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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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    San Diego Crew Classic, RegattaCentral Announce Partnership

    The San Diego Crew Classic enters 5 year partnership with RegattaCentral.

    December 2023 Magazine

    The December 2023 issue is here! Subscribe now to access both the print and digital editions of the issue. Don't miss this year's "Best Of" issue including the Top 25 College Programs as ranked by Rowing News.

    Back Where You Began

    Welcome to the phenomenon of reversibility, when hard-earned fitness gains vanish once you quit training. That’s why you should keep it up during the winter off-season.

    Sechser, Koszyk Crowned ‘Head of the Charles’

    The fearless lightweight scullers won the title—and $10,000.

    Youth Quads Prove Popular at ‘The Hooch’

    The “last of the great fall regattas” attracted nearly 2,200 entries.

    The Importance of a Good Warm-Up

    It doesn’t need to take place in the boat. Try a few calisthenics on land. And don’t forget the warm-down.

    Knee and Hand Speed

    More than bruises are at stake when knuckles smash into the knees.

    Making the Most of An ‘Unofficial’ Visit

    Visits are two-way streets. You get to learn about the rowing program, and the coaches get to learn about you.

    First-Ever Conference for Women Rowing Coaches

    More than 50 women rowing coaches eager to improve their leadership skills and advance...

    Minding a Rower’s ‘P’s’

    This handy hack will improve the rowing stroke cycle and enhance the most important P of all—power.

    Project Minerva: British Rowing’s Pioneering Initiative Tailors Training for Elite Female Rowers Eyeing World and Olympic Gold

    British Rowing’s Project Minerva, named for the ancient Roman goddess of wisdom and strategic war, was created a year ago to optimize the health and performance of elite female rowers in the UK.

    Training for Mental Fitness

    Rowers know how to tune their bodies for peak performance, but what about tuning their minds?

    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.