Sanford to Retire From UConn

UConn’s founding women’s rowing coach plans to retire after the 2026 season, capping a 29-year tenure that shaped the program from its varsity inception.

Biggest Ever Knecht Cup Regatta

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

Recruiting: Deal With the Pressure By Keeping Control

Selecting a university is an important decision. While coaches may seek a quick answer, take the time to ensure the school is the right academic, athletic, and personal fit.

Newer Is Not Necessarily Better

While innovations in equipment can make a boat go faster, often the best way to increase speed is to improve training and use your existing equipment correctly.

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

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.

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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Postponement of the 2025 European Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia

Due to parliamentary and local elections planned in Serbia towards the end of 2023 – encompassing the Serbian parliament, the Mayor of Belgrade and the Belgrade Assembly – and considering the risk of a delay in the funding and establishment of a Local Organizing Committee for the 2025 European Rowing Championships, World Rowing, European Rowing and the Serbian Rowing Federation have jointly agreed on a postponement of the Event to a later year.

The Unbeatable Lightness of Rowing

A feeling of lightness on the seat is one of the hallmarks of good suspension on the drive.

World Rowing Partners With the Japan Sport Council to Set a New Stage for Virtual Sport International Joint Research and Indoor Rowing

World Rowing and the Japan Sport Council have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), joining forces to cooperate on an international joint research project on Virtual Sports and Indoor Rowing.

Gone But Not Forgotten

The Head of the Connecticut was a great tune-up for school, college, and alumni crews seeking a final hard row before fall’s biggest event.

African Rowers Secure Their Spots for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

The 2023 World Rowing African Continental Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta just concluded in Tunisia October 26.

Texas Rowing wraps successful Waco Rowing Regatta

The Longhorns raced five boats in the Women’s Collegiate 8+.

Texas Rowing preview: Waco Rowing Regatta

The Longhorns are set to compete in UT’s lone fall regatta of the season.

CRCA Announces 2023 Hall Of Fame Class

The Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) proudly unveils the distinguished individuals set to be immortalized in the 2023 Hall of Fame class.

A Matter of Commitment

Five steps that will help rowers reach their goals, facilitate athletic growth, and increase accountability.

Sugar: Your Body’s Friend or Foe?

Of all the questions rowers ask me, “What about sugar?” is at the top of the list.

Entries to Open for 2024 World Rowing Indoor Championships, Presented by Concept2

For the second time in World Rowing’s history, the Championships will be staged as a hybrid event.

Facing Facts

When you fail in your bid to cox the top varsity boat, you may have to confront some harsh realities, admit your mistakes, and aim to do better.

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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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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.

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.