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 top IRA 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)

Yale 2005

Results

Lineup

Factoid

2005 IRA Lightweight 8+ Grand Final
Yale 5:41.89
Cornell 5:43.39
Penn 5:44.71
Harvard 5:45.45
Georgetown 5:45.82
Navy 5:46.9

Halsey (cox)
Werner
Fahrendorf
Fallon
Ramsay
Towne
Young
Jarmuz
Kennedy
Coach: Card

3rd time against the Crimson was the charm for this crew, as they finally caught Harvard in the rubber match to win the IRA; Cornell and Penn emerged as the contenders in this final, but the Elis held on to become the first crew not named Harvard to win an IRA in an odd year.

VS

Cornell 2015

Results

Lineup

Factoid

2015 IRA Lightweight 8+ Grand Final
Cornell 5:38.989
Columbia 5:41.042
Harvard 5:41.965
Princeton 5:44.708
Yale 5:49.146
Penn 5:50.902

Falb (cox)
Johnson
Rogers
O'Neill
Ruske
Oprea
Hooker
Harris
Clauss
Coach: Kerber

The crew led the final from pillar to post, ahead of a brutal battle for silver between Columbia and Harvard, to secure the Big Red's 2nd back-to-back championship.

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Yale 2005 vs. Cornell 2015 (IRA LM)

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Cornell 2015

67.0% (767 votes)

 

Yale 2005

33.0% (378 votes)

 

Total Votes: 1145

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Yale 2002

Results

Lineup

Factoid

2002 IRA Lightweight 8+ Grand Final
Yale 5:38.13
Navy 5:38.54
Princeton 5:42.4
Columbia 5:46.63
Cornell 5:49.74
Dartmouth 5:54.53

Tierney (cox)
Ralph
Toro
Malloch
Liverman
Hamilton
Feins
Ng
Gibson
Coach: Card

The two-time defending Sprints Champs avenged their 2001 IRA loss to Harvard, holding off Navy by .4 for the win; the crew rechristened their shell after a Yale legend.

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Cornell 2008

Results

Lineup

Factoid

2008 IRA Lightweight 8+ Grand Final
Cornell 5:39.194
Navy 5:40.782
Yale 5:41.203
Princeton 5:41.948
Georgetown 5:45.827
Dartmouth 5:50.715

Quinn (cox)
Kochem
Psiaki
Boyce
Bunnell
Brabeck
Carbone
Fort
Gavalas
Coach: Kennett

Rowed through a fast-starting Princeton in last 400 meters to notch the first (and only!) three-peat in IRA lightweight history. Kochem, Psiaki & Bunnell rowed in all three winning crews.

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Yale 2002 vs. Cornell 2008 (IRA LM)

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Cornell 2008

61.8% (696 votes)

 

Yale 2002

38.2% (430 votes)

 

Total Votes: 1126

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Cornell 2007

Results

Lineup

Factoid

2007 IRA Lightweight 8+ Grand Final
Cornell 5:46.3
Harvard 5:47.5
Georgetown 5:47.5
Dartmouth 5:48.5
Yale 5:51.8
Navy 5:52.2

Banes (cox)
Litt
Kochem
Bunnell
Brabeck
Gavalas
Psiaki
Symington
Heidt
Kennett

Came from the pack in the middle thousand to become first back-to-back winner in IRA lightweight history.

VS

Cornell 2019

Results

Lineup

Factoid

2019 IRA Lightweight 8+ Grand Final
Cornell 5:44.426
Princeton 5:44.849
Penn 5:46.244
Columbia 5:47.573
Yale 5:49.914
Navy 5:50.086

Rochford (cox)
Lee
Bertossa
Koszyk
Anderson
Krum
Ellis
Tigerman
Hickey
Coach: Kerber

Cornell rebounded to win the IRA three weeks after failing to make the Grand Final at the Eastern Sprints as the #1 seed.

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Cornell 2007 vs. Cornell 2019 (IRA LM)

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Cornell 2019

58.4% (646 votes)

 

Cornell 2007

41.6% (460 votes)

 

Total Votes: 1106

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Navy 2004

Results

Lineup

Factoid

2004 IRA Lightweight 8+ Grand Final
Navy 6:05.02
Georgetown 6:08.67
Princeton 6:12.47
Yale 6:15.67
Harvard 6:16.28
Cornell 6:21.94

Fitzpatrick (cox)
Washburn
Sopko
Flaherty
Michel
Smith
Rivera
Vuillet
Barlow
Coach: Friedrich

Navy's first lightweight "triple crown" crew: undefeated dual season, Sprints Champs, IRA Champs. Only crew in the bracket that produced a National team rower, an MD, a Navy SEAL and a Top Gun pilot.

VS

Harvard 2013

Results

Lineup

Factoid

2013 IRA Lightweight 8+ Grand Final
Harvard 5:54.221
Yale 5:55.241
Columbia 5:55.744
Dartmouth 5:55.968
Cornell 6:00.193
Princeton 6:00.435

Farber (cox)
Mayr
Campbell
O'Leary
Gates
Taylor
Meyer
Wales
Bonorris
Coach: Butt

The crew featured '16 Olympian Andrew Campbell, racing his future Olympic 2x partner, Dartmouth's Josh Konieczny

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Navy 2004 vs. Harvard 2013 (IRA LM)

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Navy 2004

53.3% (11438 votes)

 

Harvard 2013

46.7% (10012 votes)

 

Total Votes: 21450

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