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    Wisconsin Women’s Rowing Head Coach Vicky Opitz Media Conference

    On May 6th, Wisconsin women's head coach Vicky Optiz spoke with the media at Porter Boathouse to recap the team's recent racing at Opening Day/ Windermere Cup and to preview the upcoming Big Ten Championships, hosted by UW on nearby Devil's Lake in Baraboo, WI.

    Overnght: One Place to Watch Rowing

    Streaming service Overnght soon will broadcast IRA and USRowing regattas in bid to reach a broader audience.

    Last Tickets to Paris: Crews Prepare for World Rowing Final Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta

    With the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games just over two months away, most of the crews who will be competing have already qualified their boats through the World Rowing Championships, or the various continental qualification regattas. The last chance for remaining crews to qualify takes place at the 2024 World Rowing Final Olympic & Paralympic Qualification Regatta (FOPQR) in Lucerne, Switzerland from 19-21 May.

    POCOCK CRCA COACHES POLL – WEEK 8, MAY 8

    The Week 8 Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll saw few changes in the Division I category, as Texas retains the top spot.  #6 Brown improved one place, replacing Yale, based on the strength of their performance of Women's Sprints. Central Oklahoma is now the top-ranked team in the DII poll while Weslyan jumped from fourth to second in the DIII poll after a strong weekend at the New England Championships.

    ACRA Poll: May 7

    Feature Stories

    The Rowing News Interview: Jesse Foglia

    After the agony of Olympic selection, the head coach of the USRowing Training Center-Princeton is confident the process yielded the 12 best athletes. “We just have to make sure we don’t mess it up.”

    Ray of Sunshine

    Deerfield’s Winning Trifecta

    Racing

    Race Highlights: May 3-5

    The junior racing season kicked into high gear with the first events of the USRowing Youth series taking place this past weekend. On the collegiate side, the Princeton heavyweight men completed an undefeated regular season in both the first and second varsity eights, while the Washington men and women came away with wins at Opening Day.

    #1 Princeton Heavyweight Men Win Content Cup; Finish Off Undefeated Regular Season

    The No. 1 Princeton Men's Heavyweight Rowing Team finished off an undefeated regular season by defeating the No. 6 Brown Bears on Lake Carnegie on Saturday morning.

    UW Women Beat Italy, Wisconsin To Retain Windermere Cup

    The Washington women's rowing team wrapped up the regular season with convincing wins in the Windermere Cup and Erickson Cascade Cup Saturday at the 38th annual Windermere Cup / Opening Day Regatta on Montlake Cut. 

    Husky Men Close Out Home Season With Win At 38th Windermere Cup

    The No. 2-ranked Washington men's rowing team earned its 28th Windermere Cup, beating crews from the Italian National Team and Wisconsin in the 38th annual Windermere Cup / Opening Day Regatta Saturday on Montlake Cut.

    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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    Doctor Rowing: What Price Glory?

    The auctioning of an historic rowing gold medal prompts a reflection on what matters—the token or the memory?

    CEO Terry Dillon Departs Rowing Canada Aviron

    Rowing Canada Aviron (RCA) announces the resignation of Terry Dillon from his position as Chief Executive Officer. Terry led the organization, contributing to the betterment of rowing in Canada, for the past 7 years.
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    Regional Racing Heats Up at WIRA Championship

    The Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association (WIRA) Championships took place last weekend on Sacramento's Lake Natoma. WIRA, a regional organization with membership comprised of 40 rowing programs at all division levels, includes nearly every rowing program in the West, outside of the Pac-12 varsity heavy/openweight teams.

    IRCA/IRA Coaches Poll – Week 4, May 1

    This week's IRCA/IRA Poll has Princeton atop the heavyweight men's varsity eight poll for the second week in a row while Wesleyan retains the top spot for the DIII varsity eight and Harvard does the same for the lightweight men's varsity eight.

    Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll – Week 7, May 1

    Texas now sits atop the DI Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll while the DII polls saw the biggest shakeups with Western Washington catapulting from sixth to first after winning WIRAs. DIII named their first two conference champions - Smith and St. Mary's.

    St. Mary’s Women’s Rowing Win’s MARC Championships, Earn NCAA Championships Berth

    The St. Mary's Women's Rowing Team competed in the MARC Championships. The Seahawks took first and earned a spot in the NCAA Championships.

    Smith Claims 2024 NEWMAC Rowing Championship

    Smith won three of four races and tallied 42 points to claim the 2024 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Rowing Championship Saturday morning at Lake Quinsigamond. 

    The Importance of Being Neutral

    Create a welcoming environment for rowers of all kinds and help young people find their own voices by not taking a stand.

    ACRA Poll: April 30

    This week's ACRA poll once again sees Virginia and Vanderbilt atop of the ACRA men's and women's varsity eight polls, respectively.

    Race Highlights: April 26-28

    Check out race highlights from around the world, including the Longhorn Invite, Scholastic State Championships, Lake Wheeler Invite, and the European Rowing Championships.

    TWENTY NATIONS WIN EUROPEAN ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS MEDALS

    The 2024 European Rowing Championships and and the World Rowing European Olympic and Paralympic Qualification Regatta came to a close on Sunday in Szeged, Hungary, as Romania won the women’s eight in style.

    #1 Tufts Women’s Rowing Wins 1V8 and 3V8 Races Over #3 Williams College

    Top-ranked Tufts University defeated #3 Williams College by two lengths in the first varsity eight race this morning to highlight Jumbo action on Onota Lake.

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    #1 Wesleyan Men’s Rowing Captures Little Three Title, Defeating #4 Williams

    he No. 1 ranked Wesleyan men's crew team is headed back to Middletown with some hardware as the Cardinals' varsity 8 defeated No. 4 Williams by nearly eight seconds on Saturday afternoon from Fish Creek in this highly-anticipated matchup of the top two boats from the 2024 IRCA National Championship.

    # 1 Princeton Heavyweight Men Set Course Record In Takedown Of #5 Yale and #14 Cornell

    The No. 1 Princeton Men's Heavyweight Rowing Team took home the Carnegie Cup behind a blazing time on the Cayuga Inlet today.

    #5 Tennessee Wins Lake Wheeler Invitational Cup

    The fifth-ranked Tennessee rowing team swept its five races during Saturday's third round of the Lake Wheeler Invitational to earn the Pocock Lake Wheeler Invitational Cup in dominant fashion.

    #2 Texas Women’s Rowing Defeats #1 Stanford at the Longhorn Invite

    Racing against many of the top programs in the nation, No. 2 Texas Rowing collected three victories in front of a boisterous home crowd at the Longhorn Invite at Lake Walter E. Long on Saturday morning.