IRA Report:
The Yale lightweights added another national championship to their history today by taking the 2005 IRA in Camden by 1.5 seconds over Cornell. Leading the extremely competitive field from the start, Yale led pillar to post to claim their first IRA title since 2002 and their third in the last six years. The crew of cox Dorothy Halsey, stroke Dave Werner, 7 Joe Fahrendorf, 6 Joe Fallon, 5 Alex Ramsay, 4 Andrew Towne, 3 Trevor Young, 2 Bill Jarmuz, and bow Bob Kennedy gained a measure of satisfaction after having lost the EARC Sprints by a mere 0.23 seconds. The win qualifies the Yale 150s for a trip to the Henley Royal Regatta later this year. In other races, the coxless four placed fourth in the petites and the freshman coxed four finished fifth in the Grand final. Full results here.