Subscribe
News

USRowing Youth National Championships at Nathan Benderson Park

The USRowing Youth National Championships brings 4,000 of the top-performing youth rowers to Sarasota, Florida's Nathan Benderson Park for four days of racing.
News

CURRENT ISSUE OF THE MAGAZINE

The latest issue of Rowing News is available! Check out the full June 2026 Magazine
College

Texas Wins NCAA Title, Crushes Record

The Longhorns took their fourth title in six years ahead of Stanford and Tennessee, besting the world best time by six seconds, winning the first varsity eight grand final in 5:47.
College

Washington Wins IRA National Championship

Huskies make it three in a row at Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship Regatta. Harvard men and Princeton women win the lightweight titles, Trinity men repeat as D III champions.

Feature Stories

College

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

College

Western Washington Wins NCAA Division II National Championship

Western Washington won the 2026 NCAA Division II rowing championship, the Vikings' 10th, in Gainesville, Georgia. Humboldt took second, and Seattle Pacific finished third in team points.
News

World Rowing Cup I in Seville

Second day of racing featured semifinals and the first medal races before the Olympic-class finals on Sunday.
News

From The Editor: Crappy Water, Fast Crews

RowAmerica Rye trains on what men’s coach Aleks Radovic calls “the crappiest water in America”.
College

Fields Set for IRA, NCAA National Championships

The 2026 Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship regatta for men's and lightweight women's varsity programs and the 2026 NCAA Rowing Championships for women have set the fields for their May 29-31 events.

Training

College

Plugging the Talent Drain

Keeping college graduates in rowing means building a real profession.

Videos

Find more videos on YouTube @RowingNews1994

All articles

News

New-Look ACC Kicks off 2025 Rowing Season

The recently expanded—and heavily fortified—Atlantic Coast Conference kicks off its 2025 rowing season at the 13th annual Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational on Melton Lake, in Oak Ridge, Tenn., March 15-16.
Coaches

CRCA March 11, 2025 Poll: NCAA Divisions I, II, and III

The Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) released its first ranking poll of 2025.
News

Safe, Fair, and Fast

“Our sport is only as safe as any rower or coach’s next decision.” –Tom Rooks
News

High Aims and High Costs

USRowing’s plan for LA2028 calls for winning six medals—and projects a $17-million deficit. Unclear: Who will execute the plan? Where will the money come from?
News

Jeff Powell Opens Up

The new CEO of Rowing Canada Aviron is a high performer of high drive and high standards who’s willing to make the tough choices and lean into conflict.
News

Texas AD Announces 68 Scholarships for Rowing

University of Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte recently announced plans to increase the number of scholarships Texas offers in rowing to 68, up from 20.
News

USRowing Joins United Sports Collective

The collaboration will enable rowing, fencing, cycling, sailing, and squash to pool commercial rights as they seek sponsors.
News

Alabama Women, Cal Men Open Spring Racing with Victories

Alabama swept Eastern Michigan and the Cal heavyweight men swept the Redwood Shores Invitational on the first weekend of March.
News

Hudson Donates 17 Shells to Inclusion Fund

Since 2019, gifts of boats, oars, and ergs have ensured that enthusiastic rowers—regardless of background or income status—are beginning from the same starting line.
News

Last Year’s National Champs Face the Daunting Challenge of Repeating

Texas, Washington, Notre Dame, Vanderbilt, Western Washington, Tufts, Princeton, and Harvard will seek to defend titles, as others vie to seize them.
News

Cold Water Safety: Navigating the Risks of Cold-Water Rowing

As rowers, we are mariners before we are athletes. Coaches bear responsibility for the safety of every individual who steps onto the water under their leadership. By Tom Rooks.
News

Canada Cup Regatta Returns

A stepping stone for the next generation of athletes, as they continue their pursuit in representing Canada on the international stage returns for 2025.
Load more

Latest articles

Coaches

Bill Manning Steps Down From Penn to Undergo Cancer Treatment

Manning was diagnosed with advanced skin cancer earlier this year and is receiving treatment. He told Rowing News that he will return to coaching after he recovers.
News

Hydration: Water Ways

Today, the hydration pendulum has swung so far the other way that having something to drink on hand at all times has become almost an obsession.
College

Time Out for a Triptych

On rowing your own race, sculling Shahs, and a Nordic sprinter.
News

Shoving Talent Off the Cliff

Thousands of post-college rowers in their 20s are still physically capable, still competitive, and still interested in racing—if only a compelling structure existed.

Since 1994, Rowing News has served the North American rowing community with news, results, features, training tips, and compelling images

Subscribe
Html code here! Replace this with any non empty raw html code and that's it.

Copyright 2026 - The Independent Rowing News, Inc.