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 the Quarterfinals is open from Monday, May 11th until Friday, May 15th (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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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
Stanford 2010 vs. Stanford 2012 (IRA LW)
Stanford 2010
55.6% (145 votes)
Stanford 2012
44.4% (116 votes)
Total Votes: 261
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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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.
Wisconsin 2006 vs. Stanford 2011 (IRA LW)
Wisconsin 2006
57.6% (223 votes)
Stanford 2011
42.4% (164 votes)
Total Votes: 387
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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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.
Stanford 2019 vs. Stanford 2017 (IRA LW)
Stanford 2019
58.9% (166 votes)
Stanford 2017
41.1% (116 votes)
Total Votes: 282
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.
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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.
Stanford 2015 vs. Stanford 2018 (IRA LW)
Stanford 2018
65.3% (173 votes)
Stanford 2015
34.7% (92 votes)
Total Votes: 265