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Mids Conclude Day One of IRA Championships
Links associated with this release: CAMDEN, N.J. - Navy's heavyweight crew team began competition Thursday at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship, being held on the Cooper River in Camden, N.J. Among the eight Navy entries the most successful boat on the first day for the Midshipmen was the novice eight, which placed second in its heat and won its repechage race to advance to Friday's semifinal. The Mids finished four seconds in back of Washington in the trial heat race, who crossed the finish line with a time of 5:59.77. Navy then won its repechage race with a time of 5:54.30. Racing will continue Friday with semifinal and more repechage events, and will conclude Saturday with all championship races. *Varsity Pairs Heat - 7:35.03 (4th place) Will race Friday in repechage *Varsity Eight Heat - 5:59.62 (6th place) Repechage - 5:58.45 (5th place) Will race Friday in semifinal *Novice Eight Heat -6:04.00 (2nd place) Repechage - 5:54.30 (1st place) Will race Friday in semifinal *Varsity Four w/Coxswain Heat - 6:50.49 (4th place) Repechage - 7:00.36 (5th place) Will race Friday in semifinal *Second Varsity Eight Heat - 5:54.63 (4th place) Will race Friday in repechage *Novice Four w/Coxswain Heat - 6:48.67 (3rd place) Will race Friday in repechage *Open Four w/Coxswain Heat - 7:02.14 (5th place) Will race Friday in repechage *Varsity Four w/o Coxswain Heat - 6:43.07 (5th place) Will race Friday in repechage
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