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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.

    What Price Glory?

    Feature Stories

    Deerfield’s Winning Trifecta

    With great athletes, great coaches, and great support, the exclusive New England prep school switched to eights and became the best rowing high school in America last year.

    Resurrection

    Clear and Present Dangers

    Racing

    #5 Brown Women’s Rowing Caps Weekend Sweep of Big Ten Invite

    The fifth-ranked Brown Bears closed out the B1G Invitational in style, picking up four victories on Saturday to sweep the two-day event. All four of Brown's crews won three races as the Bears picked up 12 victories in 12 races.bre

    #4 Princeton Heavyweight Men Take Down #1 Harvard For Second Straight Compton Cup

    The No. 4 Princeton Heavyweight Rowing Team defeated the No. 1 Harvard Crimson on the Charles River, collecting its second straight Compton Cup.princet

    UCLA Men, Texas Women Victorious at Crew Classic

    This year’s difference: trust, camaraderie, and “embracing the suck.”

    North Carolina Rowing Championships Attracts Record Entry

    Oak Hollow Lake in High Point, N.C. will host 443 crews for the North Carolina Rowing Championships, Saturday, April 20, making the Tar Heel State the latest hotspot of growth in the sport.

    Training

    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.

    Videos

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    The Use and Abuse of Erg Tests

    They’re more valuable when rowers know why they’re being tested. Understanding the benefits of the test for the individual and the team creates greater buy-in.

    Fast Results

    Interval training improves rowing speed by increasing your body’s efficiency at clearing lactic acid from your muscles.

    Tapping the Power of Peers

    There’s much to be gained by stepping off the launch or out of the erg room and into another coach’s area of expertise.

    NCAA and ESPN Reach New, Eight Year Media Rights Deal

    The NCAA and ESPN announced that they reached a new, eight-year agreement that includes the media rights to an unprecedented 40 NCAA Championships, including 21 women’s and 19 men’s events.

    A Rowing Posture Primer

    Good posture is achieved through a neutral spine stabilized by a strong core. Some claim that a round back leads automatically to injury. This is not true.

    Using the Erg in Winter

    Erg scores are great for goal-setting, but also for teaching younger rowers proper technique.

    A Matter of Commitment

    Five steps that will help rowers reach their goals, facilitate athletic growth, and increase accountability.

    Critical Reaction 

    An essential skill for any coxswain who wishes to improve is learning how to respond to negative feedback.

    Charlie’s Big Crab

    Our stroke—the guy you wanted in the boat, so smooth and steady—was suddenly sucked over to port, his hair in the water. What the devil happened?

    DeFrantz Honored with 2024 NCAA President’s Gerald R. Ford Award

    Olympian and lifelong advocate to be honored at NCAA Convention.

    Judge Rules on NCAA Transfer Limitations

    A federal judge ruled last month that college student-athletes who have transferred more than once will now be permitted to compete immediately through at least the end of the 2023-2024 academic year.

    Becoming Unhinged

    Your hip hinge is crucial for swing and drive suspension, and indoor-rowing season is when to optimize it.

    Latest articles

    Caldwell to Retire From IRA

    The longtime commissioner oversaw the oldest rowing organization and collegiate championship in the U.S. for 26 years.

    Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll – Week 5

    While the DI ranking remained relatively consistent, DII and DIII both saw some significant shakeups at the top in this week's Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll. Embry-Riddle, on the strength of their performance at last weekend's Knecht Cup, jumped from fifth to second in the DII poll while Wesleyan dropped from first to third in the DIII poll after losing to #1 Tufts, formerly ranked #2. 

    IRCA/IRA Coaches Poll – Week 2

    The IRCA/IRA Coaches Poll - Week 2 has been released, with Harvard holding on to the top spot in the both the DI Heavyweight and Lightweight Varsity Eight polls, while Wesleyan still sits atop the DIII poll.

    May 2024 Magazine

    The latest issue of Rowing News is available! Check out the full May 2024 magazine here.