row2k's Virtual IRA 2020 - Men'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 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 Semifinals is open from Monday, May 18th until Friday, May 22nd (5pm EST)
Cornell 2015
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.
VS
Cornell 2008
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.
Cornell 2015 vs. Cornell 2008 (IRA LM)
Cornell 2015
53.2% (574 votes)
Cornell 2008
46.8% (505 votes)
Total Votes: 1079
Cornell 2019
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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Navy 2004
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.
Cornell 2019 vs. Navy 2004 (IRA LM)
Cornell 2019
56.8% (3018 votes)
Navy 2004
43.2% (2300 votes)
Total Votes: 5318
05/18/2020 2:43:24 PM
Really disappointed in the rest of the field's inability to produce a NAVY Top Gun pilot and NAVY seal. C'mon MIT, are you even trying!?
05/18/2020 2:57:45 PM
It
takes all kinds!05/18/2020 2:56:04 PM
https://www.mayerbrown.com/en/people/l/lackey-michael-e?tab=overview
Not
a rower, however.