No. 17 Men's Rowing Qualify All Boats to Semis at IRAs
OSU faced a very strong Varsity 8+ field in the morning heat race where the Beavers turned in a fourth place finish that placed them in an afternoon repechage race (a second chance race to qualify for the semifinals). The field boasted No. 3 California, No. 5 Princeton, No. 16 Navy and No. 18 Georgetown.
“The guys in the V8+ were a little anxious going into the race,” said head coach Steve Todd. “They weren’t quite as relaxed as they could have been and had a tough go against three very good teams. We got off to a rough start and fell to the back but were able to put together a decent row to give us something to build on for the repechage.”
Things got turned around in impressive fashion for the V8+ as OSU won their repechage over No. 9 Syracuse and No. 20 Columbia to qualify for tomorrow’s semifinals. The Beavers got out to a solid start before making a great move at the 800-meter mark gaining two seats on Syracuse. OSU again made a strong push over the last 600 meters to hold on for the victory.
"We were a little more prepared in the afternoon," said Todd. "The guys knew they had to perform well, race within their plan and focus in order to get to the semifinals and that is exactly what they did.”
“Today really showed the West Coast teams can do well against the East. California and Washington each won their heats and Stanford got second. It was a good day for Pac-10 racing,” said Todd.
The Varsity 4+ finished in 12th place in a hotly contested 31 boat field to qualify for the semifinals. The V4+ boats used a different format on the first day of competition, rowing in a single file, time-trialed race. Though the Beavers finished in the 12 spot, they were within one second of MIT, the fourth place qualifier.
"I'm happy with the way the guys rowed today," said Todd. "They rowed a nice race to break into the top 12 in a format that they aren't used to.”
Narrowly missing a morning heat victory was the Freshman 4+, finishing second place just tenths of a secon behind MIT. The F4+ did defeat
The F4+ made amends for the heat race by winning their repechage race and qualifying for the semifinals.
“I think the freshman got caught a little off guard in their heat race, but really came back with a very solid repechage row,” Todd explained. “They made a good push to get ahead of
Racing resumes tomorrow for the Beavers at 9 a.m. eastern time with the F4+.
“Today was great for us to get all the boats into the semis. We are very excited to race tomorrow.”
*unofficial results - official results will be posted at a later date
| Varsity 8+ | Freshman 4+ | ||||||
| Heat Race | Heat Race | ||||||
| 1 | California | 05:37.8 | 1 | MIT | 06:41.3 | ||
| 2 | Princeton | 05:39.0 | 2 | Oregon St | 06:41.7 | ||
| 3 | Navy | 05:40.8 | 3 | Princeton | 06:45.1 | ||
| 4 | Oregon St | 05:48.4 | 4 | Wisconsin | 06:50.6 | ||
| 5 | Georgetown | 05:51.9 | 5 | Penn | 06:58.9 | ||
| 6 | Virginia | 05:56.3 | 6 | Delaware | 07:12.5 | ||
| Repechage | Repechage | ||||||
| 1 | Oregon St | 05:44.6 | | 1 | Oregon St | 06:46.7 | |
| 2 | Syracuse | 05:46.8 | 2 | Temple | 06:51.6 | ||
| 3 | Marist | 05:56.3 | 3 | Georgetown | 06:59.6 | ||
| 4 | Columbia | 05:59.0 | 4 | Delaware | 07:04.4 | ||
| 5 | Fordham | 07:08.5 | |||||
| Varsity 4+ | |||||||
| Time Trials | |||||||
| 1 | Temple | 05:30.1 | |||||
| 2 | Brown | 05:31.6 | |||||
| 3 | Puget Sound | 05:32.5 | |||||
| 4 | MIT | 05:33.5 | |||||
| 5 | Gonzaga | 05:34.8 | |||||
| 6 | UMass | 05:35.4 | |||||
| 7 | California | 05:35.7 | |||||
| 8 | UCLA | 05:35.8 | |||||
| 9 | Colgate | 05:36.5 | |||||
| 10 | Hobart | 05:36.7 | |||||
| 11 | Boston U. | 05:36.8 | |||||
| 12 | Oregon St | 05:36.8 | |||||
| 13 | Rutgers | 05:37.5 | |||||
| 14 | Stanford | 05:37.8 | |||||
| 15 | Wisconsin | 05:37.8 | |||||
| 16 | Fordham | 05:37.9 | |||||
| 17 | Cornell | 05:38.0 | |||||
| 18 | Yale | 05:38.8 | |||||
| 19 | Ohio St | 05:39.8 | |||||
| 20 | Georgetown | 05:40.9 | |||||
| 21 | Virginia | 05:42.3 | |||||
| 22 | RIT | 05:44.8 | |||||
| 23 | St. Joes | 05:46.9 | |||||
| 24 | Delaware | 05:47.5 | |||||
| 25 | Navy | 05:47.8 | |||||
| 26 | Loyola | 05:47.8 | |||||
| 27 | Georgia | 05:48.9 | |||||
| 28 | Lehigh | 05:50.9 | |||||
| 29 | Minnesota | 05:51.0 | |||||
| 30 | Holy Cross | 05:52.5 | |||||
| 31 | Michigan | 05:58.8 | |||||
