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    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.ira
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    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!
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    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.

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    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.
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    Resurrection

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    Clear and Present Dangers

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    Husky Men Win Schoch Cup At 112th UW-Cal Dual

    The Washington men's rowing team earned the Schoch Cup with a win in the varsity eight and won four of five races overall Saturday at the 112th Washington-California Dual Regatta.
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    #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
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    #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
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    UCLA Men, Texas Women Victorious at Crew Classic

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

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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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    Why I Love What I Do

    A promising young rower asked me to coach her during one of her last college practices. I jumped at the invitation.
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    Hearing the Call

    Winter training is the perfect time to revisit last season’s audio and refine you skills for spring racing.
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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.
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    Fast Results

    Interval training improves rowing speed by increasing your body’s efficiency at clearing lactic acid from your muscles.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    Using the Erg in Winter

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

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

    An essential skill for any coxswain who wishes to improve is learning how to respond to negative feedback.
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    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?
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    DeFrantz Honored with 2024 NCAA President’s Gerald R. Ford Award

    Olympian and lifelong advocate to be honored at NCAA Convention.
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    What Price Glory?

    The auctioning of an historic rowing gold medal prompts a reflection on what matters—the token or the memory?
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    Final Ten Crews Emerge at U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Team Trials

    In slow conditions, crews raced to high percentages of “Competitive Standard Time”—a promising sign for Olympic qualification, if not medals.
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    Caldwell to Retire From IRA

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

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