IRA Varsity 8s final 2024

Tindle News

13/06/2024

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00:00Last minute adjustments.

00:02Harvard.

00:04Washington.

00:06California.

00:08Princeton.

00:10Syracuse.

00:12Attention.

00:18Go!

00:20Spring of the first stroke from the Yale crew.

00:28Just if anything looks like that might be

00:34a good start from Cal out there just the other side of Washington.

00:40Yeah to my eye it looks like just our two crews on the far side of the course.

00:43Princeton and Syracuse were a little bit slow off the start.

00:45It's just a few seats that are going to separate those two crews from these other four.

00:49But with everything to play for and the class of these crews in this event, you cannot afford to give up seats at any point in the race.

00:56Tommy Burrell taking his Cal crew off at a pace. You can see what Coach Franzen has said to them.

01:02You've got to be competitive. You've got to lead this Washington crew.

01:06And we've seen that Washington have kept their powder dry in the semifinals.

01:10They have an extra gear when it comes to the first quarter in this final.

01:14And that's what Washington are trying to show.

01:16But Yale on this near side, they are throwing down that first 500 meters.

01:21What a great race we have on our hands, Megan.

01:23Yeah, that's a brave start from the Bulldogs on the near side here.

01:25You can just see the bowman coming onto the picture now.

01:28They're just riding right up with the race leaders, throwing everything in early just to see where it lands them as we get down the track.

01:34But also right with them there, that crew from Harvard as well.

01:37We're crossing into the 500-meter mark, so we're going to throw it over to Fred on the water.

01:42All right, thanks so much. It's very tight.

01:44The only crews that have dropped back at all are Princeton and Syracuse.

01:48Washington was being challenged by Cal for the lead, and now they've got a seat or two.

01:55But Harvard is right next to them, and Harvard has two seats on Yale.

02:00So Princeton's got a little work to do to get back into that pack of four, and Syracuse is a little bit back of the Tigers.

02:11Unlike the JV, Washington has not been able to just ease away.

02:17So as they go through the 750, it's maybe two and a half seats for the Dogs over Harvard and Cal.

02:29Harvard and Cal, I would say give Harvard a seat over Cal right now, and I would say Harvard's taking a press right here.

02:37Harvard at 38 strokes a minute is in second.

02:47Washington not dominant yet, not hiking anything away yet.

02:53As we approach the 1,000, now Washington's starting to get three and a half, four seats over Harvard.

03:01California second. Yale would be, I'm sorry, California third. Yale would be fourth.

03:12But the Tigers are starting to make a move themselves, because the Tigers have to do something right now.

03:2140 strokes a minute for the Tigers.

03:24Watch out for Harvard. Harvard is challenging Washington, and Harvard is taking the rating up.

03:30Oh, I beg your pardon. So they took a big 10 there.

03:36So Harvard and Washington are squeezing away from Cal.

03:44Fantastic race here between Washington and Harvard.

03:49California in third. Yale coming up to challenge Cal now.

03:54Yale could get a bronze here if they can stick in it psychologically and use the rakes.

04:03750 to go. Washington took another press.

04:07Washington is going to be hard to catch.

04:11Washington 39 starting to put on and leave Harvard behind a little bit.

04:18Does Harvard have an answer?

04:24That is a great move. That is a great move there from the Huskies just to close the door for Harvard.

04:31They must have thought that that invitational race at Sarasota where Harvard got them.

04:35But what a fantastic row from the Crimson, Megan.

04:39Yeah, they're just looking really good there in that Harvard boat.

04:41Aren't they just working on executing this sprint to see if there is just a chance that they might be able to walk back on this Husky boat.

04:47But really look at this Husky power rhythm now just moving away from Harvard.

04:52Every single stroke leaving California and the challengers from Yale behind them to duke it out for that bronze medal.

04:58Because it is really all about these two lead crews, Washington and Harvard.

05:02250 meters to go. What have Harvard got?

05:05There's the pain on Max Hyde. The stroke of the Washington.

05:08The Husky absolutely executing the flawless race to perfection.

05:14Mike Callahan, the coach extraordinaire seems to have done it again.

05:18Washington in front. Yale just out of the picture for a medal.

05:23But Harvard in silver. Cal in bronze.

05:26Yeah, it does look like Washington is just going to take this all the way down to the line.

05:29They're not going to be able to take the foot off the gas even a little bit

05:32because Harvard is continuing to charge and push these guys all the way down the course.

05:36With this surge coming now from Cal, we're seeing them finally come to life

05:40and drive themselves back up towards the Washington Huskies.

05:43But it is going to be your 2024 IAA champions and the men's Varsity 8.

05:48The University of Washington holding off that amazing charge from Harvard for your silver medalists.

05:55Followed by a great effort there for bronze.

06:00Yeah, and I think then Syracuse coming in at the back.

06:06Let's get a shot of those Washington guys.

06:10Oops, in he goes.

06:12Okay, that's Josh, John Wang Norton.

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