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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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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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Vanderbilt Rowing’s Culture of Respect

At Vanderbilt, where rowing is a club sport, there’s no boathouse and there are no scholarships. But that hasn’t stopped Coach Jon Miller and his volunteer staff from turning “underdogs” into champions.
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Parity At Last

Henley Royal Regatta will achieve gender parity in the number of events offered.
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Performing Like a Pro.

The best rowers and coaches approach our sport with the same dedication, preparation, and purpose as the top paid professionals.
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Dan Bakinowski, Champion of Women’s Rowing at BU, Dies at 75

He was a former president of USRowing and served the sport as coach, volunteer, and leader, including as a founding board member of Boston's Community Rowing, Inc.
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Women’s Quad Events Added to Henley Regattas

Henley Royal Regatta on track to achieve gender equity in 2027 with addition of three new events, Henley Women's Regatta to add events in coordinated alignment.
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Ready to Launch: Deutschland Achter

Members of the German National Team shove off from the dock for a training session in Shanghai.
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2027 and 2028 Beach Sprint Host Sites Named

The 2027 World Rowing Beach Sprint Finals and Coastal Championships will be hosted in Oeiras, Portugal, with the 2028 edition awarded to Antalya, Turkey, following a decision by the World Rowing Council.
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From The Editor: Crossing the Line First

Rowing is not an expensive sport.Rowing is also not complicated—first one across the line wins, period.
Coaches

Inaugural Joy Award to Caldwell

The Conference for Rowing Coaches will present Gary Caldwell the inaugural James C. Joy Lifetime Achievement Award,the weekend of December 5-7 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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2025 Crew of the Year: U.S. women’s four.

“The result of the women’s four shows that we are back on track with women’s sweep,” said Josy Verdonkschot, The McLane Family Chief High Performance Officer for USRowing.
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Crash Landing

This year's Head of the Charles didn't disappoint, with great weather and the perennial drama of crews clashing.
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2025 Coach of the Year: Yale’s Will Porter

“He’s the best, most unrecognized rowing coach in the country.” said Yale lightweight coach Andy Card, who has coached in the same boathouse as Will Porter since 1999.
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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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CURRENT ISSUE OF THE MAGAZINE

The latest issue of Rowing News is available! Check out the full June 2026 Magazine
College

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.
College

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.

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