Cornell Wins IRA National Rowing Championship

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Congratulations to all of the Cornell teams which captured titles during 2006-2007.

* Men's Lacrosse Ivy Champs (NCAA Final Four Semifinals, #1 Final Regular Season National Ranking)
* Women's Volleyball-Ivy Champs
* Women's Indoor Track-Ivy Heps Champs
* Men's Indoor Track-IC4A Champs
* Women's Outdoor Track Ivy Heps Champs
* Men's Outdoor Track Ivy Heps Champs
* Wrestling-Ivy/EIWA Champs (#7 Natl. Rank USA Today, 12th NCAA Championships)
* Sprint Lightweight Football-CSFL Champions
* Men's Lightweight Varsity Rowing IRA National Champions

Posted by CornellFan at 6:43 AM

Yale wasn't on the lightweight rowing team's schedule. Isn't that odd?

Both schools have cup races scheduled that weekend so they try to schedule in a same day race which means that Cornell usually races MIT and Columbia and then meets up with Yale later in the afternoon in New Haven or on neutral ground. I'm not sure about this year.

Taking back to back championships for the lightweight eight hasn't happen since 87-88 when Princeton did it so this was a special year. We love sticking it to Harvard too.

That's really cool. I rowed with the freshman lightweights in '90-91, so I knew most of the guys on the '92 undefeated squad. I had a lot of fun and was in ridiculously good shape, but, unfortunately, I had to work the last three years to pay for rent, car payments and insurance, etc.

Rowing isn't very visible, but it is a pretty cool sport and probably requires as much if not more teamwork than any other sport.

Congratualations to this year's team.