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The United States Rowing Association, commonly known as USRowing, [2] is the national governing body for the sport of Rowing in the United States.It serves to promote the sport on all levels of competition, including the selection and training of those athletes who represent the US at international level.
For the more competitive races and bigger boats, like the women's 8+ and 4-, the athletes are chosen via the USRowing selection camp, [7] which is an invitation-only event. The national team coaches distribute the invitations to athletes who meet a certain criteria that they set in collaboration with the USRowing organization.
[27] [9] An example that has been pointed to is that SafeSport was not the first organization to publish a list of banned coaches; critics questioned why the organization created to protect athletes was not leading that effort. [27] It is a claim SafeSport officials denied, but which was the subject of focus of the new U.S. federal law of 2020.
Rowing is the oldest intercollegiate sport in the United States. Men's rowing has organized collegiate championships in various forms since 1871. The Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) has been the de facto national championship for men since 1895.
The USRowing Summer National Championships is an annual national championship contest in the sport of rowing hosted by the United States Rowing Association. The 2022 regatta was held on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, NJ .
In 2010, USRowing, the national governing body for rowing, announced the launch of a new Training Center Partner Program in order to create partnerships with clubs across the country interested in collaborating in the development of athletes who could potentially represent the United States in international races. The partner program places an ...
As a direct result, the United States Center for SafeSport was established in 2017 under the auspices of the Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse and Safe Sport Authorization of 2017. SafeSport seeks to address the problem of sexual abuse of minors and Olympic athletes in sport.
These age categories are effectively common to both FISA (Bye-Law to Rule 27) and USRowing (Rule 4–104) rules. USRowing also designates a AA category for ages 21–26, and defines Masters as over 21 rather than 27. [1] [2] There are no age restrictions for coxswains and their age is not factored into the average age of the crew. [1] [2 ...