NEWS

USRowing is pleased to announce the six grant recipients of the Rowing for Rehabilitation, Recreation & Competition Grant, thanks to a Quality of Life grant from the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation.

This summer I decided to switch out my coaching toolbox for a cooler on the Schuylkill. Not groundbreaking, nor a secret, getting cool when it is hot out is really nice. The switch was a game changer

Nearly 350 guests filled the ballroom at the New York Athletic Club on Thursday for the 5th Annual Golden Oars Awards Dinner, hosted by USRowing and the National Rowing Foundation. Members of the rowing community, friends and family joined this year’s award winners for an evening reception, dinner and live auction.

PRINCETON, N.J. – One of the largest and fastest growing segments of the rowing community is the junior population. Each year, more and more of America’s youth turn to rowing and every year they get younger.

The rowing community gathers at the New York Athletic Club this week to honor the best in the sport at the 5th Annual Golden Oars Awards Dinner, hosted by USRowing and the National Rowing Foundation.

Lauren Schmetterling, the 2015 Fan's Choice National Team Athlete awardee, has some pretty impressive international stats on her athlete page.

Borchelt, the head coach of the Texas Rowing Masters program and this year’s 2015 Fan’s Choice Masters Coach awardee, has come a long way since his early days of coaching.

In Delaware’s first official race of the year in early April, the Blue Hens kicked off head coach Chuck Crawford’s 20th anniversary with the program in style. For the first time in the school’s history, the crews in blue and yellow walked away with victories over Harvard University in the lightweight eight and second varsity eight races.

It was a known fact that the men’s junior eight race was going to be an all-out battle as the grand final looked to close the books on one the most competitive USRowing Youth National Championships ever. In a day filled with winners, losers, photo finishes, and coxswain tosses – it seemed only fitting that the last race of the day be an epic one.

Through much of mid-April, as Baltimore was rocked with racial tension and violent protest resulting from the death of a young African American man in police custody, Baltimore Rowing Club and its athletes, parents and leaders of its inclusion program, Reach High Baltimore, were preparing to host the America Rows Mid-Atlantic Regional Regatta.

Most of us know the game Duck, Duck, Goose from playing it in our childhood. Yet last year as a 24 year old woman, I found myself in tears sitting on the floor in a circle of adults playing a game of Duck, Duck, Goose.

As Greg Gillinger and his fellow teammates were coming from with a bronze medal around his neck from the 2015 Mid-Atlantic Eastern Erg Sprints, little did he know that he would be getting the call of a lifetime.

A month before the first international coastal event on Pensacola Beach, Ben Booth was training in a hurricane. Literally. As much of the northeast coast prepared for Hurricane Joaquin, Booth was enjoying some of the best surf he had seen in ages as he prepared for the upcoming Pensacola International Coastal Regatta.

When Bates College loaded up their boat trailer and headed to the NCAA women’s rowing championships in Sacramento, California last spring, the feeling among the crew was this was going to be the year they rose to the top.

Athletes from Canada, Puerto Rico, Jamaica and the United States will gather this weekend in Pensacola, Fla., for the first international coastal rowing regatta held in the United States.

It is safe to say that Nate Goodman probably has lots of big dreams in store for his rowing career. As stroke seat of Steve Gladstone’s varsity eight in arguably one of the best crews the Bulldogs have seen in decades, Goodman surely has the loftiest of ambitions. When tasked with the question however, his response is quite simple: his picture in a den.

PRINCETON, N.J. - For the Princeton National Rowing Association, 2015 has been a year of highs and lows.

As crews from across the country poured into sunny Florida this past June, Clark Dean and his teammates with the Sarasota Crew were excited to race. A new lineup, their home turf and a strong group of young men wanting to make a grab at the men’s varsity eight title.

For the second consecutive year, USRowing has been honored with a grant from the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs to continue to provide adaptive rowing opportunities for disabled veterans and members of the armed services through its Freedom Rows program.

USRowing is asking all rowers, coaches and coxswains to get involved in the safety of their boathouse and organization. And we’ve made it easy for you to do so.

Nutrition can be a confusing and conflicting topic for young athletes. Even adults become confused by it! One subject that all young athletes should understand is the topic of carbohydrates, including what they are, what affect they have on athletic performance, and which sources are best for performance and training.

When Peter Zandbergen came to rowing, he was looking for a way to strengthen his back after a high school football injury.

The Head of the Schuylkill Regatta has always been an important date on the calendar for the boat clubs that line Kelly Drive on Boathouse Row in Philadelphia. This year was an especially important date for the Vesper Boat Club, which is celebrating its 150th Anniversary.

One of the most successful coaches in the world, New Zealand’s Noel Donaldson, has been announced as the Coach in the Spotlight featured speaker at this year’s 2015 World Rowing Coaches Conference set for Nov. 19-22 held by Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Fla.