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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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Purdue Men, Middlebury Women Top Final ACRA Poll

The 2026 American Collegiate Rowing Association National Championship Regatta for collegiate club programs returns to Melton Hill Lake in Oak Ridge, Tenn. May 15-17.
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Washington Men Beat Great Britain at Windermere Cup

"One of the things about the Windermere Cup is it reminds you that racing is fun," said Washington women's head coach Yaz Farooq.
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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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Cincinnati Juniors, Belen Jesuit Win Head of the Hooch Youth Eights

Over 2,220 boats race The Last of the Great Fall Regattas.
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Head of the Hooch Draws Another Huge Field

The majority-youth (53 percent) rowers will race over 9,400 seats, with many rowing in multiple events.
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Penn Women, RowAmerica Rye Juniors Win Big at Head of the Schuylkill

The 2025 Head of the Schuylkill Regatta continued its tradition of exceptional fall racing that began in 1970.
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From The Editor: An Autumn of Rebirth

For the first time since 2019, a U.S. crew crossed the line first at a senior World Rowing Championship.
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Breaking the Streak

USRowing ended a five-year gold-medal drought at senior worlds, winning the women’s four and lightweight single.
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Michelle Sechser: The Rowing News Interview

It’s about love of the sport, love of the journey, and still exciting and fun, says the world champion lightweight who regularly beats larger competitors at the biggest regattas.
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Salary Surveys Reveal Variation and Discrepancies

Who makes what? And why do rowing coaches make so little?
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Letter to the Editor: HOCR Youth Singles

11th Way: Why not reward a well-deserving athlete who may never have another chance to race in such a legendary event?
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CURRENT ISSUE OF THE MAGAZINE

The latest issue of Rowing News is available! Check out the full May 2026 Magazine
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Dad Vail Starts Friday

The Jefferson Dad Vail Regatta will be staged this year on the Cooper River in Pennsauken, Camden County, New Jersey on Friday, May 8 and Saturday May 9.
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Harvard Lightweights Retain #1 Spot in Week 5 IRCA/IRA Coaches Poll

  Lightweight Men's Varsity 8 Varsity 8 Rank School (1st place votes) Points 1 Harvard University (10) 100 2...
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Purdue Men, Middlebury Women Top Final ACRA Poll

The 2026 American Collegiate Rowing Association National Championship Regatta for collegiate club programs returns to Melton Hill Lake in Oak Ridge, Tenn. May 15-17.

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