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IRA National Championships
Bucknell's Varsity Lightweight Eight Advances to Grand Final at IRA Championship Regatta
6/2/2006 8:00:00 AM | Women's Rowing
June 2, 2006
CHERRY HILL, N.J. - The Bucknell women's rowing varsity lightweight eight boat advanced to the Grand Final of the IRA Championship Regatta for the first time in program history with a solid second-place showing in Friday morning's heat. The Bison recorded a time of 6 minutes, 41.90 second to finish second and earn an automatic berth in Saturday afternoon's Grand Final.
Bucknell was narrowly beaten by Radcliffe, which timed in at 6:41.60 and also advanced to Saturday's Grand Final. Georgetown took third in 6:46.35, while MIT (6:51.53), Stanford (7:01.12) and Ohio State (7:17.63) rounded out the six-boat field. The top two teams in each of the two heats automatically advanced to the Grand Final, while the other four boats in each heat will compete in Friday afternoon's Repechage. The winners of each Repechage advance to the Grand Final, while the rest go on to Saturday's Petite Final.
The Bison boat consisted of coxswain-Jeweliet Yost, stroke-Caitlin Doolin, 7-Whittney Henry, 6-Jessica Glenn, 5-Laura Roberts, 4-Gillian Carter, 3-Erin Henry, 2-Alexis Will and bow-Amy VanNostrand.
Princeton, which won the other heat in 6:39.79, and Central Florida, which took second in 6:40.83, also automatically advanced to the Grand Final Friday morning.
For complete results of the IRA Championship Regatta visit: http://www.qra.org/results/ira.html
Bucknell will conclude its 2006 spring season with Saturday afternoon's Grand Final.
Heat 1 (top 2 to Grand Final/bottom four to Repechage)
1. Princeton - 6:39.79
2. Central Florida - 6:40.83
3. Wisconsin - 6:40.88
4. Rhode Island - 7:13.61
5. Lehigh - 7:16.92
6. Dayton - 7:33.18
Heat 2 (top 2 to Grand Final/bottom four to Repechage)
1. Radcliffe - 6:41.60
2. Bucknell - 6:41.90
3. Georgetown - 6:46.35
4. MIT - 6:51.53
5. Stanford - 7:01.12
6. Ohio State - 7:17.63
