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    2024 Bethany Medical North Carolina Rowing Championships presented by the Lenny Peters Foundation

    The 2024 North Carolina Rowing Championships presented by the Lenny Peters Foundation was another great success!

    Race Highlights: April 19-21

    This weekend's racing featured shakeups in the national rankings throughout men's and women's collegiate rowing at the Big Ten Invite, Compton Cup, and Cal/UW Dual.

    A Wild West Story, Well Told

    Karl Drlica’s definitive history of Oregon State rowing—from struggling club to nationally successful varsity sport—is a fascinating chronicle of creativity and grit.

    #15 Lady Vols Win Five Races Saturday to Cap Dominant Weekend at Big Ten Invitational

    Wrapping up action at the Big Ten Invitational in extraordinary fashion Saturday was the 15th-ranked Tennessee rowing team, earning five wins in as many races to place an emphatic exclamation point on a stellar weekend.

    What Price Glory?

    Feature Stories

    Deerfield’s Winning Trifecta

    With great athletes, great coaches, and great support, the exclusive New England prep school switched to eights and became the best rowing high school in America last year.

    Resurrection

    Clear and Present Dangers

    Racing

    #5 Brown Women’s Rowing Caps Weekend Sweep of Big Ten Invite

    The fifth-ranked Brown Bears closed out the B1G Invitational in style, picking up four victories on Saturday to sweep the two-day event. All four of Brown's crews won three races as the Bears picked up 12 victories in 12 races.bre

    #4 Princeton Heavyweight Men Take Down #1 Harvard For Second Straight Compton Cup

    The No. 4 Princeton Heavyweight Rowing Team defeated the No. 1 Harvard Crimson on the Charles River, collecting its second straight Compton Cup.princet

    UCLA Men, Texas Women Victorious at Crew Classic

    This year’s difference: trust, camaraderie, and “embracing the suck.”

    North Carolina Rowing Championships Attracts Record Entry

    Oak Hollow Lake in High Point, N.C. will host 443 crews for the North Carolina Rowing Championships, Saturday, April 20, making the Tar Heel State the latest hotspot of growth in the sport.

    Training

    Preaching the Value of Rowing

    Amateur sports teach resilience, teamwork, independence, and leadership and create the kind of accomplished, loyal, giving alumni all colleges covet.

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    Did the Pandemic Drive Down Erg Scores?

    The ways rowers coped–resilience, community, upskilling–may have powered some to break records.

    Long Becomes First Female to Sweep Henley Events

    On her journey to Paris 2024, Great Britain's Heidi Long has been named the first woman to win in the Henley Final of the open women’s eights, fours, and pairs events.

    2022 World Indoor Champs to be Virtual

    World Rowing announced that the 2022 World Rowing Indoor Championships would be conducted virtually this year.

    The Dark Horse

    ARION founder Eric Catalano is quietly creating a sculling and coaching development powerhouse in Upstate New York. Now that they’re winning, what comes next?

    The End of Sports

    Rowing and other sports are being cut—and athletes and coaches abandoned—as big schools devote ever-increasing revenues to football and basketball, and smaller, poorer schools struggle to keep up.

    So You Want to Row in College

    The decision to row is one thing. Where to row is another.

    The First 250: November 15

    This week's latest results and Rowing News.

    As Viewed From the Side

    Shifting the vantage point can enhance your catch.

    Staying Warm and Healthy

    These simple habits will keep you from missing training days.

    World Rowing Supports Proposal to Shorten 2028 Course

    World Rowing announced it will support the use of the Long Beach Marine Stadium 1500-meter course for the 2028 Olympics.

    How to Keep Your Young Athlete Motivated

    Motivation is a dynamic process, especially for your kids.

    After Months of Planning, Hooch Shines Bright

    The 2021 Head of the Hooch brought thousands back to the shores of the Tennessee River for "the last of the great fall regattas."

    Latest articles

    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.

    May 2024 Magazine

    The latest issue of Rowing News is available! Check out the full May 2024 magazine here.