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USRowing Youth Nationals, A True National Championship

The USRowing Youth National Championshiops has become the place where the highest-achieving youth rowers in the country come together after proving themselves elsewhere. It’s also a first-rate event.

Doing God’s Work on the Hudson

At San Miguel Academy, all the students row, and while winning is great, getting to the finish line isn’t necessarily the goal. Getting to the start line is.

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The Coaching Carousel

Eleven women DI head coaches, including three titans of the sport, leave their posts, and five are replaced by men.

‘I Believe in Results’

Rowing benefactor Seán Colgan explains why he no longer supports the sport’s national governing body. “Are you doing what is best for the athletes?” he asks. “Is the support 100%?”

USRowing Announces Transformative Gift and Matching Challenge

The gift is the largest annual gift in USRowing history.

Claire Ochal Named The Friends of Radcliffe Rowing Head Coach for Women’s Heavyweight Crew

Claire Ochal has been named The Friends of Radcliffe Rowing Head Coach for Women's Heavyweight Crew.

Clark named Wisconsin’s Director of Rowing

Longtime head coach spent 27 years at the helm of the UW men’s rowing program.

A Good Rowing Yarn

Body of Water is grounded firmly in Cambridge and Boston, with Irish cops who drink Jameson’s and Harvard students who scarf down burgers and fries at Charlie’s Kitchen.

Graves Named Head Women’s Rowing Coach

Graves transitions from the heavyweight rowing team as an assistant coach to lead the Big Green women’s program.

No Complaints

After the U.S. won eight medals at World Rowing Cup II—its best showing since 2013–Josy Verdonkschot, USRowing’s chief high performance officer, was pleased with the team’s progress toward Olympic redemption.

Embracing the Digital Tide: Rowing showcase at IOC’s Olympic Esports Week embodies the natural evolution of sport

World Rowing, the governing body of the Olympic sport of Rowing, is pleased to announce its participation in the Olympic Esports Week 2023, starting this week in Singapore, in collaboration with its exhibition partners EXR and Rowcave to present the sport’s latest gamified offerings to a global audience.

Esteemed Regatta Announcer Wyant Dies at 40

Rowing commentator David Wyant died June 2 following a long fight with cancer and primary sclerosing cholangitis, a chronic liver disease in which the bile ducts become inflamed and scarred, narrowed, or blocked.

Colgan Foundation Sponsors Leander Club

The Colgan Foundation, founded by American oarsman Sean Colgan, will sponsor England’s Leander Club for at least the next five years.

Liz O’Leary Retires From Radcliffe

The two-time Olympic rower guided Harvard-Radcliffe crews for 37 years, earning admiration for her character as much as her racing success.

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U.S. Collegiate Rowers Win Big at U23 Worlds

The U.S. women's U23 eight won gold, one of Olympic-class results at the under-23 regatta in Duisburg, Germany. Greece topped the medals table. Great Britain won the men's eight for the seventh year in a row.

Tyler Nase Named Penn Women’s Head Coach

Nase returns to Philadelphia, where he began his rowing career on the Schuylkill River and later launched his coaching career at Penn.

Olaf Tufte, 1976-2026

Olaf Tufte rowed at seven Olympic Games, from Atlanta 1996 to Tokyo 2020, winning two Olympic gold medals in the single sculls, at Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, silver in the double sculls at Sydney 2000, and bronze in the double at Rio 2016.

Six U.S. Crews Win Opening Heats at World Rowing U23 Championships

American boats advanced directly to six semifinals or A finals on the opening day in Duisburg, Germany.