The U.S. finally won some Olympic rowing medals in Paris, but this “nice first step” came in big sweep boats, and with European rowers essentially professional athletes, this is no time to stand still.

The Head of the Charles, the world’s largest three-day rowing regatta featuring a winding 4,702 course down Boston’s Charles River, begins on Friday, October 18, and will feature everything from youth athletes to top collegiate crews and Olympians.

Competence, or lack thereof, determines who is successful in rowing, and beyond. This month's features tell that story three different ways.

University of Washington—and U.S. National Team—alumnus Michael Callahan coached both crews to historic success this year, after both had off years in 2023. ROWING NEWS sat down with him to understand what went into such a successful run.

Para Rowing Foundation has awarded grants to Paralympians Erin Kennedy, Giedrė Rakauskaitė, Josh O’Brien, Ollie Stanhope and Ellen Buttrick allowing them to travel to and compete in the 2024 Head of the Charles Regatta on October 18-20.

Paris Olympic single sculls gold medalist Oliver Zeidler of Germany raced to a 8:10.83 finish on the 2,300-meter Berlin World Sculling Finals course Saturday morning with a 9.89 margin over Netherlands Paris Olympic bronze medalist Simon van Dorp in the event’s inaugural year.

Top Southwest referees will boycott USRowing regattas next year unless they get better pay and travel arrangements.

Sixteen of the country’s top single scullers will compete for $4,000 in prize money at the Tuxedo Park Regatta.

The heart of the fall racing season is approaching and juniors all the way up to national teams have their schedules set for the fall slate. Among the nationally recognized regattas on October 12-13 are the Head of the Housatonic, the New Hampshire Championships George Dirth Regatta and the 15th Annual Northeast Fall Championship Regatta.

Two-time Olympians and legends in the men’s single, Simon van Dorp and Oliver Zeidler will go head-to-head in a dual style race in Berlin starting at the Mühlendamm Bridge and finishing at the Reichstag building on Saturday, October 12, for the World Sculling Finalist title.

While other colleges ponder cutting Olympic sports, High Point University has embraced the future by launching a varsity women’s rowing team. Crows the athletic director: “It’s a wonderful opportunity!”

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