Teams competing at this year’s Knecht Cup Regatta are drawn from 17 states as well as the District of Columbia.

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.

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.

The Cardinal swept #5 Tennessee over the weekend while #2 Texas won four events at the San Diego Crew Classic.

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.