Third’s the word

(June 2) Given the multitude of unplanned personnel changes during this turbulent 2012 season, the IRA edition of the Y150 varsity came up big today to get back on the podium with a bronze medal in Camden.        
Congratulations are certainly due to the gold and silver medallists Harvard and Dartmouth respectively. In the end, Yale just could not establish a consistent line-up and set about finding the speed to get ahead of the Crimson and Big Green this year. Still, the crew finished on a solid note, and improved one place from their Sprints finish. 
The top three at the IRA this year were the same three as 2011, although for Yale, by the end of the 2012 there were only two oarsmen and the cox remaining from the 2011 national champions.
The lightweight four finished fourth in the Grand Final, and the Varsity four finished 12th overall.
 
And so we bid goodbye and godspeed to the Y150 Class of 2012 who raced at the IRA:
Captain Dave Walker
coxswain Emma McBurney
Chad Bailey
Skylar Prill
Daniel Ribas