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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.

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.

World Rowing Cup I, Seville

Olympic singles champion Ollie Zeidler destroyed the field by a whopping six and a half seconds. In the men's eight, The Netherlands’ high rating and fluid style trumped Britain’s solid 36 strokes per minute. Germany and Australia also had fantastic days.

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

World Rowing Cup I in Seville

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

From The Editor: Crappy Water, Fast Crews

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

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.

Purdue Men, Middlebury Women Win ACRA Eights

Nearly 400 crews raced in the national championship for college club crews in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Training

Plugging the Talent Drain

Keeping college graduates in rowing means building a real profession.

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Regattas Raise 2025 Entry Fees

USRowing entry fees up 30 Percent, others will set 2025 entry fees after calculating new insurance costs.

What Really Matters

  Rowers often debate whether stroke styles or training methods should influence their choice of...

Kiwis and Hoosiers on Tap for Opening Day

New Zealand’s men’s and women’s crews will compete in the Windermere Cup races, and Indiana’s women will vie for the Windermere and Cascade Cups.

Zagunis Family Donates $500K for Embedded Scientist

The gift will enable the U.S. National Team to use extensive analytics and data to develop and strengthen promising elite rowers over the next four years.

ROW LIKE PIGS

The raw documentary about the successful 2003 Dartmouth crew is a cult classic and perhaps the best film ever made about rowing. It’s all that—and much more.

USRowing Records Zero Deaths in 2024

Members achieved zero rowing fatalities in 2024

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How Ya Gonna Call? Ghost Racing!

Calling a race off the water can be a helpful tool. You don’t need to spend hours shouting into a corner. You can do this quietly, and even in your head.

Practicing for Progress

Distance or time with an unlocked rating can be used to practice your race plan. Row through the details of your race to tune your mental discipline and track improvement.

Telling That Negative Inner Voice to Shut Up

Break down the race into segments rather than focusing on the final result. A good start is the best way to get going, and then tactical goals can be tackled one by one.

BRAID Project Founded to Create Community for Black Rowers

Near the end of 2024 Joy Neal, a junior on the Clemson women’s rowing team, and Amari Randall, a junior on the University of Delaware women’s rowing team started the BRAID Project decided to start a network to unite Black rowers and create a space to talk about many of the inequities that exist in the sport.

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Latest articles

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.

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.

Time Out for a Triptych

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

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.