OSU is joined by California, Gonzaga, San Diego, Santa Clara Stanford, UC San Diego and reining IRA National Champions Washington in the MPSF's inaugural season, making men's rowing the conference's 15th sponsored sport.
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"We have worked together with the other west coast rowing teams to create a great championship with the MPSF," Head Coach Gabe Winkler said. "This will create a very competitive regatta, pitting all the strongest teams in the west together on one stage to cap off the regular season in May. I am excited for how this will help grow the sport and show off a very high level of racing."
Eight West Coast Men's rowing programs will join the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) and race for an IRA-qualifying championship in May 2025 at Lake Natoma.
The new championship will replace the PAC-12 Championship, which ended in 2023 after the dissolution of the PAC-12 Conference, and involve four schools from the Western Sprints Championship. According to the 2025 IRA Selection Criteria, the MPSF Championship will award six IRA bids, per the published Selection Criteria for the 2025 IRA National Championship Regatta.
The eight schools include the four men's varsity programs from the now-defunct PAC-12 Conference (Cal, Oregon State, Stanford, and Washington) and four which have raced at the Western Sprints in the past: Gonzaga, Santa Clara, UC San Diego, and University of San Diego.
With the new championship, the 18 automatic bids to the 2025 IRA will now go to the top IRA-eligible finishers at four regattas: the Eastern Sprints (9), the MPSF Championship (6), the Dad Vail (2), and the NIRC (1). Six At-Large bids will also be available to fill the 24 school field for the National Championship.
Beaver Men’s Rowing Joins Mountain Pacific Sports Federation - Oregon State University Athletics
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State men's rowing has officially joined the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation, it was announced on Thursday.
"We have worked together with the other west coast rowing teams to create a great championship with the MPSF," Head Coach Gabe Winkler said. "This will create a very competitive regatta, pitting all the strongest teams in the west together on one stage to cap off the regular season in May. I am excited for how this will help grow the sport and show off a very high level of racing."
Eight West Coast Men's rowing programs will join the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) and race for an IRA-qualifying championship in May 2025 at Lake Natoma.
The new championship will replace the PAC-12 Championship, which ended in 2023 after the dissolution of the PAC-12 Conference, and involve four schools from the Western Sprints Championship. According to the 2025 IRA Selection Criteria, the MPSF Championship will award six IRA bids, per the published Selection Criteria for the 2025 IRA National Championship Regatta.
The eight schools include the four men's varsity programs from the now-defunct PAC-12 Conference (Cal, Oregon State, Stanford, and Washington) and four which have raced at the Western Sprints in the past: Gonzaga, Santa Clara, UC San Diego, and University of San Diego.
With the new championship, the 18 automatic bids to the 2025 IRA will now go to the top IRA-eligible finishers at four regattas: the Eastern Sprints (9), the MPSF Championship (6), the Dad Vail (2), and the NIRC (1). Six At-Large bids will also be available to fill the 24 school field for the National Championship.
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