The 2026 Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship regatta for men's and lightweight women's varsity programs and the 2026 NCAA Rowing Championships for women have set the fields for their May 29-31 events.

Nearly 400 crews raced in the national championship for college club crews in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

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.

The Lady Vols upset Texas to win the SEC championship. Bates' NESCAC win vaults the Bobcats to #1 in D III.

“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.

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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.

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.

The top vote-getters in NCAA Divisions I, II, and III remained the same in the May 5 poll.

"One of the things about the Windermere Cup is it reminds you that racing is fun," said Washington women's head coach Yaz Farooq.

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.