The Independent Rowing News

This weekend, qualification for the USRowing Youth National Championships gets underway in California, Oklahoma, and Philadelphia, while the Washington Huskies welcome the Wisconsin Badgers and the Italian National Team to Montlake Cut for Opening Day.

Rowing Canada Aviron (RCA) announces the resignation of Terry Dillon from his position as Chief Executive Officer. Terry led the organization, contributing to the betterment of rowing in Canada, for the past 7 years.

The Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association (WIRA) Championships took place last weekend on Sacramento's Lake Natoma. WIRA, a regional organization with membership comprised of 40 rowing programs at all division levels, includes nearly every rowing program in the West, outside of the Pac-12 varsity heavy/openweight teams.

This week's IRCA/IRA Poll has Princeton atop the heavyweight men's varsity eight poll for the second week in a row while Wesleyan retains the top spot for the DIII varsity eight and Harvard does the same for the lightweight men's varsity eight.

Texas now sits atop the DI Pocock CRCA Coaches Poll while the DII polls saw the biggest shakeups with Western Washington catapulting from sixth to first after winning WIRAs. DIII named their first two conference champions - Smith and St. Mary's.

The St. Mary's Women's Rowing Team competed in the MARC Championships. The Seahawks took first and earned a spot in the NCAA Championships.

Smith won three of four races and tallied 42 points to claim the 2024 New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Rowing Championship Saturday morning at Lake Quinsigamond. 

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This week's ACRA poll once again sees Virginia and Vanderbilt atop of the ACRA men's and women's varsity eight polls, respectively.

Top-ranked Tufts University defeated #3 Williams College by two lengths in the first varsity eight race this morning to highlight Jumbo action on Onota Lake.