The NCAA and IRA Division III national-championship fields were set last weekend. This weekend features ACRAs, youth, and college league championship regattas.
The Hawkeyes finished fifth at the Big Ten Championships in Garbutt’s first two seasons as head coach and dozens of his athletes have earned Big Ten honors since he returned to Iowa City from La Salle, where he led the men’s and women’s programs from 2020-21.
“It was awesome,” Tennessee head coach Kim Cupini said. "To get enough points to win the SEC championship and bring that first-ever championship home, especially here at home in Tennessee, was just incredible. So I was super impressed with the team, super proud of them.”
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.
The 2026 SEC Rowing Championship returns to Oak Ridge, Tennessee, with a four-team field featuring
No. 1 Texas, No. 3 Tennessee, No. 13 Alabama, and No. 25 Oklahoma on Sunday, May 10.
National rankings, by creating a hierarchy of crews in each division, offer a simple, easy-to-understand way to handicap college rowing—even if they're not always accurate.
Olympians Jacob Plihal, Grace Joyce, and Sophia Vitas are joined by national teamers Sam Melvin, Isa Darvin, Cedar Cunningham, Evan Park, and Caleb Nollenberger for Team USA, racing an all-star world team in Ryder Cup-style competition in North Carolina.
The NCAA and IRA Division III national-championship fields were set last weekend. This weekend features ACRAs, youth, and college league championship regattas.
The Hawkeyes finished fifth at the Big Ten Championships in Garbutt’s first two seasons as head coach and dozens of his athletes have earned Big Ten honors since he returned to Iowa City from La Salle, where he led the men’s and women’s programs from 2020-21.
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