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Stanford Remains #1 in Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll

The Cardinal swept #5 Tennessee over the weekend while #2 Texas won four events at the San Diego Crew Classic.
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The Ultimate Walk-On: Mike Herman

The former Navy SEAL hopes to win a spot in the men’s eight that will go for America’s first Olympic gold in the event since 2004. If he succeeds, those who helped him develop won’t be surprised.
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The latest issue of Rowing News is available! Check out the full April 2026 Magazine
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Sarasota 2K Featuring Benderson Cups This Weekend

The regatta brings together 19 NCAA Division I women’s programs, six top-tier IRA men’s squads, and Florida’s standout rowing schools for 2,000-meter racing to claim the team point based Benderson Cups.

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Temple Rowing: From the Schuylkill to the Thames

A Philly underdog saga about the Cunningham brothers, especially Brendan, head coach at Temple, which went from rowing out of tents to winning Dad Vail and a trip to Henley.

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It’s Either Cal or UW men, Stanford or Texas women

Cal vs. Washington, Texas vs. Stanford—rivalries between the best and fastest men’s and women’s crews ever, each coached by men who traveled similar paths to the top—will likely produce this year's IRA and NCAA national champions.
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Stanford Remains #1 in Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll

The Division I poll featured shuffling in the lower half of the top 25 as crews start to race.
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CRCA Coaches Poll: Week 2 | March 17, 2026

Defending NCAA Division I national champions Stanford remain atop the Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll.
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Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll: Division II

Embry-Riddle remains #1. Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll: Division III and Lightweight will begin in Week 3, March 23rd.

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Training for that Pinnacle Regatta

The ultimate race is the benchmark toward which the team must work, and coaches can calculate accurately the kind of performance required, on and off the water, to achieve it.

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Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Names Athletes, Coaches of the Year

Yale's Mia Levy and Will Porter honored as Division I athlete and coach of the year by CRCA.
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Nathan Benderson Park Hosts Youth Nationals

Thursday featured time trials in 29 of 38 events at the 2025 USRowing Youth National Championships in Sarasota, Fla.
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Jacob Plihal, U.S. Women’s Fours Win Heats at Varese World Cup

The U.S. single sculler and women's fours led the U.S. entry of 14 crews in Italy.
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Stepping Up Your Fitness

Develop your pedestrian habits by commuting on foot, hoofing it to stores instead of driving, striding up the stairs, or strolling during phone calls.
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World Beach Sprint Finals in Rio Canceled

It’s the latest development in a continuing struggle to establish the new Olympic discipline, which will account for 20 percent of the rowing medals at the LA 2028 Games.
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Men’s Coaching Position Endowed at Cal

Williams Family $1.5-million gift to Berkeley’s flourishing rowing program reflects their admiration for Scott Frandsen, who insists on excellence on the water and in the classroom.
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Crotty Steps Down at Princeton

  Varsity men's lightweight coach Marty Crotty has stepped down from his position to pursue...
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House v. NCAA Settled

Starting July 1, colleges can pay $20.5 million to athletes, with football expected to receive 75 percent.
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Harvard Sweeps 158th Harvard-Yale Regatta

Harvard men's heavyweight crews rowed to victory over Yale in all four races of America's original intercollegiate athletic competition.
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158th Harvard-Yale Race 7pm Saturday, June 7

The 158th edition of the Harvard-Yale rowing regatta, America's original intercollegiate athletic event, runs June 6 and 7 on the Thames River in New London, Conn.
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Training Through Transition Time

For coaches, it’s about the right progression of intensity and duration and motivating to achieve success. For rowers, it’s about pursuing athletic ambitions with renewed vigor.
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Washington Repeats IRA National Championship

Washington's heavyweight varsity won a tight IRA National Championship final, while the lightweight titles went to Harvard's men and Princeton's women.
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Crew Angels

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.
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Rippetoe Extended at Michigan State

Currently in her third year as head coach of women's rowing, Stacey Rippetoe now has a contract that runs through the 2029 season as the Spartans return to the Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll top 20.
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Amanda Kraus Out as CEO of USRowing

Under her leadership, USRowing’s revenue soared, but success on the water proved elusive. Her departure was preceded by months of tension and conflict with the board.
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RegattaCentral Partners with Head of The Charles and World Masters Rowing

The Head Of The Charles Regatta, the world’s largest three-day rowing event, has renewed its partnership with RegattaCentral for an additional five-year term, extending RegattaCentral’s role as the Official Registrar and a strategic technology partner to 2030.

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