PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania heavyweight men's crew team makes the short trip to Cherry Hill, N.J., this weekend for the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championships. The three-day event, starting on Friday at the Cooper River, concludes the 2025 season for the Quakers.
 
Penn is sending three Eights and a Four across the Ben Franklin Bridge this weekend. The Eights are set to row in heats on Friday morning to land a spot in the semifinals on Saturday, where they will compete for a spot in the finals on Sunday. The Four will race in a time trial on Friday morning which will set seeds for semifinal heats that afternoon. The Fours finals will then be a part of Saturday morning's racing.
 
The Quakers' Eights are seeded respectively for this weekend's racing…
  1V8: Penn 9th
  2V8: Penn 8th
  3V8: Penn 7th
 
2025 IRA National Championships
Friday, May 30 – Sunday June, 1
Cherry Hill, N.J. | Cooper River
Watch Friday on Overnght.com | Live Results | Penn Boatings (PDF)

FRIDAY HEATS
8:16 a.m. – 1V8 Heat 1
  (by lanes 1-6) La Salle | Penn | Cal | Brown | Temple | MIT
9:04 a.m. – 2V8 Heat 1
  (by lanes 1-5) La Salle | Brown | Washington | Penn | Columbia
9:44 a.m. – 3V8 Heat 2
  (by lanes 1-5) La Salle | BU | Harvard | Penn | Oregon State
11:30 a.m. – V4A in Time Trial (15th of 39 boats)
 
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