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Stanford Remains #1 in Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll

The Cardinal swept #5 Tennessee over the weekend while #2 Texas won four events at the San Diego Crew Classic.
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The Ultimate Walk-On: Mike Herman

The former Navy SEAL hopes to win a spot in the men’s eight that will go for America’s first Olympic gold in the event since 2004. If he succeeds, those who helped him develop won’t be surprised.
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The latest issue of Rowing News is available! Check out the full April 2026 Magazine
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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.

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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.

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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.
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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.
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CRCA Coaches Poll: Week 2 | March 17, 2026

Defending NCAA Division I national champions Stanford remain atop the Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll.
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Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll: Division II

Embry-Riddle remains #1. Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll: Division III and Lightweight will begin in Week 3, March 23rd.

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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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U.S. Olympic Men’s Eight Looks Great in Heat Win

Men's eight will race for medals Saturday, U.S. and Canadian women's eight row in Thursday repechage for spots in final.
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Day Two of Olympic Rowing Concludes for Three U.S. Crews

The U.S. men’s four won its heat to advance directly to Thursday’s final, while two other crews moved onto the rowing semifinals on Sunday at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
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U.S. Men’s four looks like best shot for a rowing medal, so far.

The U.S. crew looked the best in class and rowed up to their number-one seed in winning their heat. "Now it's all eyes on the final, August 1st," said U.S. Olympic oarsman Justin Best.
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Four U.S. Crews Advance on the First Day of the 2024 Olympics

Women’s single sculler Kara Kohler won her heat and three other U.S. crews advanced on Saturday as racing got underway at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
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U.S. Women’s Olympic Double Despondent Despite Advancing

Four of Five U.S.boats through on day one of Olympic regatta, only women's quad has to row in a repechage.
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U.S., Canadian Rowers face tough draws at Olympics—because it’s the Olympics.

Every crew rowing here in Paris is fast, and there are no easy paths to the Olympic finals.
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U.S. Crews Start Racing Saturday at the 2024 Olympics

The U.S. will have five boats in action on Saturday July 27 at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium as rowing gets underway at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 - men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and the women's quad.
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Richard F. Davis, 1937-2024

Richard F. Davis, devoted husband, father, grandfather, and brother, faithful friend, and longtime teacher, rowing coach, and mentor of young people, died in Rye, N.H., surrounded by family, on July 24, 2024. He was 86 years old.
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Is the Romanian Olympic Rowing Team playing Games with their entries?

The Romanians seem to be engaging in some gamesmanship with their Olympic rowing line-ups.
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Feature: The Training Conundrum

Row longer and slower or shorter and faster? Low intensity or high intensity? When is more too much, and less is more? Successful rowing coaches keep experimenting, developing victorious crews through science and art.
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Promising Para Rowing Prospects in Paris

The U.S. PR3 mixed four and mixed double head to the Paralympic Games as strong medal contenders. Are they good enough to beat the seemingly invincible Brits?
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UVa and Wisconsin Women’s Rowing Add Assistant Coaches

Three coaches - Helen (Tompkins) Samaniego, Josie Konopka, and Taylor Ruden - join Wes Ng's new staff at UVa. The Wisconsin women also added two new assistant coaches - Badger alum and Olympian Sophia Vitas and Mary Anderson.
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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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Rippetoe Extended at Michigan State

Currently in her third year as head coach of women's rowing, Stacey Rippetoe now has a contract that runs through the 2029 season as the Spartans return to the Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll top 20.
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Amanda Kraus Out as CEO of USRowing

Under her leadership, USRowing’s revenue soared, but success on the water proved elusive. Her departure was preceded by months of tension and conflict with the board.
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RegattaCentral Partners with Head of The Charles and World Masters Rowing

The Head Of The Charles Regatta, the world’s largest three-day rowing event, has renewed its partnership with RegattaCentral for an additional five-year term, extending RegattaCentral’s role as the Official Registrar and a strategic technology partner to 2030.

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