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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The Safety Mandate

Well-being on the water begins by learning the safety plan on land. Safety in rowing must be an attitude shared by all.

Texas Rowing’s Doonan promoted to associate head coach, Nitsch added as assistant coach

Texas Rowing head coach Dave O'Neill announced the promotion of Gia Doonan to associate head coach and the addition of Lanie Nitsch as assistant coach.

Ohio State Adds Three Assistant Rowing Coaches

Emily Gackowski first-year head coach of the Buckeyes, announced the hiring of three assistant rowing coaches - Mandy Merritt '11. and Bridget Schodorf '18, and Mari Sundbo.

Casey Galvanek Awarded the Order of Ikkos from USOPC

Casey Galvanek, coach of the U.S. men's Olympic four and head coach of Sarasota Crew, was awarded the Order of Ikkos from the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC). The Order of Ikkos recognizes the efforts of America's finest coaches.

Sport Science: Making Time by Keeping Busy

During busy times, students benefit from the chronological structure of training sessions and regattas. When you have a lot to do, there’s not much time to procrastinate.

Coxswain Development: The Time to Listen and Observe

Anticipating the coach’s needs and being a steady presence and bridge between your teammates and coach can build your credibility as a coxswains with both a new coach and crew.

U.S. Men’s Eight Wins Bronze in Paris

The U.S. men’s eight won the bronze medal on Saturday at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium, giving the U.S. two medals at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 regatta.

Canada’s Women’s Eight Wins Silver, U.S. Men Bronze as Olympic Rowing Ends

Olympic rowing concludes as the Romanian women and GB men win eights. Karolien Florijn barely beats Emma Twigg for women's single sculls gold, Oli Zeidler wins men's single.

Sinkovic Brothers Win Olympic Gold Medals, Again

The Netherlands, Great Britain, and Romania, combined, have now won half—15 of 30—of all Olympic rowing medals so far here at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium at the Paris Games.

U.S. Men Row to Gold at Paris Olympics

The U.S. won Olympic rowing gold, leading from the start and surviving New Zealand's closing charge in the men's four. Great Britain won the bronze. Kara Kohler and the women's eight both advance to Saturday's medal finals.

Dutch Men’s Quad Wins First Rowing Gold of Paris Olympic Games

Dutch men, British women win the first rowing gold medals of Paris Olympic Games in the quads. U.S. women's quad ends up third in B final, while U.S. women's pair advances to the A final.

Women’s Pair, Lightweight Women’s Double Qualify for Finals at 2024 Olympic Games

The U.S. women’s pair and lightweight women’s double sculls advanced to the finals on Wednesday at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.

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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.

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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!