IRA Announces Varsity Eight Field For 2025 National Championship Regatta
May 20, 2025 | Men's Rowing
Last spring, the Washington men's rowing team won its 20th national championship, sweeping all four heavyweight grand finals at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J.
In less than two weeks, the Huskies will return to the East Coast – this time to Cooper River in New Jersey – in search of their 21st. Today, the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) released its final list of entries for the 2025 IRA National Championship Regatta, Friday-Sunday, May 30-June 1. The UW will compete in all four heavyweight categories: the first, second and third varsity eights, and the varsity four.
Washington will row in the heats on May 30, the first day of the regatta. Once the schedule for those heats is announced, it will be added here.
Semifinals in the three eights races will be run on Saturday, along with the varsity four final, and the three eights finals will all be run on Sunday, culminating with the varsity eight grand final.
First held in 1895, the IRA regatta was held on the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for most of its early history, including 1923, when head coach Rusty Callow '15 led the Huskies to their first national title. Washington had made its first-ever trip to IRAs 10 years earlier, in 1913, when they finished third in the varsity eight final.
In 1923, the Huskies, who had finished second to Navy in the '22 final, earned a measure of revenge, beating the Midshipmen in the three-mile final, completing the race in 14 minutes, 3.2 seconds. The UW won again in '24, beating second-place Wisconsin for the trophy.
Over the 102 years, the Huskies have won 20 national championships in men's rowing, which is awarded to the winner of the IRA varsity eight grand final.
In addition to the 20 Varsity Challenge Cup (national champion) wins, the Huskies have also won the Kennedy Challenge Cup (second varsity eight) 31 times; the Stewards Cup (formerly freshman eight; now third varsity eight) 30 times; the Eric W. Will Trophy (varsity four) 14 times; and both the Freshman Four and Third Varsity Eight (prior to Stewards Cup changing) once each. Washington has won the James Ten Eyck Memorial Trophy, for overall points, on 18 occasions.
In less than two weeks, the Huskies will return to the East Coast – this time to Cooper River in New Jersey – in search of their 21st. Today, the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) released its final list of entries for the 2025 IRA National Championship Regatta, Friday-Sunday, May 30-June 1. The UW will compete in all four heavyweight categories: the first, second and third varsity eights, and the varsity four.
Washington will row in the heats on May 30, the first day of the regatta. Once the schedule for those heats is announced, it will be added here.
Semifinals in the three eights races will be run on Saturday, along with the varsity four final, and the three eights finals will all be run on Sunday, culminating with the varsity eight grand final.
First held in 1895, the IRA regatta was held on the Hudson River in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., for most of its early history, including 1923, when head coach Rusty Callow '15 led the Huskies to their first national title. Washington had made its first-ever trip to IRAs 10 years earlier, in 1913, when they finished third in the varsity eight final.
In 1923, the Huskies, who had finished second to Navy in the '22 final, earned a measure of revenge, beating the Midshipmen in the three-mile final, completing the race in 14 minutes, 3.2 seconds. The UW won again in '24, beating second-place Wisconsin for the trophy.
Over the 102 years, the Huskies have won 20 national championships in men's rowing, which is awarded to the winner of the IRA varsity eight grand final.
In addition to the 20 Varsity Challenge Cup (national champion) wins, the Huskies have also won the Kennedy Challenge Cup (second varsity eight) 31 times; the Stewards Cup (formerly freshman eight; now third varsity eight) 30 times; the Eric W. Will Trophy (varsity four) 14 times; and both the Freshman Four and Third Varsity Eight (prior to Stewards Cup changing) once each. Washington has won the James Ten Eyck Memorial Trophy, for overall points, on 18 occasions.
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