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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

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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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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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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.
College

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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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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2026 IRA National Championship Returns to Lake Natoma

Following six years on the East Coast, the IRA returns to the West Coast and Lake Natoma for the fifth time since 2009. “Lake Natoma is one of the premier rowing venues in the country,” said Laura Kunkemueller, IRA Commissioner.
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Jean-Christophe Rolland Re-elected to a Fourth Term

He cited the need to adapt to change and vowed to broaden rowing’s reach, enhance its image, and diversify sources of revenue.
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Full Circle: New Boathouse for the Arlington Side of the Potomac

For Sean Bamman, rowing was a path out of poverty. Thirty years later, he is helping raise money for a much-needed boathouse on the Arlington side of the Potomac
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World Champ Murtagh Returns to Boston for Head of the Charles

Murtaugh joins current Olympic champion in the single Karolien Florjin, defending Charles champion Michelle Sechser, and a slew of elite oarswomen in the championship singles event.
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Winklevoss Twins Give $6.5 Million to U.S. National Team

Olympians Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have made a record donation to USRowing, which will rename the senior, Para, and Beach Sprint teams the Gemini.com U.S. National Team and the Mercer Lake, N.J. facility the Winklevoss Training Center.
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Getting Ahead at Head Races

Head races require a different level of physical exertion and fatigue tolerance over a longer period of time. The ideal is to find your flow—a level of exertion that feels fast but easy.
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Prepping for Fall Head Races

Train for event-specific conditions. Besides endurance work and distance trials, be prepared for the climate in which you’re racing, especially if it’s different from the one at home.
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Class of 2025 National Rowing Hall of Fame Announced

The National Rowing Foundation recognizes three crews and two individuals for their outstanding achievements.
Coaches

Three-time Olympian Michiel Bartman Will Head St. Joe’s Men’s Rowing

Michiel Bartman will remain in Philadelphia, moving upstream to Saint Joseph’s University to become director of rowing and head coach of men’s rowing.
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The Netherlands Tops Medals Table at 2025 World Rowing Championships

The United States finished fifth in the medals table with golds from the women's four and Michelle Sechser, while Canada went home empty-handed.
Coaches

Dartmouth Names New Associate Head Coach of Women’s Rowing

Gordon Getsinger is the new associate head coach of women’s rowing at Dartmouth.
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Recruiting: Start Early—and Follow the Rules

Recruiting isn’t just about colleges choosing athletes; it’s also about your learning what kind of program and coaching style will be the right fit for you.
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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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The latest issue of Rowing News is available! Check out the full April 2026 Magazine
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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.
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Letter to the Editor: Life Saver

Bob Woods of Oklahoma City shares the remarkable story of rowing saving a life -- someone else's!

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