Follow MSOE Rowing live on the internet at the IRA Nationals
| Published: 06/01/2012 |
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For the first time in the school’s history, the MSOE rowing team will be in a national championship; the 2012 Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championships on the Cooper River, Camden County, NJ.
You can find the Raiders online live, racing in their preliminary heat on Saturday, June 2, at 7:42am Eastern Time. They will start in lane two, with MIT, Navy and Harvard in lanes three, four and five, respectively. In the first lightweight four heat, Georgetown, Wisconsin, Cornell, Columbia, and Yale face off to see who will reach the Grand Finals. The top boats will advance to the Grand Finals at 12:15p.m, while the non-qualifiers race in the Petite Final at 12:00p.m. All races can be followed athttp://client.stretchinternet.com/client/cs.portal#
You will also find results posted on the www.row2k.com site under IRA Championships.
The Raiders will be represented in the lightweight fours competition by Jon Allen (stroke), Ben Lang (3 seat), Erik Winer (2 seat), Luke Engebretson (bow) and Rachel Connon (coxswain). MSOE rowing is coached by Chuck Stollenwerk.
The Raider lightweight four crew qualified for the IRA National Championship by placing second at the nationally renowned Aberdeen Dad Vail Championships with a time of 6:54.428.
2012 has been a banner year for the five year old MSOE rowing program. Along with the second place finish at the Dad Vail, the nation’s largest collegiate rowing event, the IRA National Championships is considered to be the most prestigious and elite collegiate varsity race in the country.
