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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Recruiting Pet Peeves

Be sure to fill out that recruiting questionnaire and submit your erg time.

Oxford, Ukraine, Duke, Old Dominion, High Point race ‘Round the Duck’

High school teams all the way up to national team squads competed at the High Point Autumn Rowing Festival presented by Bethany Medical on Sunday, October 6, in High Point, North Carolina for the opportunity to see who could turn around the regatta’s renowned inflatable ducks.

Doctor Rowing: The First Family of Rowing

Meet the Rushers of Wisconsin—Jack, Cindy, Kay, Alie, and Nick—four of them Olympians, three of them medal winners.

Washington Adds four to Coaching Staff

The University of Washington Huskies have added Quinn Klocke and Michael Grady as assistant coaches for the men’s rowing team and Brooke Mooney and Maddie Wanamaker as assistants on the women’s team beginning with the 2024-25 season.

How to Eat Like the Champions

Tour de France riders used to refuel minimally after the day’s race. Today’s riders consume plenty of carbs after each stage to speed recovery. Result: Fewer episodes of bonking and hitting the wall.

USRowing names Senior, Beach Sprints and Para Athletes of the Year

USRowing has named six more athletes as 2024 Athletes of the Year to be honored at this year's Head of the Charles Regatta: Todd Vogt, Gemma Wollenschlaeger, Chris Bak, Annelise Hahl, Michael Grady, and Meghan Musniski.

Healing Through Rowing: Cancer Survivors Meet at HOCR

Survivor Rowing Network unites over 27 programs nationally behind a shared goal of bringing a sense of community, support and passion to those recovering from any form of cancer.

Coxswain Development: Fall Housekeeping and Other Chores

Taking care of your coxing equipment and electronic devices over the fall and winter will ensure a smooth return to the water when racing resumes.

USRowing tabs Jett and Murphy as Under 19 Athletes of the Year

Charlotte Jett and Tyler Murphy have taken the USRowing 2024 Athlete of the Year honors after competing on the national stage for two consecutive years each.

Rowing in Rough Water

Loose shoulders let the arms absorb hitting the top of a wave, catching an edge, or adjusting the blade height on the recovery when rowing in rough water.

UCLA, USC, and Navy Fill Assistant Coaching Openings

Guillermo Lemus, Larkin Brown and Nick Peterson have stepped into assistant coaching positions at the University of California, Los Angeles, University of Southern California and the United States Naval Academy respectively.

Coach Development: Know Thyself

Football coach Pete Carroll’s core philosophy offers valuable lessons for rowing coaches as well.

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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.

CURRENT ISSUE OF THE MAGAZINE

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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!