GOLD RIVER, Calif. – The men's rowing Varsity 4+ competed at the IRA National Championship on Lake Natoma. The event featured 33 teams competing in heavyweight, lightweight, and Division III events.
Colgate's 1V4+ competed in three races over the weekend. The boat was coxed by Rina Borenstein, followed by stroke seat Luca Williams, Andrew Dumaresq in seat three, Daniel Milligan in seat two, and Mark Giacona in the bow seat.
The Men's Varsity 4+ debuted Friday in the time trial. The opening race featured 29 teams, including Colgate. UC Berkeley, Marist and Penn rounded out the top three. UC Berkeley topped the leaderboard with a time of 6:05.970, six seconds faster than Marist, which finished second in 6:12.650. Penn crossed the line in 6:13.906 to finish third.
Colgate placed 13th in 6:24.684. Cornell finished 12th, edging the Raiders by less than a second with a time of 6:23.266. Colgate finished ahead of Jacksonville (6:25.090), which placed 14th; Brown (6:25.772), which finished 15th; and San Diego (6:25.880), which placed 16th.
The Raiders' 1V4+ advanced to the Semifinal ABC. Colgate competed against five other opponents: UC Berkeley, Princeton, Syracuse, Cornell, and Stetson. In their first heat, the Raiders finished fifth. UC Berkeley, Princeton, and Syracuse took the first three spots. Cornell finished in 6:43.710, about three seconds faster than the Raiders, who crossed the line at 6:46.910. Stetson was the last team to cross the finish line in 6:49.350.
With the Raiders' fifth-place finish, they moved to the Final C bracket, where they competed against Brown, St. Joe's, FIT, Stetson, and San Diego.
In Colgate's final race of the weekend, they finished third in the Final C race. In a closely contested race, Brown took the first-place finish, posting a time of 6:43.000, while St. Joe's finished milliseconds behind the Bears in 6:43.150. Colgate crossed the line about three seconds later with a time of 6:46.860. Rounding out the bottom three finishers were FIT (6:47.540), Stetson (6:48.870), and San Diego (6:49.220).
The Raiders closed out their 2025–26 season at the IRA National Championships. They graduated one senior, Williams, and will return with a veteran squad next season.
