Gary Caldwell, the commissioner of the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA), will retire at the end of the year after serving the oldest rowing organization and collegiate championship in the U.S. for 26 years, the IRA announced. In 2020, Caldwell described the role of the IRA to Rowing News: “Because men’s rowing and [men’s and women’s] lightweight rowing are not NCAA sports, the IRA acts as the regulating body, much as the NCAA does for women’s rowing. We oversee the eligibility rules, the operating regulations, an athlete’s ability to transfer between schools. We’re a parallel organizat ..read more

While the DI ranking remained relatively consistent, DII and DIII both saw some significant shakeups at the top in this week’s Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll. Embry-Riddle, on the strength of their performance at last weekend’s Knecht Cup, jumped from fifth to second in the DII poll while Wesleyan dropped from first to third in the DIII poll after losing to #1 Tufts, formerly ranked #2. Division 1 Division 1 Rank Team Points Previous Ranking 1 Stanford University 2503 1 2 University of Texas 2411 2 3 Princeton University 2263 3 4 University of California, Berkeley 2077 4 5 B ..read more

The IRCA/IRA Coaches Poll – Week 2 has been released, with Harvard holding on to the top spot in the both the DI Heavyweight and Lightweight Varsity Eight polls, while Wesleyan still sits atop the DIII rankings. IRCA/IRA Men’s Heavyweight Varsity 8 Poll 4/17/24 Rank Team (First Place Votes) Points Previous 1 Harvard University (9) 297 1 2 University of California – Berkeley (3) 284 2 3 University of Washington 282 3 4 Princeton University 259 4 5 Yale University 251 5 6 Brown University 240 6 7 Syracuse University 228 7 8 Northeastern University 223 8 9 Dartmouth Co ..read more

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Rowing is a beautiful, elegantly simple sport: The first boat across the line wins. There are no judged points, no time-outs, and no substitutions. We race to win, with no room for debate about the result, which is decided on the water. Off the water, coaches should leave plenty of room for debate, especially regarding non-rowing matters. A coach is a teacher, and most rowers are student-athletes. Our sport is but one part of a person’s development as a member of society, and as Madeline Davis Tully points out in her Coaching Development column on page 63, coaches should create a welcoming env ..read more

WASHINGTON – Despite high winds, GW women’s rowing got on the water for multiple matches and held their own, dispatching of North Carolina and Drexel at the GW Invite. The Buff and Blue topped the Tar Heels, who are receiving votes in the national polls, in both the Varsity 8 and 2V8 on Friday posting times of 6:15.6 and 6:38.0, respectively, to win the duals. Saturday featured more wins and a consolidated schedule because of the high winds. GW came out on top in both races against Drexel in the weather-abbreviated event. A full recap of the schedule is below. V8 1. GW – 6:07.4 2. N ..read more

CHERRY HILL, N.J. – The top two varsity eight boats earned gold medals and put together dominant performances for the La Salle men’s rowing team at Knecht Cup on Sunday. Each of the two crews earned victories in their semifinal races and cruised to wins in the grand finals. The gold medals were the first in the eight categories in program history, and marked the second straight year the Explorers have medaled in the varsity 8 and second varsity 8 (bronze in 2023). Additionally, Emily Perry competed in the women’s single competition and earned silver for the Explorers. HOW IT HAP ..read more

Platt Cup: In the closest lightweight men’s race of the season thus far, #2 Princeton defeated #3 Cornell to reclain the Platt Cup for the fist time since 2018. Though the Big Red won the 2V and 3V races, the Tigers came through where it counted, winning the V8 race by just 1.2 seconds. Race details here. The Tigers take home the Platt Cup!!! - https://t.co/SGQ30Brwu9 - https://t.co/VcGjZwi9GA – Int. pic.twitter.com/1kJF2cQ34u — Princeton Lights (@TigerLights) April 13, 2024 UVA Invite: The #1 Stanford, #4 Cal, #5 Yale, #11 Virginia, and #17 Oregon State women battled across two days of raci ..read more

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FLUVANNA COUNTY, Va. – The No. 4 California women’s rowing team finished the weekend undefeated at the ACC/Pac-12 Invitational at Lake Monticello, sweeping another set of duels Sunday morning. The Golden Bears’ V8+, 2V8+, V4+ all won their duels against No. 11 Virginia before the 2V4+ defeated Virginia and No. 18 Oregon State. The Bears’ 2V4+ had the fastest time of the day in its boat class, finishing with a time of 7:26.0, while the V4+ had the second fastest time of the day in its boat class at 7:23.8, just two seconds behind No. 1 Stanford’s V4+. On Saturday evening, Cal’s 8+, 2V8+, V ..read more