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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Embry-Riddle won its first-ever DII rowing championship on Saturday, May 31, on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J., ahead of Humboldt and Western Washington with 24 and 21 points, respectively.
Tufts won its second straight NCAA Division III rowing national championship as both Jumbo first and second varsity eights led their finals from start to finish.
More than one third—eight of 22—of the field of Division-I rowing programs invited to the 2025 NCAA Rowing Championships are led by first- or second-year head coaches.
Sticking with the decision to race 1,500 meters in LA 2028 is Old World thinking at its worst, since a proper Olympic regatta could be held at Nathan Benderson Park, just as the LA 2028 whitewater canoe and kayak events will be held in Oklahoma City and the Paris Games surfing events were held in Tahiti.
A peak audience of 2.18 million watched the Women’s Boat Race, a 14-percent leap in viewership over 2024, making it the most-watched female sporting event in the United Kingdom.
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.
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.
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.
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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