Austin Rowing Club Hosts 43rd Heart of Texas Regatta
Austin Rowing Club, the oldest rowing club in Texas, hosts the 43rd edition of The Heart of Texas Regatta, Feb. 28 to March 1 on Lady Bird Lake. The 1,000-meter sprint race has attracted 675 junior, club, and masters entries, up from 639 entries last year and nearly double in the past 25 years.
“We love hosting teams from across the country,” says regatta director Megan Getman. “One of the things we love about hosting it is that we get to help novices have their first experience with sprint races and help seasoned racers knock off the winter cobwebs.”
The regatta features a seven-lane, fully buoyed course on the lake formed by the Longhorn Dam on the Colorado River, originally as a power plant’s cooling pond.
Dallas United had the fastest women’s junior eight last year but does not return this year. Texas Rowing Center, had the fastest men’s junior eight in 2025 and is entered again this year.
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