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    Regional Racing Heats Up at WIRA Championship

    The Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association (WIRA) Championships took place last weekend 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.

    IRCA/IRA Coaches Poll – Week 4, May 1

    This week's IRCA/IRA Poll has Princeton atop the heavyweight men's varsity eight poll for the second week in a row while Wesleyan retains the top spot for the DIII varsity eight and Harvard does the same for the lightweight men's varsity eight.

    Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll – Week 7, May 1

    Texas now sits atop the DI Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll while the DII polls saw the biggest shakeups with Western Washington catapulting from sixth to first after winning WIRAs. DIII named their first two conference champions - Smith and St. Mary's.

    St. Mary’s Women’s Rowing Win’s MARC Championships, Earn NCAA Championships Berth

    The St. Mary's Women's Rowing Team competed in the MARC Championships. The Seahawks took first and earned a spot in the NCAA Championships.

    Feature Stories

    The Rowing News Interview: Jesse Foglia

    After the agony of Olympic selection, the head coach of the USRowing Training Center-Princeton is confident the process yielded the 12 best athletes. “We just have to make sure we don’t mess it up.”

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    Deerfield’s Winning Trifecta

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    ACRA Poll: April 30

    This week's ACRA poll once again sees Virginia and Vanderbilt atop of the ACRA men's and women's varsity eight polls, respectively.

    Race Highlights: April 26-28

    Check out race highlights from around the world, including the Longhorn Invite, Scholastic State Championships, Lake Wheeler Invite, and the European Rowing Championships.

    TWENTY NATIONS WIN EUROPEAN ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS MEDALS

    The 2024 European Rowing Championships and and the World Rowing European Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta came to a close on Sunday in Szeged, Hungary, as Romania won the women’s eight in style.

    #1 Tufts Women’s Rowing Wins 1V8 and 3V8 Races Over #3 Williams College

    Top-ranked Tufts University defeated #3 Williams College by two lengths in the first varsity eight race this morning to highlight Jumbo action on Onota Lake.

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    Preaching the Value of Rowing

    Amateur sports teach resilience, teamwork, independence, and leadership and create the kind of accomplished, loyal, giving alumni all colleges covet.

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    #5 Tennessee Wins Lake Wheeler Invitational Cup

    The fifth-ranked Tennessee rowing team swept its five races during Saturday's third round of the Lake Wheeler Invitational to earn the Pocock Lake Wheeler Invitational Cup in dominant fashion.

    #2 Texas Women’s Rowing Defeats #1 Stanford at the Longhorn Invite

    Racing against many of the top programs in the nation, No. 2 Texas Rowing collected three victories in front of a boisterous home crowd at the Longhorn Invite at Lake Walter E. Long on Saturday morning.

    CREWS FROM SEVEN NATIONS WIN EUROPEAN ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS TITLES

    The 2024 European Rowing Championships, and the World Rowing European Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta, are being held at the Szeged National Canoeing and Rowing Olympic Centre from 25 to 28 April.

    SZEGED READY FOR WEEKEND OF FINALS AT THE 2024 EUROPEAN ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS AND WORLD ROWING EUROPEAN OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC QUALIFICATION REGATTA

    The 2024 European Rowing Championships, and the World Rowing European Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta, are being held at the Szeged National Canoeing and Rowing Olympic Centre from 25 to 28 April.

    Races to Watch: April 26-29

    The Longhorn Invite, Dogwood Junior Regatta, and Lake Wheeler Invite highlight a busy weekend of racing coast to coast for top collegiate and junior programs.

    Dogwood Junior Regatta Welcomes 1,100 High School Rowers to Oak Ridge This Weekend

    The Dogwood Junior Regatta, taking place Saturday and Sunday, April 27 and 28 in Oak Ridge, TN, provides a premiere competitive opportunity for junior teams across the region and beyond as they prepare for the upcoming slate of USRowing Youth Series races, which will name not only regional champions but also qualifiers for the Youth National Championships.
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    Video: Rowing Longhorn Invite media availability

    Texas Rowing head coach Dave O'Neill was joined by Ohio State head coach Kate Sweeney, Stanford head coach Derek Byrnes and Virginia head coach Kevin Sauer to preview Saturday's regatta.

    IRCA/IRA Coaches Poll – April 24

    This week, the IRCA/IRA poll, which thus far has been ranking the varsity eights for the DI heavyweight, DIII, and lightweight men, is expanding to include the second and third varsity eights for the heavyweights and second varsity eights for DIII, along with the team points totals for all three categories.

    Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll: Week 6, April 24

    While the top four positions in the DI poll have remained consistent, Tennessee saw a staggering 10-position jump to move from 15th to fifth on this week's Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll based on the strength of their performance at the Big Ten Invitational. The DII and DIII polls saw similar consistency as crews move through the heart of their seasons

    2024 EUROPEAN ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW

    The 2024 European Rowing Championships and 2024 World Rowing European Olympic & Paralympic Qualification Regatta are taking place in Szeged, Hungary from 25 to 28 April 2024.

    IRA Launches First-of-its-Kind Partnership With Overnght as Exclusive Streaming Partner for All Regattas

    Charting a new course for collegiate rowing, the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) and sports streaming platform Overnght unveil a groundbreaking multi-year partnership. As the exclusive streaming platform for all IRA regattas, this collaboration will significantly enhance the accessibility of collegiate rowing, allowing fans worldwide to experience live-streamed coverage of every major IRA event through the Overnght platform.

    ACRA Poll: April 23

    In the ACRA poll this week, Virginia leapfrogged Notre Dame to earn the top spot on the Men's Varsity 8+ poll after defeating them head-to-head at SIRA over the weekend, while Vanderbilt now sits atop the Women's poll after finishing first among clubs at SIRA.

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    2024 Bethany Medical North Carolina Rowing Championships presented by the Lenny Peters Foundation

    The 2024 North Carolina Rowing Championships presented by the Lenny Peters Foundation was another great success!

    Race Highlights: April 19-21

    This weekend's racing featured shakeups in the national rankings throughout men's and women's collegiate rowing at the Big Ten Invite, Compton Cup, and Cal/UW Dual.

    A Wild West Story, Well Told

    Karl Drlica’s definitive history of Oregon State rowing—from struggling club to nationally successful varsity sport—is a fascinating chronicle of creativity and grit.

    #15 Lady Vols Win Five Races Saturday to Cap Dominant Weekend at Big Ten Invitational

    Wrapping up action at the Big Ten Invitational in extraordinary fashion Saturday was the 15th-ranked Tennessee rowing team, earning five wins in as many races to place an emphatic exclamation point on a stellar weekend.