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.

Yoga has become a popular addition to many rowing programs because it can make you stronger, more flexible, and more focused.

Despite losing the singles trials for the 1936 Berlin Olympics to a fellow Penn AC sculler, Joe Burk did not sulk. He went back to the family farm, got back in his single, and rowed his own style with his own strategy.

University of Washington—and U.S. National Team—alumnus Michael Callahan coached both crews to historic success this year, after both had off years in 2023. ROWING NEWS sat down with him to understand what went into such a successful run.

Top Southwest referees will boycott USRowing regattas next year unless they get better pay and travel arrangements.

While other colleges ponder cutting Olympic sports, High Point University has embraced the future by launching a varsity women’s rowing team. Crows the athletic director: “It’s a wonderful opportunity!”

Livestreaming regattas to attract viewers and boost the sport is becoming more common and necessary. But it must be done professionally. Henley and Syracuse are showing how.

U.S. wins a single gold in under-19 and under-23 races but in senior World Rowing Championships extends a five-year gold-medal drought at Mega Worlds.

UK rowers win three golds and a silver in five Paralympic events in Paris.

Single sculler Majdouline El Allaoui is a champion back home in Morocco, but like many African rowers, she struggled to compete in Paris. Her story of grit and resolve shows the continent’s untapped potential in the sport.

The U.S men’s four won Olympic gold, and the eight captured bronze—an improvement over zero rowing medals in Tokyo but short of the goal of four.

Row longer and slower or shorter and faster? Low intensity or high intensity? When is more too much, and less is more? Successful rowing coaches keep experimenting, developing victorious crews through science and art.