Saturday, March 22
Boston, MA
8 AM
Boston University
vs
Brown (Michalson Cup)
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Men’s Rowing Opens Spring Slate Against Brown on Saturday
March 21, 2025 | Men's Rowing
BOSTON – The 2025 spring season begins for the Boston University men's rowing program on Saturday, March 22 when it welcomes Brown to Charles River. The two programs will race with the Michalson Cup on the line in the Varsity 8.
BU, fresh off its second-consecutive 10th place finish at the IRA National Championship Regatta last spring, features seven total events on its spring schedule. The Terriers started the 2024-25 campaign with the 59th Head of the Charles last October. There, the Championship 8+ and 4+ crews posted top-15 results, respectively, while the top Club 8+ boat and the Club 4+ were top-five among collegiate crews.
Brown, who finished fifth in the Ten Eyck standings at the IRA Championship in 2024, will also compete in its first spring race. The Bears' Varsity 8 is coming off a 2024 Eastern Sprints and Ivy League Championship from a season ago.
Saturday's races will air on ESPN+ using the link above, capturing the races for both the men's rowing and BU lightweight rowing races as that crew takes on Boston College. Results can be found on HereNow.com using the link at the top of the article.
RACE SCHEDULE – MARCH 22
BU, fresh off its second-consecutive 10th place finish at the IRA National Championship Regatta last spring, features seven total events on its spring schedule. The Terriers started the 2024-25 campaign with the 59th Head of the Charles last October. There, the Championship 8+ and 4+ crews posted top-15 results, respectively, while the top Club 8+ boat and the Club 4+ were top-five among collegiate crews.
Brown, who finished fifth in the Ten Eyck standings at the IRA Championship in 2024, will also compete in its first spring race. The Bears' Varsity 8 is coming off a 2024 Eastern Sprints and Ivy League Championship from a season ago.
Saturday's races will air on ESPN+ using the link above, capturing the races for both the men's rowing and BU lightweight rowing races as that crew takes on Boston College. Results can be found on HereNow.com using the link at the top of the article.
RACE SCHEDULE – MARCH 22
- 8:00 a.m. – Varsity 8 (Michalson Cup)
- 8:36 a.m. – Second Varsity 8
- 9:36 a.m. – Third Varsity 8
- BU and Brown have competed for the Michalson Cup since 1976, and will race for the cup for the third straight year.
- The Terriers seek their first Michalson Cup since 2017, while the Bears vie for their fifth straight title.
- At the Head of the Charles, BU's Championship 8+ finished nearly four seconds ahead of Brown's with a time of 14:12.784.
- Both Varsity 8 crews competed in the Petite Final at the 2024 IRA Championship, with the Bears outpacing the field in 5:32.694 to win the Petite Final and place seventh overall.
- The Terriers return 29 letterwinners from last year's squad while adding 14 newcomers to the fold.
- Head coach Thomas Bohrer is operating in his 17th season at the helm. Associate head coach Alex Dillon is set for his second spring in his role and sixth as a Terrier coach, while assistant coach Michael Colella joins BU for his first year after serving in the same capacity at Northeastern.
- Graduate student Ethan Feldman and senior Hurst Thompson are back as captains for the second straight year.
- Sophomore Jan Koska was a 2024 Empacher-IRCA All-American. The IRCA also lauded senior Tucker Thomas as the organization's 2024 Comeback Athlete of the Year.
- Overall, this spring's roster features one graduate student, six seniors, 11 juniors, 12 sophomores and 13 freshmen.
- Junior Rowing News, which has recently partnered with the IRA on expanded rowing coverage, marked the Terriers 11th in its Preseason U.S. Collegiate Poll. BU earned 143 points, slotting ahead of Stanford and just behind Northeastern.
- The For Stars Network Annual Athlete Watchlist highlighted juniors Grant Gwadz and Caleb Schwartz back in February.
- BU will compete against nine different programs ahead of the annual Eastern Sprints and IRA Championship.
- The Terriers will have six total Cup races, reprising the Michalson (Brown), Arlett (Northeastern), Bill (Dartmouth), Jablonic (Wisconsin) and Conlan (Syracuse) Cups from a season ago.
- For the first time since 2019, BU and Columbia will race for the Lusins Cup. That will take place as part of BU's return to the Lake Morey Invite near the end of April.
- The Terriers will take on Holy Cross and Temple for the second straight year on Lake Quinsigamond, which will later host the Eastern Sprints on Sunday, May 18.
- The 122nd running of the IRA National Championship Regatta will be from May 30 to June 1 on the Cooper River in Cherry Hill, N.J.
- Following Saturday's competition, BU returns to the water to battle crosstown foe Northeastern for the Arlett Cup on the Charles on Saturday, April 5.
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