CAMDEN, N.J. – The No. 1 California men's rowing team finished third in the V4+ grand final and advanced its 2V8+ and 3V8+ to Sunday's grand final at the IRA Championships at Cooper River. However, the Golden Bears' V8+ suffered a miscue in its semifinal and finished in sixth. While battling for first position with Harvard and comfortably ahead of the rest of the pack during the final 250 meters, an oar caught a wave in the challenging conditions and the Bears were unable to get back in the race.
 
In the V4+ grand final, Cal and Washington led the pack after 500 meters, but the Huskies held a half-boat lead. Washington pulled away and the Bears were neck and neck with Harvard for second position after 1,000 meters. Cal and Harvard went back and forth over the third 500 meters, but the Crimson pulled away over the last 500 meters to lock in second place. The Bears finished third in a time of 6:17.470.
 
It was a fairly even start across the board in the second 2V8+ AB semifinal until Cal took a three-seat lead over Syracuse to lead the pack after 250 meters. The Bears continued to pull away from the field and opened an open-water lead after the halfway point and didn't let up on the way to the win in a time of 5:33.880.
 
In the first 3V8+ AB semifinal, Cal and Washington formed the lead pack after 20 strokes. Both crews were ahead by a full boat length over the field after 500 meters, but the Huskies took a two-seat lead at that point. The Bears maintained the two-seat deficit throughout the second half of the race and pulled even at one point but got edged out by a half second for second place in a time of 5:33.070.
 
Sunday's races will be streamed on www.overnght.com and results will be posted on www.regattatiming.com.
 
Saturday Results
 
V8+ AB Semifinal 1
1. Harvard - 05:24.140
2. Syracuse - 05:27.040
3. Princeton - 05:30.060
4. Northeastern - 05:30.980
5. Stanford - 05:34.370
6. California - 05:42.530
 
2V8+ AB Semifinal 2
1. California - 05:33.880
2. Syracuse - 05:36.390
3. Brown - 05:36.400
4. Princeton - 05:37.200
5. Pennsylvania - 05:41.080
6. Boston - 05:42.230
 
3V8+ AB Semifinal 1
1. Washington - 05:32.450
2. California - 05:33.070
3. Princeton - 05:35.810
4. Brown - 05:35.970
5. Pennsylvania - 05:52.410
6. Boston - 06:05.800
 
V4+ Grand Final
1. Washington - 06:11.660
2. Harvard - 06:13.890
3. California - 06:17.470
4. Pennsylvania - 06:21.830
5. Syracuse - 06:23.520
6. Brown - 06:29.120
 
Sunday Schedule
 
6:40 a.m. – 3V8+ A Final
Lane assignments: Yale, California, Harvard, Washington, Syracuse, Princeton
 
8:10 a.m. – 2V8+ A Final
Lane assignments: Brown, Washington, California, Harvard, Syracuse, Yale
 
8:50 a.m. – V8+ B Final
Lane assignments: Navy, Stanford, Yale, Northeastern, Penn, California
 
Lineups
V8+
Coxswain: Iliad Izadi
8. Frederik Breuer
7. Angus Dawson
6. Tobias Kristensen
5. Tim Roth
4. Gennaro di Mauro
3. Harry Manton
2. Noah Anger
1. Pablo Moreno
 
2V8+
Coxswain: Ethan Nghiem
8. Louis Nares
7. Wilson Morton
6. Alexander Baroni
5. Leonard Brahms
4. Xavier Gagnon
3. Jeremy Beale
2. Thomas Heerding
1. Robbie Prosser
 
3V8+
Coxswain: Jake Bazulto
8. Osian James
7. Nat Gauden
6. Rory Menzies
5. Johannes Benien
4. Evan Gold
3. Maximilian Pfautsch
2. Andreas Simoni
1. Matthew Waddell
 
V4+
Coxswain: Anna O'Reilly
4. Marcus Cameron
3. James O'Meara
2. Antonio Distefano
1. Nemanja Luledzija
 
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