IRA National Championships
Friday, May 29 – Sunday, May 31
Lake Natoma (Gold River, Calif.)
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The latest challenge for Yale heavyweight crew is the 2026 IRA National Championships, set for this weekend. Back on May 17, the Bulldogs competed at Eastern Sprints, which saw the first varsity crew take victory in the petite final. 

This is the first time the IRA National Championship Regatta has been held on the West Coast since 2019.

Recapping the 2025 IRA Championships

• The first varsity eight wrapped up its weekend with an 11th-place national finish, finishing fifth in the petite final with a time of 5:28.01.
• The second varsity boat secured itself a spot in the grand final, placing sixth overall with a time of 5:37.18 in the final race.
• The third varsity crew also found its way to the grand final, delivering its fastest time of the regatta (5:28.01), finishing fifth overall.

About the Regatta

• The IRA National Championship will be celebrating its 123rd rendition when the squads take the water on Friday.
• 24 shells will compete for the V8 title, while 23 boats will race for the 2V title and 21 boats will race for the 3V crown.
• Each team will compete in heats for all three boats in Friday's opener. The top two boats from each heat will advance to the A/B semifinals.
• The remaining boats will go head-to-head in another race with an opportunity to earn a berth in the A/B finals, while the losers from there will end up in the C/D semifinals.
• The top three boats from the from the A/B semifinals will advance to the upper bracket final with the remaining boats headed to the lower bracket finals.
• In the finals, every boat earns points based on its final place in the race. The team with the most posts across the 1V, 2V and 3V will earn the Ten Eyck Memorial Trophy for overall supremacy.

Schedule of Events

Friday, May 29th

• 8:24 a.m. PT (11:24 a.m. ET) - 1V Heat #2 (Yale, Cal, Dartmouth, Columbia, Georgetown, UC San Diego)
• 9:28 a.m. PT (12:28 p.m. ET) - 2V Heat #4 (Yale, Cal, Syracuse, Boston University, La Salle, Georgetown)
• 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET) - 3V Heat #4 (Yale, Harvard, Brown, Columbia, La Salle, Oregon State)

Saturday, May 30th

• 1V Semifinals
• 2V Semifinals
• 3V Semifinals

Sunday, May 31st

• 3V Grand Final
• 2V Grand Final
• 1V Grand Final
• Award Ceremonies

Projected Lineups

1V

Bow Bailey Foster / Ross, Calif.

2 Felix Peerless / Putney, London, England

3 Christian Reese / London, England

4 John Patton / Boston, Mass.

5 Ulrik Lohne / Lier, Norway

6 Ben Mead / Cambridge, England

7 Angus Gray-Cheape / Oxford, England

Stroke Einar Bjorvik / Bergen, Norway

Coxswain Ed Crosthwaite-Eyre / Bramshaw, England

2V

Bow Marton Hajdu / Szeged, Hungary

2 Daniel Wagner / Vienna, Austria

3 Scott Moorcroft / Adelaide, South Africa

4 Ben Heathcote / London, England

5 Max Peel / London, England

6 Jan Dziedzic / Warsaw, Poland

7 George Beer / Oxford, England

Stroke Drew Cavanaugh / Riverside, Conn.

Coxswain Nate Ly / St. Louis, MO

3V

Bow Lawson Banks / Sydney, Australia

2 Luca Toner / Auckland, New Zealand

3 Stribor Cizmek / Zagreb, Croatia

4 Nikolai Rybin / London, England

5 Aksel Wergeland / Bergen, Vestland, Norway

6 Max Jeremijenko / Brisbane, Australia

7 Jamie Ginsberg / Chelsea, London, England

Stroke Max Gillard / London, England

Coxswain Emerson Harris / Southport Island, Maine