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USRowing organizational membership offers opportunities to participate in a superior commercial general liability and sports accident insurance policy, access to USRowing's Resource Library, eligibility to participate in USRowing national and regional regattas, discounts on safety equipment, and much more.
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.
It was an organizational member of USRowing, the national governing body for the sport of rowing in the United States, until 2024. VASRA runs 8-9 regattas during the scholastic spring season. Most events are on the Occoquan Reservoir at Sandy Run Regional Park, only the Charlie Butt Regatta is on the Potomac River and is run from Thompson Boat ...
The men's lightweight coxless four competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held on 6–11 August at the Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas. [1] This was the last time that this boat class competed, as FISA axed it after the 2017 World Rowing Championships with immediate effect.
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.
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 .
At USRowing Northwest Junior Regional Championship, Mt. Baker won the Men's Varsity 8+ event as well as the Varsity Lightweight 8+ and Men's Varsity 4+. At the USRowing Youth National Championship the Men's Varsity 8+ placed 4th, the Women's Lightweight 8+ placed 8th and the Women's Varsity 8+ placed 15th.
The coxswain is in charge of the shell. They are responsible for crew safety, which must be the prime concern. Along with steering, their role is to coach the crew. The cox acts as the coach's assistant, but in the absence of a coach, as is the case in a race, the cox becomes the coach.