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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Wait and Hurry Up to Medal at the Final Olympic Qualifier

Michelle Sechser and Molly Reckford secured their place on the United States' Tokyo roster in the women's lightweight double on the final day of FOQR.

Four U.S. Crews Out – Two Advance to Semis in Lucerne

The U.S. men's pair and lightweight women's double advanced to semifinals while four other crews from the American delegation were eliminated from competition.

Finally – The Olympic Qualification Regatta Begins

The Final Olympic Qualification Regatta will begin Saturday in Lucerne, Switzerland.

FOQR Thursday Training Gallery

A gallery from a practice row in Lucerne leading up to the Final Olympic Qualification Regatta.

Huskies, Bronchos and Bobcats Hold On to Top Spots in Pocock CRCA Poll presented by USRowing

This week's Women's Division I, II, and III Pocock CRCA Poll presented by USRowing.

The Comeback Kids’ Long Road to Lucerne

A flying oar nearly doomed them, but now Michelle Sechser and Molly Reckford have one more chance to realize their dreams and qualify for Tokyo.

USRowing Updates Covid Guidelines

USRowing released updated Covid guidelines for both event planning and training related matters.

Fortitude in the Solitude

How Boston University turned adversity into stronger bonds and ‘a lot of new joy.’

Washington, Central Oklahoma, and Bates College Continue to Top Women’s Polls

The University of Washington, University of Central Oklahoma and Bates College continued to top the rankings in this week's Women's Division I, II and III Pocock CRCA Polls presented by USRowing.

2021 USRowing Central Youth Championship Concludes with Victors Named

Wind, course challenges, and crews from outside the region separated the 2021 USRowing Central Youth Championships from its previous iterations.

Time Trials Kick Off a Unique Central Youths

Day one of the 2021 USRowing Central Youth Regional Championship concludes with finals set for tomorrow's racing.

U.S. Men’s Quad Fourth at World Cup I

The U.S. men's quad finished fourth at World Cup I in a tuneup race for the upcoming Olympic Qualifier.

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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!