121st IRA Division 3 Selected Teams Announced

Commissioner Gary Caldwell has announced the teams who have been selected to participate in the 2024 Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship regatta. They represent the following institutions:

Automatic Qualifiers
● Mid Atlantic Rowing Conference (MARC): Milwaukee School of Engineering
● Liberty League: Ithaca College
● New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC): Wesleyan University and Williams College

Independents
● United States Coast Guard Academy

At-large Invitations
● Trinity College
● Tufts University
● Bates College

About the regatta
The 2024 IRA regatta will be held at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, NJ and will feature Division 3 racing on Friday, May 31st and Saturday, June 1st. This will be the 121st running of the regatta and the third consecutive one to host a D3 championship.

About the competitors
Williams returns as the 2-time defending national champion, with Trinity, Tufts, and Bates joining them in making their third straight appearance at the IRA. Weselyan, last year’s silver medalists, will make their second appearance after finishing the 2024 regular season undefeated and capturing wins at the NERC, NIRC, and NESCAC Championships. This year will be the first appearance for MSOE, Ithaca, and the US Coast Guard Academy.

About the selection process
This event will be limited to 8 entries at the discretion of the Selection/Seeding Committee. If the number of IRA eligible declarations in the IRA Men’s National Championship Division III Varsity Heavyweight Eight is less than or equal to 7, allocated entries will be awarded and at-large entries may be awarded up to a limit of 6 or 7 total. If there are more than 7 IRA eligible declarations, allocation of entries will be made as follows:

2024 Regional Qualifying Regatta and Qualifying Entry Allocations
Group A: NESCAC Championship (Currently contested at NIRC); First two (2) IRA DIII Eligible Finishers
Group A: MARC Championship; First IRA DIII Eligible Finisher
Group A: Liberty League Championship; First IRA DIII Eligible Finisher
Group B: West Coast Region Allocation†; One Chosen by Selection Committee
Group D: At Large, no conference AQ; One Chosen by Selection Committee
Group F: At-Large †; Remaining available allocations

† Any entry participating in a qualifying regatta but not qualifying at that regatta, will be considered an
At-Large entry. Any unused regional or Conference Automatic allocations will revert to the At-Large pool.

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