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 two Eights and a Four across the Ben Franklin Bridge this weekend. The Eights are set to row in heats on Friday morning, with the Four competing in a Time Trial Friday morning to determine semifinal seedings later that day. The Fours finals will then take place on Saturday, with the Eights finals running on Sunday.
 
The Quakers' Eights are seeded respectively for this weekend's racing…
  1V8: Penn 3rd
  2V8: Penn 2nd
 
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
8:08 a.m. - 2V8 Heat 2
  (by lanes 2-5) Columbia | Penn | Yale | Georgetown
8:48 a.m. - 2V8 Heat 1
  (by lanes 1-5) Yale | Dartmouth | Harvard | Penn | Navy
11:30 a.m. - V4A Time Trial (Penn 9th of 11)
 
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