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Chip Davis

Chip Davis is the founder and publisher of Rowing News. An oarsman from birth, he rowed on championship crews at St. Paul’s School and Dartmouth College, where he captained the lightweights. Now he sculls in Vermont when the weather is suitable and ergs the other half of the year.
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From the Editor: The September Issue

This and recent issues of Rowing News are full of newcomers. Just as rowing, the oldest intercollegiate sport in the world, adds to its offerings and grows, so do we.
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World Rowing Launches Beach Sprint Series

The series will open in 2027 with stops Turkey and China featuring 16 national teams in the three LA28 events—men’s solo, women’s solo, and mixed double.
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Zagunis Named Chair, Special Election For USRowing Board

The national governing body for rowing is holding a special election to fill the empty board seat created by recent board turnover and resignations.
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Van Dorp Sets 5:33.4 World 2K Erg Record

The world's best time for 2,000 meters on the Concept2 "RowErg" ergometer stands at 5:33.4, set by University of Washington alum Simon Van Dorp of The Netherlands.
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Henley Sees Another Record Entry

The 2026 Henley Royal Regatta has once again attracted a record-breaking number of entries—862—from 21 nations, with three new women’s sculling events closing the gap on gender parity at the regatta, founded in 1839.
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Simeon John: No More Coming Out of Nowhere

The 2026 USRowing Youth Nationals national champion in the men's single, Simeon John, a fearless, pain-loving, high-energy kid from Boston, set a record at his first Head of the Charles, and broke it a year later by 25 seconds. His forte: Being underestimated.
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National Titles Earned at USRowing Youth National Championships

Simeon John and Shay Triepel are youth national champions in the men's and women's singles. Deerfield Academy and RowAmerica Rye won the men's and women's eights titles at the 2026 USRowing Youth National Championships at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Fla.
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USRowing Youth National Championships at Nathan Benderson Park

The USRowing Youth National Championships brings 4,000 of the top-performing youth rowers to Sarasota, Florida's Nathan Benderson Park for four days of racing.
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Texas Wins NCAA Title, Crushes Record

The Longhorns took their fourth title in six years ahead of Stanford and Tennessee, besting the world best time by six seconds, winning the first varsity eight grand final in 5:47.
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Washington Wins IRA National Championship

Huskies make it three in a row at Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship Regatta. Harvard men and Princeton women win the lightweight titles, Trinity men repeat as D III champions.
Coaches

Bill Manning Steps Down From Penn to Undergo Cancer Treatment

Manning was diagnosed with advanced skin cancer earlier this year and is receiving treatment. He told Rowing News that he will return to coaching after he recovers.
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From The Editor: Crappy Water, Fast Crews

RowAmerica Rye trains on what men’s coach Aleks Radovic calls “the crappiest water in America”.
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Plugging the Talent Drain

Keeping college graduates in rowing means building a real profession.
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USRowing Hits Reset

Board dysfunction causes CEO to quit, chair and vice chair to resign, as senior staff members leave and donors hold back.
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From the Editor: The September Issue

This and recent issues of Rowing News are full of newcomers. Just as rowing, the oldest intercollegiate sport in the world, adds to its offerings and grows, so do we.
News

World Rowing Launches Beach Sprint Series

The series will open in 2027 with stops Turkey and China featuring 16 national teams in the three LA28 events—men’s solo, women’s solo, and mixed double.
Features

The Coastal Rowing Whisperer

Upbeat Marc Oria is a guru-like figure in Beach Sprints, which will debut at the LA Olympics, where world champion Chris Bak of the U.S. is favored to medal.
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