THE BASICS:
 
- Event: IRA National Championship
 
- Location: West Windsor, N.J. (Mercer Lake)
 
- The Lead: The MIT men's lightweight crew team wrapped up the season with Varsity 8+ winning the Petite Final at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championship while the Varsity 4+ finished second in its Petite Final on Sunday.
 
INSIDE THE RACES:
 
- The V8 finished fourth in its heat with a time of 5:50.782. Harvard took the top spot in 5:42.228, followed by Dartmouth (5:46.912), and then Cornell (5:49.962). Racing Yale in the Petite Final, MIT recorded a 3.087-second victory as it crossed the finish line in 5:50.216.
 
- The V4+ placed sixth in its time trial as it crossed the line in 6:21.520, over four seconds ahead of Princeton. On Friday afternoon in its semifinal, the Engineers finished fourth in 6:36.816. Penn led the way with a time of 6:32.039, followed by Harvard (6:34.569) and then Princeton (6:35.316). In the Petite Final on Saturday morning, Navy claimed the victory in 6:37.077 as the Engineers finished 3.787 seconds later for the runner-up spot, which was comfortably ahead of Dartmouth.
 
V8+
Cox: Jane Atkinson
8: Sam Costa
7: Daniel Kurlander
6: Marc Rizk
5: Richard Sollee
4: Harry Sillifant
3: Sam Boshar
2: Lucas Young
1: Kieran Dunn
 
V4+
Cox: Gavin Ng
4: Hector Astrom
3: Michael Donnellan
2: Yicheng Huang
1: Trent Lee
 
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