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.
After a day packed with finals in the 19 Olympic and Paralympic boat classes, the 2024 World Rowing Cup series came to an end in Poznan, Poland on Sunday with the 2024 World Rowing Cup III.
The CRCA today announced the 2024 CRCA All-America teams. Rowers and coxswains are named to the list from Divisions I, II, and III, as well as lightweights.
The scholastic season came to an end on May 25th as the SRAA National Championship returned to the Cooper River and crowned winners in 28 events. Some familiar faces were seen on the awards stage in the boys and girls varsity eights as both the New Trier boys and the Winter Park girls defended their titles.
In a weekend full of top notch racing, national and conference titles were on the line across collegiate rowing, including barnburners at the ACRA Championship and men's Eastern Sprints, as ten DI women's conference champions were also named. The Final Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta is still underway, awarding the final spots at the Paris Games on Tuesday, May 21.
The DIII field for the 2024 NCAA Rowing Championship has been set. Eight programs will contest two events, first and second varsity eights, for the national championship on May 31-June 1 in Bethel, OH.
Championship racing continues this weekend on both the youth and collegiate levels with the USRowing Mid-Atlantic and Southeast Youth Championships and the Jefferson Dad Vail Regatta. The American Athletic Conference Championship kicked off the DI NCAA qualification regattas while the #4 Stanford lightweight women took on #3 Boston University in one of the final regular season races.
A pioneer of collegiate women's rowing, Kevin Sauer has been one of the sport’s truly nice guys, running his program with family values that endeared him to his team and many others.
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.
You don’t need to know every skill but you should know all the parts of a boat so you can describe equipment problems accurately to facilitate solutions.