IRA Championship Regatta Central

Friday, May 28

Princeton, NJ

Syracuse University

IRA Championship

5/27/2021 8:32:00 PM | Men's Rowing

Updated Friday, May 28 at 9:15 p.m.

The Syracuse men's rowing team will begin racing at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association's National Championship regatta on Friday, May 28 at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J. No spectators will be allowed on the racecourse but fans can watch every race live on the IRA's YouTube channel.

The Orange are the No. 3 position in the Friday morning time trials because the Orange are ranked No. 3 in the IRCA Coaches Poll. The IRA regatta format is adjusted this year to a two-day event with time trials and semifinals on Friday and the finals on Saturday, May 29.

The top 18 finishers in Friday's time trials will move on to the A, B and C semifinals Friday afternoon. The top two finishers in each semifinal will advance to the A final on Sunday. Places three and four will be advanced to the B final and the fifth and sixth place teams will go to the C final. Race times are subject to change due to weather. Up-to-the-minute information on race schedules, live results, and direct links to live stream races can be found on the IRA website.

Syracuse Lineups

	Varsity Eight		Second Varsity Eight		Varsity Four

C	Alex Manfredi	C	Bricen Nygaard	S	Nicolay Yngsdal
S	Arnaud Buard	S	Alex DeGrado	3	Luka Vrbaski
7	Benjamin Dukes	7	Charles Bowman	2	Cameron Grimm
6	Nicholas Kohl	6	Kurtis Roethlisberger	B	Reilly Egan
5	Laurence Joss	5	Ryan Elsinga	C	Katherine Ryan
4	Emory Sammons	4	Connor Toomey
3	Kenneth Hubbard	3	Joe Willis
2	Andrew Cummings	2	Mitchell Harjo

B	Jacopo Bertone	B	Jakob Andersen

Live Stream Links

Friday Time Trials - WATCH
Friday Semifinals - WATCH
Saturday Finals - WATCH

Results

Race results will be updated after the time trial, semifinals and finals. Click here for live results.

Friday Time Trials
"It was a good morning of races for us," head coach Dave Reischman said. "We're on track. All our boats accomplished what they wanted to in the time trials and positioned themselves well for the afternoon semifinals."

The Syracuse varsity eight placed fifth in the time trial (5:31.345) to advance and will race next in Semifinal 2 at 3:10 p.m. The 2V8+ finished third in the time trial (5:440.663) earning a spot in the afternoon's Semifinal 3 at 4:10 p.m. The varsity four placed seventh in the time trial (7:06.489) and will race in the 1 Semifinal at 5:10 p.m.

Friday Semifinals
"To have all three of our boats make the Grand Final of our National Championship is a great accomplishment for our team," Reischman said. "It was a great day of racing and the guys did a tremendous job of handling some difficult wind conditions. Those grand finals were hard earned. We are up against some very fast crews tomorrow and our guys are excited to see how we measure up."

Syracuse's varsity eight and second varsity eight finished in second place in their respective semifinal races to advance to the grand finals on Saturday morning. Inclement weather canceled the varsity four's semifinal, but the Orange advanced to the final which will feature the top seven teams from Friday's time trial. The V8+ clocked in at 6:33.00 placing second behind Dartmouth. In the 2V8+ semifinal 3 the Orange used a late push in the final 500m to edge Dartmouth for second place and a spot in the grand final with a time of 6:23.319. It marks the first time since 2012 the varsity eight has earned a spot in the grand final and first time in over 20 years that the 2V8+ and 4V+ have made the grand final. In 2019, the Orange V8+, 2V8+ and 3V8+ all finished in the top-10 and placed all three boats in the petite finals.