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    Best of 2022: Male Athlete of the Year Oliver Zeidler

    Rowing News has awarded the Male Athlete of the Year "Best of" title to Oliver Zeidler!

    Best of 2022: Female Athlete of the Year Karolien Florijn

    Rowing News has awarded the Female Athlete of the Year "Best of" title to Karolien Florijn!
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    Three Boats from Saugatuck Rowing Club Capsize on Long Island Sound

    18 teenagers and one adult coach from Saugatuck Rowing Club were plunged into the cold waters of Long Island Sound Thursday afternoon after fast changing weather caused their boats to capsize.

    Clear and Present Dangers

    From colliding to capsizing, in foul weather or rough water, the perils of an outdoor water sport like rowing are obvious, potentially lethal—and totally preventable.

    MSU’s Kubas Embodies One of the Fastest Growing Women’s Sports

    Michigan State graduate student Ella Kubas has done almost every sport under the sun, but she ultimately became a Spartan to pursue her master's degree in financial planning, wealth management, and athletic career in one of the fastest growing women's collegiate sports: rowing.

    Follow the Money

    When three coaches and 17 rowers left SMU for Tennessee last summer, it wasn’t the beginning of a transfer-portal apocalypse. It was the predictable result of a top athletic program devoting major resources to women’s rowing.

    A Rower Hits a Hole in One

    Playing Through, a movie by Curtis Jordan, celebrates Ann Gregory, the first great African-American female golfer. Check it out on Amazon Prime.

    At the Speed Order: Deep Talent, Competitive Finals

    High-performance chief Verdonkschot pleased by “decent speeds” and “better small-boat skills.”

    Olympic Winds of Change

    Like it or not, change—Beach Sprints, 1,500-meter racing, no lightweights at LA2028–is coming. The future of Olympic rowing is at stake. Will World Rowing lead or follow?

    Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Excellence

    Through its Pathways program, USRowing is striving to renew the U.S. tradition of international and Olympic success by improving the ways promising rowers are identified, trained, and selected.

    A Model Worth Emulating

    Eric Cohen proves there’s more to rowing history than the magnificent University of Washington crew of 1936.

    The Serfs of Rowing

    Assistant coaches work hard, put in long hours, and are essential to a team’s success. Yet their pay is so meager that many can’t buy a house, have children, and enjoy life fully beyond the boathouse.

    Growing Through Rowing

    The Let’s Row program enables Boston middle schoolers to enjoy the lifelong benefits of our sport—health and fitness, competition and camaraderie.

    Luwis, Mead Named 2023 USRowing Athletes of the Year

    USRowing is pleased to announce that Sophia Luwis has been named the 2023 Carie Graves Female Athlete of the Year, while Nick Mead has been named the 2023 Male Athlete of the Year.

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    Final Ten Crews Emerge at U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Team Trials

    In slow conditions, crews raced to high percentages of “Competitive Standard Time”—a promising sign for Olympic qualification, if not medals.

    Caldwell to Retire From IRA

    The longtime commissioner oversaw the oldest rowing organization and collegiate championship in the U.S. for 26 years.

    Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll – Week 5

    While the DI ranking remained relatively consistent, DII and DIII both saw some significant shakeups at the top in this week's Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll. Embry-Riddle, on the strength of their performance at last weekend's Knecht Cup, jumped from fifth to second in the DII poll while Wesleyan dropped from first to third in the DIII poll after losing to #1 Tufts, formerly ranked #2. 

    IRCA/IRA Coaches Poll – Week 2

    The IRCA/IRA Coaches Poll - Week 2 has been released, with Harvard holding on to the top spot in the both the DI Heavyweight and Lightweight Varsity Eight polls, while Wesleyan still sits atop the DIII poll.