Cambridge Men, Oxford Women Favorites For The Boat Race

Cambridge won both Boat Races in 2025 for the third year in a row. This year, Oxford aims to turn the tide on the Light Blues.

Teams Announced for Lenny Peters Cup

The eight-member World Team and Team USA feature multiple Olympic champions and national team athletes competing in a Ryder Cup-style format in High Point, North Carolina. The regatta also includes collegiate, high school, and masters racing in a festival setting Saturday, April 18.

Texas Wins San Diego Crew Classic

The Longhorns opened their spring season with demonstrative wins, while West Coast junior crews marked their mid-season progress against strong competition at the iconic event on Mission Bay.

Washington Men, UCF Women Win Benderson Cups at Sarasota 2K

Both UCF and Washington defended their Benderson Cups as 34 top collegiate rowing programs raced at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Fla.

Feature Stories

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.

Racing

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.

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.

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.

CRCA Coaches Poll: Week 2 | March 17, 2026

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

Training

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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Focusing On Goals and Medals Racing

The second day of racing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games was loaded with hard racing and fast times. Sunday finals are now set.

U.S. and U.K. Fours Battling Again

With racing underway at the Tokyo Paralympics, the U.S. and British fours renewed their battle for first. Four U.S. crews raced, three will race in the Saturday reps.

Racing Begins Friday Morning at Paralympic Games

The waiting is over. Five years after Rio, Paralympic racing begins Friday. Fours U.S. crews will go to the line.

The Breakdown: Tokyo Paralympics

The Tokyo Paralympic rowing events will take place over three days between Aug. 27 and Aug 29.

Leap of Ambition

Hallie Smith has already shown the mettle that she believes will carry her to the podium at the Paralympic Games.

Regaining Life On the Water

A Two-Time Paralympian Becomes a Two-Sport Paralympian.

‘Everyone Knows How to Win’

Fitter and faster, the PR3 mixed cox four is confident they can break the silver streak and capture gold in Tokyo.

Exercising to Attain a Perfect Body: A Futile Quest?

Exercise is better for maintaining fat loss than causing fat loss. Reducing body fat depends more on reducing food intake than on increasing exercise.

Movement Medicine

Is physical activity as—or even more—effective than prescription medications? There’s a growing body of evidence to suggest that’s the case.

Three Questions All Team Leaders Should Ask Themselves

And how the answers can affect a team’s performance.

Hot Tips for Cool Rowers

The more you train in the heat, the more you sweat. While this helps keep you cooler, the additional fluid loss can easily lead to progressive dehydration if you do not fully replace sweat losses on a daily basis.

Teaching Toughness

How can I help my rowers push through the pain barrier?

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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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From The Editor: Don’t Believe What You Hear

You can’t just teach yourself to row on an erg and then go to the Olympics? Michael Herman is well on his way to doing so.

Letter to the Editor: Life Saver

Bob Woods of Oklahoma City shares the remarkable story of rowing saving a life -- someone else's!