Monday, December 19, 2011

Century-old collegiate rowing competition coming to Lake Natoma - Sacramento Business Journal:

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The 107th National Championships are being presenteed by the andthe . Competition begine at 8 a.m. Thursday, June 4. The three-day competition ends at 1:15 p.m. June 6, with the men’s heavyweight varsityt eight final. The will defend its 2008 crowns in theheavyweighgt men’s eight and lightweight women’sz eight, while Cornell will try to repeat as championw in the lightweight men’s eight. The is the defendin champion in the Jim Ten Eyck teampoints “We’re honored to be the first community in this part of the Unitedc States to stage an event of this John McCasey, executive director of the Sacramentlo Sports Commission, said in a news release.
“Sacrament has a history of hosting world-class sportinb events, and the IRA Championships certainluy help us expand onthat tradition.” “The Aquatic Center has a long history of hosting collegiatse rowing championships at the highest level, including the WIRA ( ), Pac-1o and NCAA Women’s National Championships,” Brianm Dulgar, operations manager of the Aquatidc Center, said in the news release. “Wde believe the Sports Commission and theECAC ( ) will help us set a new standars for the IRA Championships.” A three-day tickety to the IRA Championships costs $20 and can be purchased the day of the event.
Daily ticketds are $5 for Thursday, $10 for Fridag and $12 for Saturday.

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