Rowers Race Well, Qualify to Fourth Finals at IRAs

Saturday, June 2

West Windsor, NJ

All Day

Oregon State

IRA National Championships

Photo by: Karl Maasdam/Oregon State Athletics

June 02, 2018 | Men's Rowing

By: Athletic Communications

UPDATED SUNDAY RACE TIMES: OSU's Third Varsity will race in the Third Final at 8:47 a.m. ET (5:47 a.m. PT). The Beavers' Varsity 8 goes in the Fourth Final at 8:54 a.m. ET (5:54 a.m. PT) and the Second Varsity 8 races in the Fourth Final at 9:01 a.m. ET (6:01 a.m. PT).

WEST WINDSOR, N.J. – Two Oregon State crews, the Varsity 8 and Second Varsity 8, earned fourth place finishes in the semifinals of the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) Championships Saturday morning. Both boats have qualified to the Fourth Final of the IRA Championships on Sunday.

"Today was tough," head coach Gabe Winkler said. "The semis are where the placing really matters. Getting fourth in both of the semis was frustrating. Tomorrow we'll go for the win in our respective finals. It's for the seniors who've put four years into this program. It will be good to send them off with a win."

The Beavers' 19th-ranked Varsity 8 boat turned in a time of 5-minutes, 59.626 seconds coming in 2.5 seconds behind No. 20 St. Joseph's (5:56.417). OSU out-sprinted Bates College (6:00.322) to the finish to claim fourth place.

Oregon State's Second Varsity 8 consisting of Sasha Kosek, Alex Carlton, Miles Moran, Jacob Randall, Zach Fried, Ezra Glickman, Nils Patrick, Nick Taylor, and directed by Ercoli Crugnale, went nose-to-nose with Temple in a race for third place. The Owls held off the Beavers by half a second to claim third with a time of 6:05.031 to OSU's 6:05.653.

OSU's V8 and 2V8 will each race in the Fourth Final of their respective category where they'll race for 19-24 places. The 2V8 will take the water for its last race of the year at 9:50 a.m. ET (6:50 PT) and the V8 will go at 11:10 a.m. ET (8:10 PT). The 3V8 returns to action Sunday in the Third Final at 9:40 a.m. ET (6:40 PT).

Seniors Baxter Call (Vashon Island, Wash.), Crugnale (Newberg, Ore.), Neall Koetje (Indiana, Pa.), Kosek (Eugene, Ore.), Jesse Maritz (Stanwood, Wash.) and Glenn Miller (Portland, Ore.) will seek victory in their collegiate races on Sunday.

SATURDAY RESULTS:
Varsity 8+ (Semifinal 3)
1 Cornell – 5:52.499
2 George Washington – 5:54.719
3 St. Joseph's – 5:56.417
4 Oregon State – 5:59.626
5 Bates College – 6:00.322
6 UC San Diego – 6:14.547

Second Varsity 8+ (Semifinal 4)
1 Navy – 5:58.327
2 Stanford – 6:02.781
3 Temple – 6:05.031
4 Oregon State – 6:05.653
5 UC San Diego – 6:19.507

LINEUPS:
Varsity 8: (stroke) Neall Koetje, (7) Baxter Call, (6) Roman Pjajka, (5) Jesse Maritz, (4) Jacob Hart, (3) Glenn Miller, (2) Hunter Smith, (bow) Max McDonald, (coxswain) Ben Garrison.

Second Varsity 8: (stroke) Sasha Kosek, (7) Alex Carlton, (6) Miles Moran, (5) Jacob Randall, (4) Zach Fried, (3) Ezra Glickman, (2) Nils Patrick, (bow) Nick Taylor, (coxswain) Ercoli Crugnale.

Third Varsity 8: (stroke) Zach Niedermeyer, (7) Camron Gharib, (6) Tyler Gray, (5) Alex Hernandez, (4) Nick Touchette, (3) C.J. Wallace, (2) Hunter Rust, (bow) Austin DeMartine, (coxswain) Nick West.

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