June 4, 2010

CHERRY HILL, New Jersey – The Oregon State men’s open-four and freshman eight crews raced this morning at the IRA Championships as the open-four placed third in today’s semi-finals, beating out four other teams to advance to the Grand Finals on Saturday.

“The four-plus did a fantastic job,” said head coach Steve Todd. “They made their way into the grand final and it looks like they get a little quicker with each race.”

The open-four crew finished the course in a time of 6:34.038, just under seven second behind second-place California.

The freshman eight crew placed sixth in their race with a time of 6:07.746 and will race in the Petite Final on Saturday.

The open-four crew will compete for the championship tomorrow at 8:48 a.m. The freshman eight crew races at 10:00, and the varsity eight crew races at 11:30 to finish out the weekend at the IRA championships.

Check back with osubeavers.com for results from this weekend’s races.

Results

Open 4+ – Semifinal

Wisconsin – 6:23.868

California – 6:24.709

Oregon State – 6:34.038

BU – 6:38.019

Pennsylvania – 6:42.412

Princeton – 6:43.319

Freshman 8+

California – 5:48.574

Harvard – 5:50.384

Stanford – 5:50.661

BU – 5:50.905

Navy – 6:00.558

Oregon State – 6:07.746