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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.

    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

    Three Keys to Success

    Feature Stories

    Resurrection

    After the university tried to eliminate men’s rowing, Stanford, led by Northeastern alum Ted Sobolewski, has come back stronger, faster, and more resilient.

    Clear and Present Dangers

    Training Through the Ages

    Racing

    GW Women Handle Foes at GW Invite

    WASHINGTON - Despite high winds, GW women's rowing got on the water for multiple matches and held their own, dispatching of North Carolina and Drexel...

    #18 LaSalle MEN’S ROWING DOMINATES; EARNS PAIR OF GOLD MEDALS AT KNECHT CUP

    The top two varsity eight boats earned gold medals and put together dominant performances for the La Salle men's rowing team at Knecht Cup on Sunday. Each of the two crews earned victories in their semifinal races and cruised to wins in the grand finals.

    Race Highlights: April 13-14

    Racing highlights from coast-to-coast, featuring the Platt Cup, UVA Invite, Mercer Invite, and DIII dual racing.
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    World Rowing Cup I Highlight Video

    Check out highlights from World Cup I in Varese, Italy this past weekend, where the Netherlands and Great Britain finished atop the medals standings with five golds each. 

    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.

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    Getting Ahead at the Head Races

    This tried-and-true advice will enhance the fun, heighten the thrill, and perhaps win a medal or two.

    Hands Across the Water

    It’s a mystery why proper hand position isn’t taught regularly. Is it because it’s considered unimportant or not recognized readily?

    A Call to Preserve Rowing’s History

    Rowing history aficionados are renewing calls for the preservation of the history of the sport through a new initiative asking clubs and individuals to think twice before discarding rowing archives and historical objects.

    Bryan Elected VP at Undine

    She becomes the first female officer at the storied Boathouse Row club.

    Invoking Rowing’s Sublime Voices

    Part how-to guide, tribute to our sport’s deep roots, and chronicle of a self-professed “rowing tragic,” Tight Puddles weaves it all together with a single aim: to make us faster on the water.

    Rogers Family Commits $10 Million To Men’s Rowing

    Commitment includes $5 million matching challenge.

    Cancer Takes Olympic Oarswoman Nancy Storrs

    Olympic oarswoman Nancy Storrs, 73, died of cancer in early September.

    From the Editor: Change Has to Come

    It could begin with racing beyond Europe.

    Qualified Success

    USRowing qualified 10 boats for Paris—eight for the Olympics and two for the Paralympics—and won seven medals but fell far short of the performance level of prior Olympic cycles. Said coach Josy Verdonkschot: “We have to improve.”

    Titles retained and new World Champions crowned on last day of the 2023 World Rowing Championships

    The final day of the 2023 World Rowing Championships delivered one of the most exciting days of racing yet, with fiercely contested races from the D-finals right through to the men’s eight which concluded the week. 

    Race Report: Great Britain and Netherlands Dominant on Day 7

    Great Britain and the Netherlands won the bulk of the gold medals on offer on day 7 of the World Rowing Championships, with outstanding racing across A and B finals.

    More Paris places secured and first medals awarded at the 2023 World Rowing Championships

    The first medals were handed out at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade on Friday, after more crews qualified their boats for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games on a blustery Lake Sava.

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    #2 Princeton Lightweight Men Captures Platt Cup For First Time Since 2018

    The No. 2 Men's Lightweight Rowing Team secured the Platt Cup for the first time since 2018 over the No. 3 Cornell Big Red on Saturday morning on Lake Carnegie.

    First medals awarded on day 2 of 2024 World Rowing Cup I

    Great Britain and Italy secured the first gold medals of the international regatta season on day 2 of 2024 World Rowing Cup I in Varese on Saturday, as finalists were confirmed in other events.

    #2 Texas Rowing Sweeps Four Races at #9 Michigan

    No. 2 Texas Rowing had four boats earn victories against No. 9 Michigan on Saturday morning at Belleville Lake to sweep the Wolverines for the second consecutive year.

    #6 Brown Men’s Crew Rolls Past #8 Northeastern for Dreissigacker Cup

    The sixth-ranked Bears captured the Varsity 8 race and Dreissigacker Cup with a victory over the eighth-ranked Northeastern Huskies Saturday morning on the Charles River.