CHERRY HILL, N.J. – The University of Pennsylvania men's heavyweight crew will have all three Eights row in Petite Finals on Sunday at the IRA National Championships, as the Quakers look to better their seeds in the Varsity Eight (9) and Second Varsity Eight (8) and meet their seed in the Third Varsity Eight (7).

All three of Penn's Eights finished fifth in their respective A/B semifinals on Saturday. In the Quakers' final race of the day, the Varsity Four took fourth place in its grand final and just missed out on a medal. The three-day event is taking place on the Cooper River.

Saturdays Results
1V8 (A/B Semi)
The Quakers were in the mix for a top-three finish midway through this race but placed fifth and will compete in the Petite Final on Sunday. Washington was the race winner with Dartmouth, Brown and Yale nipping on their heels within less than two seconds of the Huskies. Penn was a little less than three seconds off the Bulldogs' pace and finished well ahead of Navy for fifth.
  Washington 5:24.800
  Dartmouth 5:25.580
  Brown 5:25.980
  Yale 5:26.480
  Penn 5:29.210
  Navy 5:39.760

2V8 (A/B Semi)
Cal won this race by almost three seconds, but the race for second and third was hotly contested as Syracuse, Brown and Princeton finished less than a second apart. Ultimately the Orange were deemed second, a mere one-hundredth of a second ahead of Bruno and eight-tenths of a second ahead of the Tigers. Penn was about four seconds behind Princeton and beat Boston University for fifth by a little more than a second.
  Cal 5:33.880
  Syracuse 5:36.390
  Brown 5:36.400
  Princeton 5:37.200
  Penn 5:41.080
  BU 5:42.230

3V8 (A/B Semi)
Penn struggled to keep up with the leaders from the start, falling nearly two seconds behind fourth place at the 500-meter mark and never catching up. Washington was the race winner, nipping rival Cal by six-tenths of a second, while Princeton tipped Brown for the last spot in the Grand Final by a mere 0.16 seconds.
  Washington 5:32.450
  Cal 5:33.070
  Princeton 5:35.810
  Brown 5:35.970
  Penn 5:52.410
  BU 6:05.800

V4A (Grand Final)
Washington led wire-to-wire in taking the victory, with Cal and Harvard separating from the other three boats in the second 500. Penn did well in the final 500 to get past Syracuse and place fourth over the Orange by almost two seconds.
  Washington 6:11.660
  Harvard 6:13.890
  Cal 6:17.470
  Penn 6:21.830
  Syracuse 6:23.520
  Brown 6:29.120
 
SUNDAY SCHEDULE | Watch Live on Overnght.com | Live Results | Penn Boatings (PDF)
9:30 a.m. - 3V8 Petite Final
  (lanes 1-6) Cornell | Penn | Dartmouth | Brown | Northeastern | BU
11 a.m. - 2V8 Petite Final
  (lanes 1-6) BU | Stanford | Princeton | Northeastern | Penn | Dartmouth
11:50 a.m. – 1V8 Petite Final
  (lanes 1-6) Navy | Stanford | Yale | Northeastern | Penn | Cal
 
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