Friday, March 25, 2011

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

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The 107th National Championships are being presentefd by the andthe . Competition begins at 8 a.m. Thursday, June 4. The three-day competitiob ends at 1:15 p.m. Saturday, June 6, with the men’s heavyweight varsityt eight final. The will defend its 2008 crowns in theheavyweight men’s eight and lightweight women’x eight, while Cornell will try to repeat as championa in the lightweight men’s eight. The is the defending championh in the Jim Ten Eyck teampointsw championship.
“We’re honored to be the firsrt community in this part of the Unitecd States to stage an event ofthis stature,” John executive director of the Sacramento Sportds Commission, said in a news “Sacramento has a history of hosting world-classs sporting events, and the IRA Championships certainly help us expanc on that tradition.” “The Aquatifc Center has a long historgy of hosting collegiate rowing championships at the highesy level, including the WIRA ( ), Pac-10 and NCAA Women’w National Championships,” Brian Dulgar, operations managedr of the Aquatic Center, said in the news release.
“We believ the Sports Commission and theECAC ( ) will help us set a new standarde for the IRA Championships.” A three-day ticket to the IRA Championships costsz $20 and can be purchased the day of the Daily tickets are $5 for $10 for Friday and $12 for

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