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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.

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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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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.
College

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.

Training

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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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Over 300 crews prepare to race at the 2023 World Rowing Cup II

The World Rowing Cup series continues this month, with the second event taking place in Varese, Italy from 16 to 18 June. Nearly 650 rowers from 42 nations will be competing, in the hopes of earning points that will contribute to their countries overall standing in the series.
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Golden Bears Dominate 2023 IRA National Championship, Sweep Heavyweight Events

Cal swept the heavyweight events, Princeton won the men’s and women’s lightweight eights, and Williams won both Div. III eights at the 2023 Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship Regatta.
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Bruins Men’s Eight Rows to Victory at ACRAs

The national championship for college club crews was the largest yet and continues to draw more and more rowers to Tennessee for keen competition.
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Stanford Captures NCAA Division I Crown

The national-championship regatta featured fast crews, deep competition, and superlative team effort.
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2023 IRA National Championships June 2-4

Results, live stream and more information for the 2023 Intercollegiate National Championships which take place June 2-4 on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J.
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No. 1 Cal Has Strong Showing To Open IRAs

V8+, 2V8+, 3V8+ Win Heats
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The Boys in the Boat Movie Sneak Preview: Not Perfect, But Solid

Film adaptation of the Daniel James Brown book could be out for Christmas.
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Pocock/Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association Poll Final Week: June 1, 2023

The final poll for the 2023 season is in for NCAA Division I, II, and III women's rowing action.
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Some Like It Hot, Or Not

Ryan Calsbeek, a professor of biological sciences at Dartmouth College, has found that long-limbed male athletes performed better at hot race venues while short-limbed athletes fared better at colder sites.
Features

USRowing Hires Dutch Sculling Coach

Isabelle Jacobs has been named USRowing’s new “High Performance Sculling Coach,” the national governing body announced.
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The Head of the Schuylkill Regatta Welcomes Hope McNelis Goudy and James Lynch, Ed.D To Board of Directors

The Head of the Schuylkill Regatta, Philadelphia's largest and most inclusive regatta presented by NSM Insurance Group, today announced that Hope McNelis Goudy and James (Jimmy) Patrick Lynch, Ed.D, have been named to the Board of Directors for three-year terms.
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Stanford Women’s Rowing Crowned National Champions at 2023 NCAA Women’s Rowing Championships

Stanford women's rowing picked up two wins and a national championship title on the final day of racing at the 2023 NCAA Women's Rowing Championships.
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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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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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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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