The NCAA and IRA Division III national-championship fields were set last weekend. This weekend features ACRAs, youth, and college league championship regattas.
Created as a Ryder Cup-style contest to boost interest, this year's Lenny Peters Cup at the Bethany Medical North Carolina State Rowing Championships featured Olympians on both squads.
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 American Youth Cup, held at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, drew over 600 middle- and high-school crews from across the country for 10-lane racing.
In what were largely expected outcomes, the dark blue women reversed a nine-year losing streak, while the light blue men kept their cool and made it ‘four in a row’ as the Oxford women and Cambridge men won The Boat Race in front of a quarter-million spectators.
The eight-member World Team and Team USA feature multiple Olympic champions and national team athletes competing in a Ryder Cup-style format in High Point, North Carolina. The regatta also includes collegiate, high school, and masters racing in a festival setting Saturday, April 18.
The Longhorns opened their spring season with demonstrative wins, while West Coast junior crews marked their mid-season progress against strong competition at the iconic event on Mission Bay.
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.