SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Washington men's rowing heads to Sacramento, Calif., and Lake Natoma for the 115^th Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championship this Friday through Sunday.
 
The Huskies, who come into the weekend as the No. 1-ranked team in the most recent USRowing Collegiate Poll, will look to win their sixth title in seven years after their unprecedented streak of five championships in a row from 2011-15 was broken last season. California, Yale, Harvard, and Princeton round out the top five ranked teams.
 
"This team has showed a lot of strength and belief in one another this year," said men's head coach Michael Callahan. "They have put in all the work that it takes to succeed at this level. This group of guys has been especially fun to coach and watch develop throughout the year. The IRA field is as strong as ever this year, so we will have a tough challenge this weekend, but this group is ready."
 
Washington won the varsity four and freshman eight at last year's IRAs, in route to placing fourth in the Ten Eyck standings (given to the overall points winner). This year Huskies will compete in all four heavyweight events (there are also a total of six men's and women's lightweight competitions): the first, second and third varsity eights, and the varsity four. The IRA will not host a freshman eights race this season.
 
Washington's will race at a familiar location in Lake Natoma, as the team claimed the Pac-12 Championships there just three weeks ago. The last time that the IRAs were held at Lake Natoma, the Huskies earned titles in the varsity eight, second varsity eight, freshman eight and varsity four.


IRA LIVE STREAM/LIVE STATS
Friday morning heats:  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pcIw1ettS9Y
Friday afternoon repechages: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vpHNITDvjWE
Saturday heats, repechages and semifinals:https://m.youtube.com/user/usrowingorg
Sunday finals: https://m.youtube.com/user/usrowingorg
 
Live stats for all races will be made available HERE.
 
IRA TRAVEL INFORMATION
For everything you need to know regarding travel, transportation, and spectator information, visit the IRA website HERE
 
IRA SCHEDULE
All IRA races are held in 10-minute increments, so for example, the Men's Varsity 8+ semifinals listed below on Saturday will be at 9:25, 9:35, 9:45 and 9:55 a.m. PT. Here is the schedule for the heavyweight races (all times Pacific):
 
Friday, June 2
8:30 a.m. – Men's Varsity 8+ heat one
9:30 a.m. – Men's Second Varsity 8+ heat one
10:10 a.m. – Men's Third Varsity 8+ heat one
11:20 a.m. – Men's Varsity 4+, heat three
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. – MV8+, M2V8+, M3V8+ repechages

Saturday, June 3
9:25 a.m. – 9:55 a.m. – Men's Varsity 8+ semifinals
10:05 a.m. - 10:35 a.m. – Men's Second Varsity 8+ semifinals
10:55 a.m. - 11:25 a.m. – Men's Third Varsity 8+ semifinals
11:35 a.m. – 12:05 p.m. – Men's Varsity 4+ semifinals

Sunday, June 4 (only grand finals listed)
9:30 a.m. – Men's Varsity Four grand final
11:00 a.m. – Men's Third Varsity 8+ grand final
11:20 a.m. – Men's Second Varsity 8+ grand final
12:30 p.m. – Men's Varsity 8+ grand final

MEN'S IRA HISTORY
In total, the UW has won 18 Varsity Challenge Cups, 27 Kennedy Challenge Cups (junior varsity eight/second varsity eight), 24 Stewards Cups (freshman eight), nine Eric W. Will Trophies (varsity four), one third varsity eight title (first held in 2014) and 12 Ten Eyck Trophies. Here's a list of each:
 
Washington's IRA Championships:

UW's Varsity Challenge Cups (Varsity Eight)
1923, 1924, 1926, 1936, 1937,
1940, 1941, 1948, 1950, 1970,
1997, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012,
2013, 2014, 2015

UW's Kennedy Challenge Cups (Second Varsity Eight)
1925, 1926, 1927, 1935, 1936,
1937, 1938, 1940, 1948, 1949,
1950, 1953, 1956, 1964, 1972,
1993, 1997, 2004, 2005, 2007,
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012,
2013, 2015

UW's Stewards Cups (Freshman Eight)
1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937,
1939, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950,
1951, 1953, 1961, 1969, 1997,
2001, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010,
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

UW's Eric W. Will Trophies (Varsity Four)
2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2011,
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

UW's Third Varsity Eight Championships (race was first run in 2014)
2015

UW's James Ten Eyck Memorial Trophies (Overall Points Champion)
1953, 1959, 1964, 1970, 2007,
2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012,
2013, 2014, 2015