Emily Winslow

Emily Winslow works in athletic communications at Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I. She captained the women’s rowing team at the University of Rhode Island, where she also coached, when the team won multiple Atlantic 10 championships and advanced to the NCAA DI championships.

Perfect Vision

John Curran hasn’t let blindness and cancer stop him from rowing and urging others to join him. That includes racing in singles at big regattas. At 68, he’s not done yet.

BRAID Project Founded to Create Community for Black Rowers

Near the end of 2024 Joy Neal, a junior on the Clemson women’s rowing team, and Amari Randall, a junior on the University of Delaware women’s rowing team started the BRAID Project decided to start a network to unite Black rowers and create a space to talk about many of the inequities that exist in the sport.
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University of Victoria hosts Canadian University Rowing Championship

Beginning on Saturday, November 2, Elk Lake in Victoria, British Columbia will be the site of the two-day Canadian University Rowing Championship hosted by University of Victoria Rowing Club.

PRF Adds Ross as Newest Board Member

Para Rowing Foundation has appointed Kathryn Ross, Based in Canberra, Australia, to the nonprofit’s board effective immediately.

Racing Gets Spooky at Pumpkinhead

Across the United States, rowers embraced the fall rowing conditions and some even dressed up for the occasion.

Haxton, American, and Pumpkinhead Regattas Commence Racing October 26

The Head of the American, Pumpkinhead - Head of the Colorado, and Blake Haxton Fall Regatta are all scheduled for Saturday, October 26. Racers from the middle school all the way up to masters will be competing.

Racers Flock to Boathouse Row for Head of the Schuylkill

Known as ‘America’s favorite regatta’ by Philadelphia natives, the 54th Head of the Schuylkill is set to run from Saturday and Sunday, October 26-27, 2024.

IRA Names Kunkemueller as Commissioner

The Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) Board of Stewards has appointed Laura Kunkemueller as the organization’s next commissioner. She steps into the role previously held by Gary Caldwell, who retired on October 11, 2024.

Benderson Park recovers from Hurricane Milton, Prepares to Host Youth Nationals

Nathan Benderson Park, in Sarasota, Florida, has partnered with USRowing to host a series of rowing events in the spring of 2025 starting with the Youth National Championships June 12-15. Amidst the excitement, however, Nathan Benderson Park’s hard-working staff is focused on making necessary repairs to the site after Hurricane Milton.

Mead, Best, Grady, Corrigan Named World Rowing Crew of the Year Finalists

The U.S. men’s four that won gold at the Paris Olympics, consisting of Nicholas Mead, Justin Best, Michael Grady, Liam Corrigan, has been named a finalist for World Rowing Crew of the Year.

HOCR Wraps Up: Sechser, Hamill Claim Champ Singles Titles

The 2024 Head of the Charles Regatta has come to a close, with Michelle Sechser defending her championship single title and Kiwi Finn Hamill taking the crown in the men's event while collegiate and international crews faced off in the championship eights.

Collegiate Champ 8+ Victors Return to the Head of the Charles

The Head of the Charles, the world’s largest three-day rowing regatta featuring a winding 4,702 course down Boston’s Charles River, begins on Friday, October 18, and will feature everything from youth athletes to top collegiate crews and Olympians.

Five Paralympians receive PRF grants to compete at HOCR

Para Rowing Foundation has awarded grants to Paralympians Erin Kennedy, Giedrė Rakauskaitė, Josh O’Brien, Ollie Stanhope and Ellen Buttrick allowing them to travel to and compete in the 2024 Head of the Charles Regatta on October 18-20.

Zeidler Tops van Dorp by Nine Seconds at World Sculling Finals

Paris Olympic single sculls gold medalist Oliver Zeidler of Germany raced to a 8:10.83 finish on the 2,300-meter Berlin World Sculling Finals course Saturday morning with a 9.89 margin over Netherlands Paris Olympic bronze medalist Simon van Dorp in the event’s inaugural 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.

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.

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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