The Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association (WIRA) Championships took place April 27-28 on Sacramento’s Lake Natoma. WIRA, a regional organization with membership comprised of 40 rowing programs at all division levels, includes nearly every rowing program in the West, outside of the Pac-12 varsity heavy/openweight teams. The #4 Stanford lightweight women brought home gold medals in the openweight varsity eight, varsity four and double while the #3 UCLA club men finished first in the varsity eight and novice four. This is UCLA’s first ever win in the varsity eight at WIRAs and their third consecutive win in the novice four. In the women’s D2/D3/Club events, #1 Western Washington won both the varsity and second varsity eights, propelling them from sixth to first in this week’s Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll.
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