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    Last Tickets to Paris: Crews Prepare for World Rowing Final Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta

    With the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games just over two months away, most of the crews who will be competing have already qualified their boats through the World Rowing Championships, or the various continental qualification regattas. The last chance for remaining crews to qualify takes place at the 2024 World Rowing Final Olympic & Paralympic Qualification Regatta (FOPQR) in Lucerne, Switzerland from 19-21 May.

    POCOCK CRCA COACHES POLL – WEEK 8, MAY 8

    The Week 8 Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll saw few changes in the Division I category, as Texas retains the top spot.  #6 Brown improved one place, replacing Yale, based on the strength of their performance of Women's Sprints. Central Oklahoma is now the top-ranked team in the DII poll while Weslyan jumped from fourth to second in the DIII poll after a strong weekend at the New England Championships.

    IRCA/IRA COACHES POLL – WEEK 5, MAY 8

    The top spots on the May 8th IRCA/IRA Coaches Poll remain consistent, as Princeton retains the top spot in the Men's Heavyweight Varsity 8 Poll after concluding an undefeated regular season. Wesleyan is top-ranked among the Men's D3 1st Varsity 8's and the Harvard lightweights are first in the Men's Lightweight 1st Varsity 8 Poll. 

    ACRA Poll: May 7

    The May 7th ACRA poll was released today without significant changes from last week. Virginia and Vanderbilt remain in the top spot on the men's and women's varsity eight polls, while Purdue and UC Santa Barbara retained first place rankings for the men's and women's novice eights.

    Feature Stories

    The Rowing News Interview: Jesse Foglia

    After the agony of Olympic selection, the head coach of the USRowing Training Center-Princeton is confident the process yielded the 12 best athletes. “We just have to make sure we don’t mess it up.”

    Ray of Sunshine

    Deerfield’s Winning Trifecta

    Racing

    #1 Princeton Heavyweight Men Win Content Cup; Finish Off Undefeated Regular Season

    The No. 1 Princeton Men's Heavyweight Rowing Team finished off an undefeated regular season by defeating the No. 6 Brown Bears on Lake Carnegie on Saturday morning.

    UW Women Beat Italy, Wisconsin To Retain Windermere Cup

    The Washington women's rowing team wrapped up the regular season with convincing wins in the Windermere Cup and Erickson Cascade Cup Saturday at the 38th annual Windermere Cup / Opening Day Regatta on Montlake Cut. 

    Husky Men Close Out Home Season With Win At 38th Windermere Cup

    The No. 2-ranked Washington men's rowing team earned its 28th Windermere Cup, beating crews from the Italian National Team and Wisconsin in the 38th annual Windermere Cup / Opening Day Regatta Saturday on Montlake Cut.

    Stanford Women Sweep Big Row Against Cal

    The No. 2 Stanford women's rowing team earned a decisive overall victory against No. 4 Cal in the Big Row on Saturday, winning every race in the annual rivalry.

    Races to Watch: May 3-5

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    Training

    Preaching the Value of Rowing

    Amateur sports teach resilience, teamwork, independence, and leadership and create the kind of accomplished, loyal, giving alumni all colleges covet.

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    2020 C.R.A.S.H.-B. World Indoor Rowing Championships Take Place Sunday, March 1

    The 2020 C.R.A.S.H.-B. World Indoor Rowing Championships will be held in partnership with USRowing on Sunday, March 1, 2020 at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center in Boston, MA. Racing begins at the very civil time of 9am EST and concludes at 4:15 EST.

    FISA Cancels Regattas, Events due to COVID-19

    According to a press release published today, the FISA Executive Committee moved to cancel the 2020 Asia and Oceania FISA / Olympic Solidarity Training Camp and 2020 FISA Asia and Oceania Continental Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta in Chungju, Korea from April 27-30 due to the outbreak of COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) in China and the high number of cases now reported across Asia and other parts of the world.

    Motley Crews

    Horsepower helps. But a more diverse definition of talent may better serve your boat.

    Moving Pictures

    Twenty years out of the boat, Arshay Cooper and members of the nation’s first African American rowing team came together in Chicago to do it again. Cameras were rolling.
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    US Men’s Eight Morning Row in Oakland

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    First Olympic Selection Event Begins Tuesday

    With the opening of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics now just about five months away, the first official event for athletes hoping to earn a chance to row for the US will begin Tuesday at the Olympic Training Center of Chula Vista, California.

    Inside Out

    The benefits of internal and external coaching.

    Breaking Ground

    With the Dad Vail Regatta adding para rowing to the official schedule in 2020, will other college races follow suit?

    On the Ropes

    Veteran U.S. national team coxswain Katelin Guregian on the successes and setbacks of a career focused on making the boat go faster.

    Finding Closure

    Andrew Campbell Jr. looks back on a satisfying career.

    Navigating No-Man’s Land

    March and early April in New England are the equivalent to the third 500 of any 2k—that section of the race we rowers lovingly deem “no-man’s land.” Why? For one, it’s often brutal outside. And in many spots, it becomes a waiting game for the ice to melt so you can finally take some strokes in a boat after a long season hammering it out on the rowing machine.

    The Land Warm-up

    It’s something I’ve come to rely on to prepare my body to perform the rowing motion comfortably.

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    CEO Terry Dillon Departs Rowing Canada Aviron

    Rowing Canada Aviron (RCA) announces the resignation of Terry Dillon from his position as Chief Executive Officer. Terry led the organization, contributing to the betterment of rowing in Canada, for the past 7 years.

    IRCA/IRA Coaches Poll – Week 4, May 1

    This week's IRCA/IRA Poll has Princeton atop the heavyweight men's varsity eight poll for the second week in a row while Wesleyan retains the top spot for the DIII varsity eight and Harvard does the same for the lightweight men's varsity eight.

    Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll – Week 7, May 1

    Texas now sits atop the DI Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll while the DII polls saw the biggest shakeups with Western Washington catapulting from sixth to first after winning WIRAs. DIII named their first two conference champions - Smith and St. Mary's.

    St. Mary’s Women’s Rowing Win’s MARC Championships, Earn NCAA Championships Berth

    The St. Mary's Women's Rowing Team competed in the MARC Championships. The Seahawks took first and earned a spot in the NCAA Championships.