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.

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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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.

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

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.

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.

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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The Hopeful Return of The Boat Race

The venue will be different, but the possibility of racing at all is reason to celebrate.

Planning for Spring Season Training

Technique and endurance are different in the boat.

IRA Gets “Tentative Go Ahead” for 2021 Event

With a unanimous vote to go ahead with 2021 IRA National Championship planning, the likelihood of the event happening has increased.

USRowing Releases Updated Regatta Planning Guidelines

The framework for planning events provided by USRowing has been updated.

Men and Women’s Sprints and NIT Championships All Canceled

The men's and women's Eastern Sprint and National Invitational Rowing Championships have been canceled.

Rowing Canada Holding Crews Back from World Cups

Canadian crews will not be attending the 2021 World Rowing Cups.

2021 ACRA National Championship Canceled

The 2021 American Collegiate Rowing Association National Championship has been canceled.

Board of Directors, Staff Changes at USRowing

Two at-large representatives of the USRowing Board of Directors will be seated this weekend and Ellen Minzner has accepted the full-time role of director of para high-performance.

A Final Celebration for a New Olympian

Kara Kohler will represent the U.S. in the women's single at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Four other crews earned the right to race at the Final Olympic Qualification Regatta concluding Olympic Trials I.

Olympic Trials I Finals Set to Begin

Olympic Trials I finals day has arrived in Sarasota, Fla. First 2021 Olympian to be named soon.

First 2021 U.S. Olympian Will Be Named Friday at Trials

With four days done, the finals of the 2021 U.S. Olympic Trial I are set. Friday's results will see the first Tokyo Olympic emerge in the women's single

Semifinal Thursday – Live Streaming and Coming Close to the Wire

If it's day four at U.S. Olympic Trials it's semifinal day. Catch all the action on live stream.

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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.

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.

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.

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.