
5 / Oregon State / 5:54.986
6 / UCSD / 6:03.393
Second Varsity 8 / Semifinals 3 / 4th of 6
1 / Columbia / 5:56.287
2 / Penn / 5:59.278
3 / Hobart / 6:02.765
4 / Drexel / 6:05.560
5 / Santa Clara / 6:09.695
6 / FIT / 6:13.672
Friday, May 31
Afternoon Repechages
Varsity 8 / Repechage 3 / 4th of 4
1 / Dartmouth / 5:51.039
2 / Penn / 5:53.529
3 / Columbia / 5:55.504
4 / Drexel / 6:02.332
Second Varsity 8 / Repechage 3 / 4th of 4
1 / Navy / 5:55.027
2 / Columbia / 5:58.765
3 / UCSD / 6:05.719
4 / Drexel / 6:13.032
Third Varsity 8 / Repechage 1 / 4th of 6
1 / Syracuse / 5:54.212
2 / Dartmouth / 5:54.854
3 / Cornell / 6:08.167
4 / Drexel / 6:12.685
5 / UCSD / 6:18.902
6 / Stanford / 6:23.569
Varsity 4 / Repechage 2 / 4th of 4
1 / MIT / 6:37.859
2 / Harvard / 6:40.492
3 / Cornell / 6:52.637
4 / Drexel / 6:58.122
Morning Heats
Varsity 8 / Heat 4 / 6th of 6
1 / Harvard / 5:40.407
2 / Brown / 5:43.363
3 / Navy / 5:45.688
4 / George Washington / 5:45.742
5 / Colgate / 5:54.607
6 / Drexel / 6:08.250
Second Varsity 8 / Heat 1 / 5th of 5
1 / Washington / 5:47.446
2 / Boston U / 5:49.926
3 / Northeastern / 5:53.453
4 / Wisconsin / 6:00.114
5 / Drexel / 6:18.554
Third Varsity 8 / Heat 2 / 4th of 5
1 / Yale / 5:50.108
2 / Boston U / 5:51.819
3 / Navy / 5:57.994
4 / Drexel / 6:06.108
5 / Oregon State / 6:06.683
Varsity 4 / Heat 4 / 4th of 4
1 / Princeton / 6:31.716
2 / Boston U / 6:34.255
3 / Marist / 6:36.793
4 / Drexel / 6:56.521
- / Syracuse / DNS
LINEUPS
Men's Varsity 8
Boat / Lois Krall II
Coxswain / Hunter Reed
Stroke / Dimitrije Ibrocic
7 / Damjan Lazic
6 / Anthony Williams
5 / Doug Davis
4 / Lazar Lazovic
3 / Justin Best
2 / Bryce Rosicky
Bow / Ben Lee
Men's Second Varsity 8
Boat / Sandra Lee Sheller II
Coxswain / Thomas Kish
Stroke / Dario Vracevic
7 / Matt Reilly
6 / Rocco Fucetola
5 / Joe Aach
4 / Colin Stewart
3 / Dimitrije Regodic
2 / CJ Rooney
Bow / Brandon Kintish
Men's Third Varsity 8
Boat / Lois Krall
Coxswain / Billy Ernst
Stroke / Alister Virkler
7 / Tyler Parnell
6 / John Karen
5 / Veselin Trickovic
4 / Matt Bergquist
3 / Andrew Tengdin
2 / Leonard Meirson
Bow / Chris Cail
Men's Varsity 4
Boat / Dan Lyons
Coxswain / Olivia Szabo
Stroke / Garrison Bentz
3 / Herbert De Cokere
2 / Nick DiVito
Bow / Jack Solecki
Alternates
Leon Bulic
Angelo Rosato
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