The U.S. men’s four that won gold at the Paris Olympics, consisting of Nicholas Mead, Justin Best, Michael Grady, Liam Corrigan, has been named a finalist for World Rowing Crew of the Year.
The 2024 Head of the Charles Regatta has come to a close, with Michelle Sechser defending her championship single title and Kiwi Finn Hamill taking the crown in the men's event while collegiate and international crews faced off in the championship eights.
As I mentioned, we have plenty of new faces at the Boathouse and I would like to introduce them briefly. The transitions have been very smooth on both teams and we have a fun and productive atmosphere at the Boathouse.
This past year (FY24), we set some challenging goals as we invested over $110,000 into our fleet and infrastructure. Once again, you all came through big time and right at the finish line as we were able to finish the fiscal year with a slight plus!
We will have our traditional Virginia Rowing Reunion for both teams on Saturday, November 9, 2024. Saturday, November 9 Morning: The men will be racing the Wahoo Henley with head race style in the morning followed by side-by-side 1,000-meter racing in the afternoon.
Dear Alumni and Friends, Wow, the fall season is marching on fast, the leaves are turning, and the Charles is upon us! This has been a turbulent fall so far between the record flooding (no damages. but we lost 15 days of water training)...
The U.S. finally won some Olympic rowing medals in Paris, but this “nice first step” came in big sweep boats, and with European rowers essentially professional athletes, this is no time to stand still.
The Head of the Charles, the world’s largest three-day rowing regatta featuring a winding 4,702 course down Boston’s Charles River, begins on Friday, October 18, and will feature everything from youth athletes to top collegiate crews and Olympians.
Competence, or lack thereof, determines who is successful in rowing, and beyond. This month's features tell that story three different ways.
University of Washington—and U.S. National Team—alumnus Michael Callahan coached both crews to historic success this year, after both had off years in 2023. ROWING NEWS sat down with him to understand what went into such a successful run.
Para Rowing Foundation has awarded grants to Paralympians Erin Kennedy, Giedrė Rakauskaitė, Josh O’Brien, Ollie Stanhope and Ellen Buttrick allowing them to travel to and compete in the 2024 Head of the Charles Regatta on October 18-20.
Two-time Olympic single sculls gold medalist Oliver Zeidler of Germany raced to a 8:10.83 finish on the 2,300-meter Berlin World Sculling Finals course Saturday morning with a 9.89 margin over Netherlands Paris Olympic bronze medalist Simon van Dorp in the event’s inaugural year.
