Bringing world-class racing to North Carolina, the Lenny Peters Cup, to be held Saturday, April 12, 2025, will involve a Ryder Cup-style sculling format in which U.S. senior national team athletes will go head-to-head against national and Olympic team rowers from around the world.
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.
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.
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.