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 Semifinals is open from Monday, May 18th until Friday, May 22nd (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 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.
Stanford 2010 vs. Wisconsin 2006 (IRA LW)
Stanford 2010
52.9% (503 votes)
Wisconsin 2006
47.1% (447 votes)
Total Votes: 950
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 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 2019 vs. Stanford 2018 (IRA LW)
Stanford 2019
75.1% (420 votes)
Stanford 2018
24.9% (139 votes)
Total Votes: 559