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.
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.
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.
At the Orlando Area Rowing Society, Inc.’s OARS Youth Invitation, the Crew Angels Launch Boat Team, led by Steve D’Amico, 25-year veteran of the United States Air Force, parades the U.S., Florida, and other flags down the Turkey Lake course at Bill Frederick Park in Orlando, Fla.
First contested in 1829, The Boat Race features the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge in an annual head-to-head race on the River Thames. The race will be held April 4, 2026.
Half a century later, Title IX continues to be a major influence on universities and collegiate athletics. The courageous oarswomen of Yale brought it to the nation's attention 50 years ago.
The Longhorns took their fourth title in six years ahead of Stanford and Tennessee, besting the world best time by six seconds, winning the first varsity eight grand final in 5:47.
Huskies make it three in a row at Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship Regatta. Harvard men and Princeton women win the lightweight titles, Trinity men repeat as D III champions.
Olympic singles champion Ollie Zeidler destroyed the field by a whopping six and a half seconds. In the men's eight, The Netherlands’ high rating and fluid style trumped Britain’s solid 36 strokes per minute. Germany and Australia also had fantastic days.
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