SMU captured its fourth consecutive American Athletic Conference Women’s Rowing Championship Sunday morning, May 12, on Melton Lake in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

On a day when much attention is being paid to all that mothers do, we owe it to all members of the rowing community to ensure that we make coaching a welcoming and feasible place for mothers to be and to thrive. 

Drexel won the overall points championship at the Dad Vail Regatta today, May 11, as both the men's and women's varsity eights took home the gold.

A pioneer of collegiate women's rowing, Kevin Sauer has been one of the sport’s truly nice guys, running his program with family values that endeared him to his team and many others.

Championship racing proceeds this weekend with the continuation of the USRowing Youth Series with the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast Youth Championships and the Dad Vail Regatta in Pennsauken, NJ. In one of the final dual races of the collegiate season, the #3 BU lightweight women will take on #4 Stanford in Redwood Shores, CA.

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

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.

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.

The top spots on the May 8th IRCA/IRA Coaches Poll remain consistent, as Princeton retains the top spot in the Men's Heavyweight Varsity 8 Poll after concluding an undefeated regular season. Wesleyan is top-ranked among the Men's D3 1st Varsity 8's and the Harvard lightweights are first in the Men's Lightweight 1st Varsity 8 Poll. 

The May 7th ACRA poll was released today without significant changes from last week. Virginia and Vanderbilt remain in the top spot on the men's and women's varsity eight polls, while Purdue and UC Santa Barbara retained first place rankings for the men's and women's novice eights.

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