row2k's Virtual IRA 2020 - Women's Lightweight Eight
With the IRA falling victim to the COVID-19 crisis this year, row2k offers you our Virtual IRA 2020; we've taken 16 of the fastest IRA Women's Lightweight Eight Champion crews going back to the 2000 IRA, and created matchups using our proprietary seeding formula. The top crews from each matchup will move on to the next round each week, until a champion is crowned.
Voting for Round I is open from Monday, April 27th until Friday, May 1st (5pm EST)
Stanford 2010
2010 IRA Women's Lightweight Eight Final
Stanford 6:28.209
Wisconsin 6:32.023
Princeton 6:36.784
Radcliffe 6:43.715
Bucknell 6:44.939
Georgetown 2 6:50.538
Lanas (cox)
Tuveson
Stumhofer
Fenje
Garbier
Evans
Hesselgrave
Cours
Morgan
Coach: Acosta
Stanford's first IRA Varsity 8+ championships, 6:28 set the regatta record that still stood until 2017.
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Wisconsin 2008
2008 IRA Women's Lightweight Eight Final
Wisconsin 6:35.117
Georgetown 6:39.617
Stanford 6:42.056
Bucknell 6:43.693
Princeton 6:46.423
Radcliffe 6:51.801
Hunsberger (cox)
Hedstrom
Kowitz
Shiel
Erickson
Diao
Lautman
Cava
Benes
Coach: Miller
Crew had reshuffle lineup after stroke seat was injured in bike accident before Sprints, still won both Sprints and IRAs; future '12 Olympian Kristin Hedstrom was the new stroke.
Stanford 2010 vs. Wisconsin 2008 (IRA LW)
Stanford 2010
57.2% (537 votes)
Wisconsin 2008
42.8% (402 votes)
Total Votes: 939
Bucknell 2007
2007 IRA Women's Lightweight Eight Final
Bucknell 6:36.1
Princeton 6:39.5
Wisconsin 6:40.5
Radcliffe 6:43.4
Stanford 6:44.1
Georgetown 6:47.5
Yost (cox)
Olsen
Roberts
Weaver
Henry
Glenn
Mitchell
Carter
Henry
Coach: Kish
First and only IRA Varsity 8 win for the Bison.
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Stanford 2012
2012 IRA Women's Lightweight Eight Final
Stanford 6:31.141
Bucknell 6:33.736
Radcliffe 6:35.479
Wisconsin 6:36.636
Princeton 6:47.108
Georgetown 6:50.789
Duval-Smith (cox)
Tuveson
Norton
Fenje
Gonye
Cours
Garbier
Crist
Hesselgrave
Coach: Acosta
Bucknell 2007 vs. Stanford 2012 (IRA LW)
Stanford 2012
51.2% (504 votes)
Bucknell 2007
47.9% (471 votes)
Total Votes: 984
Wisconsin 2006
2006 IRA Women's Lightweight Eight Final
Wisconsin 6:46.51
Georgetown 6:50.12
Radcliffe 6:54.25
Princeton 6:57.08
Cent. Fla. 6:58.58
Bucknell 7:01.02
Specht (cox)
Schoelkopf
Hedstrom
Drew
Higgins
Hansey
Halleen
Wallace
Ryan
Coach: Shofner
Won third straight IRA title after being relegated to the repechage following third place finish in their heat.
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Princeton 2001
2001 IRA Women's Lightweight Eight Final
Princeton 6:47.5
Wisconsin 6:53.36
Radcliffe 7:02.14
MIT 7:02.58
Villanova 7:05.86
Mercyhurst 7:07.01
lineup not available
Near six second victory margin for Princeton's third straight IRA Championship.
Wisconsin 2006 vs. Princeton 2001 (IRA LW)
Wisconsin 2006
60.1% (359 votes)
Princeton 2001
39.4% (235 votes)
Total Votes: 597
Princeton 2000
2000 IRA Women's Lightweight Eight Final
Princeton 7:03.52
Villanova 7:07.49
Wisconsin 7:12.36
Brown 7:24.26
SD State 7:27.28
St. Joe's 9:50.1
lineup not available
Overcame mid-April loss to Wisconsin to repeat as IRA winners; possibly wildest IRA Grand Final lineup ever.
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Stanford 2011
2011 IRA Women's Lightweight Eight Final
Stanford 6:32.392
Princeton 6:33.073
Wisconsin 6:40.311
Radcliffe 6:42.471
Bucknell 6:50.481
Georgetown 6:57.578
Lanas (cox)
Tuveson
Stumhofer
Fenje
Garbier
Evans
Hesselgrave
Cours
Rennels
Coach: Acosta
Held off a furious last 500 from #1 seed Princeton to repeat as IRA Champions.
Princeton 2000 vs. Stanford 2011 (IRA LW)
Stanford 2011
75.8% (516 votes)
Princeton 2000
23.6% (161 votes)
Total Votes: 681
Stanford 2019
2019 IRA Women's Lightweight Eight Final
Stanford 6:32.825
Princeton 6:37.335
BU 6:40.462
Wisconsin 6:43.100
Georgetown 6:44.263
Radcliffe 6:48.508
MIT 7:06.993
Tielking (cox)
Yates
Dore
Holtkamp
Francis
Hinson
Schmittlein
Smythe
Molins
Coach: Bertko
Dominated throughout season to take fifth IRA title in a row, and nine out of last ten.
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Wisconsin 2004
2004 IRA Women's Lightweight Eight Final
Wisconsin 7:06.36
Princeton 7:18.02
Radcliffe 7:19.04
Georgetown 7:25.59
URI 7:29.07
Cent. Fla. 7:43.77
Specht (cox)
Payne
Sweet
Rongstad
Storm
Endress
Higgins
Drew
Ryan
Coach: Shofner
A nearly 12 second win after finishing a length back of Radcliffe at Sprints; largest IRA winning margin in last 20 years.
Stanford 2019 vs. Wisconsin 2004 (IRA LW)
Stanford 2019
65.4% (536 votes)
Wisconsin 2004
34.3% (281 votes)
Total Votes: 820
Stanford 2017
2017 IRA Women's Lightweight Eight Final
Stanford 6:25.396
BU 6:30.608
Princeton 6:32.890
Wisconsin 6:36.444
Radcliffe 6:36.671
Georgetown 6:42.203
Cours (cox)
Hickey
Dore
Hanley
Schmittlein
Holtkamp
Cavallo
Goldstein
Garcia-Camargo
Coach: Bertko
Third straight IRA win for Stanford and included a team sweep of the four and double as well; first win for 3rd Stanford LW coach this decade, Kate Bertko. No Stanford LW coach has lost at the IRA since 2009. Fastest winning time in IRA LW history.
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Princeton 2003
2003 IRA Women's Lightweight Eight Final
Princeton 6:56.12
Radcliffe 6:59.24
Wisconsin 7:02.31
Georgetown 7:05.48
Stanford 7:11.59
Purdue 7:12.33
lineup not available
Unbeaten season and fifth straight IRA title for the Tigers.
Stanford 2017 vs. Princeton 2003 (IRA LW)
Stanford 2017
77.8% (523 votes)
Princeton 2003
21.9% (147 votes)
Total Votes: 672
Radcliffe 2014
2014 IRA Women's Lightweight Eight Final
Radcliffe 6:41.592
Stanford 6:42.278
Bucknell 6:42.584
BU 6:48.720
Princeton 6:53.945
Wisconsin 6:54.248
Driscoll (cox)
Lang
Backer
Pate
McNeill
Harmange
Mallett
Lenczowski
Henry
Coach: Berl
Upset! Only crew to defeat Stanford at the IRA this decade.
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Stanford 2015
2015 IRA Women's Lightweight Eight Final
Stanford 6:32.236
Radcliffe 6:35.133
BU 6:36.018
Princeton 6:38.537
Wisconsin 6:44.110
Georgetown 6:59.269
Duval-Smith (cox)
Hanley
Hunter
Huddle
Preston
Yuro
Cavallo
Crist
Christel
Coach: Byrnes
Avenged loss to Radcliffe from 2014, team swept four and double.
Radcliffe 2014 vs. Stanford 2015 (IRA LW)
Stanford 2015
70.0% (474 votes)
Radcliffe 2014
29.5% (200 votes)
Total Votes: 677
Wisconsin 2009
2009 IRA Women's Lightweight Eight Final
Wisconsin 6:56.256
Bucknell 7:07.706
Stanford 7:07.934
Radcliffe 7:10.200
Georgetown 7:15.055
Princeton 7:16.982
Hunsberger (cox)
Dewitt
Winfield
Schoelkopf
Erickson
Fink
Lautman
Cava
Benes
Coach: Miller
Obliterated field, winning by 11.5 seconds over second place Bucknell.
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Stanford 2018
2018 IRA Women's Lightweight Eight Final
Stanford 7:12.373
BU 7:17.616
Princeton 7:20.543
Georgetown 7:24.563
Radcliffe 7:33.483
MIT 7:39.733
Wisconsin 7:41.210
Cours (cox)
Smythe
Schmittlein
Holtkamp
Cotter
Hanley
Francis
Hickey
Garcia-Camargo
Coach: Bertko
Overcame early season loss to BU to win fourth IRA in a row.
Wisconsin 2009 vs. Stanford 2018 (IRA LW)
Stanford 2018
56.8% (454 votes)
Wisconsin 2009
42.9% (343 votes)
Total Votes: 799