each school's tradition not to go). And beginning in 1973, Washington decided to skip the IRA because of change in schedule conflicted with its finals. Washington, however, returned to the regatta in 1995. In 2003, after an absence of over one hundred years, Harvard and Yale decided to participate. The Harvard Freshman eight competed at the 1970 IRA Regatta, finishing seventh in the Freshman event. Champions Varsity Openweight Eights Men * Not held in 1933 due to the Depression. However, the first college 2000-meter national championship ever held was conducted by local businessmen in Long Beach, California, as a substitute. Washington raced both Harvard and Yale for the first time at this event and defeated Yale by eight lengths to win the championship. Washington counts this victory among its string of Men’s National Varsity Eight Championships. † Navy was disqualified from the IRA Regatta for use of an ineligible coxswain. Trophies won by Navy were forfeited and not awarded. Cornell finished second.Number of Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships: Varsity Openweight Eights 1 Cornell University (25 championships) 2 University of Washington (19 championships) 3 University of California - Berkeley (18 championships) 4 US Naval Academy (12 championships) 5 University of Pennsylvania (12 championships) 6 University of Wisconsin - Madison (12 championships) 7 Brown University (7 championships) 8 Syracuse University (6 championships) 9 Columbia University (4 championships) 10 Princeton University (3 championships) 10 Harvard University (3 championships) 10 Yale University (3 championships) 13 Northeastern University (2 championships) 14 Dartmouth College (1 championship) Ten Eyck Trophy The Ten Eyck Trophy is awarded to the school amassing the most overall points in a system based on the finishing places of three eights crews. From 1952 through 1973, the winning team was the one with the most points in the varsity, junior varsity and freshman eights. Starting in 1974, all races counted in the scoring under a system adopted by the coaches of the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges. More recently, the scoring system was revised to include only three of the four possible eights from each school in the points standings. See also For collegiate rowing champions (U.S.), see: Intercollegiate sports team champions#Rowing For IRA "men's varsity heavyweight eights" champions (1895–present), see: Intercollegiate sports team champions#Varsity Openweight Eights For IRA "men's varsity lightweight eights" champions (1988–present), see: Intercollegiate sports team champions#Varsity Lightweight Eights For IRA "men's overall points" champions (1952–present), see: Intercollegiate sports team champions#Overall