Can college crews beat national teams? Perhaps it’s time for our sport to stage more regattas where the top university eights go head to head against the globe’s fastest national teams.
Simeon John and Shay Triepel are youth national champions in the men's and women's singles. Deerfield Academy and RowAmerica Rye won the men's and women's eights titles at the 2026 USRowing Youth National Championships at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Fla.
Can college crews beat national teams? Perhaps it’s time for our sport to stage more regattas where the top university eights go head to head against the globe’s fastest national teams.
Simeon John and Shay Triepel are youth national champions in the men's and women's singles. Deerfield Academy and RowAmerica Rye won the men's and women's eights titles at the 2026 USRowing Youth National Championships at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Fla.
The United States won six gold and five silver medals at the sparsely-attended World Rowing Cup II in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. U.S. national team athletes turned in historic performances in sculling and small boats while U.S. women swept the sweep events.
The USRowing Youth National Championships brings 4,000 of the top-performing youth rowers to Sarasota, Florida's Nathan Benderson Park for four days of racing.
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