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    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.

    Ray of Sunshine

    “We had a team meeting this morning about the fact that words matter. Words are really important—how they talk to each other, how they talk to the trainer, how they talk to me, how they talk about me—all of that matters. Those kinds of life lessons will help them become not only better athletes, I hope, but also better people.”

    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

    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.

    #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.

    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.

    #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

    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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    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.

    Daily Digest: Olympic Berths Secured in Eight Boat Classes

    Tickets to Paris were booked by 19 nations on the first day of semifinals at the 2023 World Rowing Championships.

    Katie Lane Named Head Coach for Drexel Rowing

    Drexel University Director of Athletics, Maisha Kelly, and Director of Rowing, Paul Savell, announced on Tuesday the hiring of Katie Lane as the head coach of women's rowing.

    Daily Digest: Rising Stakes on Day 4 in Belgrade

    With temperatures and the wind rising, day 4 of the 2023 World Rowing Championships delivered nailbiting racing.

    World Best Times and more Paralympic qualifications for Day 3 at the 2023 World Rowing Championships

    Heats wrapped up at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia on Tuesday with finalists determined for the first Olympic boat classes and more Paris 2024 Paralympic Games quota places secured.

    Rowing Away From Eating Disorders

    When dieting goes awry and eating disorders take hold, relationships and quality of life suffer—to say nothing of athletic longevity.

    Lisa Glenn Joins Oak Ridge Rowing as Executive Athletics Director

    After 25 years as coach of UT Lady Vols rowing, Lisa Glenn this week joins the Oak Ridge Rowing Association as executive athletics director for the Atomic programs.

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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!

    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.

    What Price Glory?

    The auctioning of an historic rowing gold medal prompts a reflection on what matters—the token or the memory?

    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.