Lightweight Archives

American Women’s Marathon (42,195m) Record Set at World Rowing Indoor Championships

In the excitement of World Rowing Indoor Championship 2k events and the swarm of international athletes, it would have been easy for you to miss the petite woma... Read More...

Nancy Blakemore and Aldina Nash Hampe reunited after 50 years to row at USRowing Masters Nationals.

Aldina Nash Hampe: Pioneer of Women’s Rowing Reunites with 1960s 2x Partner

If you were at the 2017 USRowing Masters Nationals in Oak Ridge, TN and stuck around until 4:36pm on Sunday, you would have witnessed history in the making. Whe... Read More...

2014 LTA national team Ricky Vendegrift's hammer and his national team bag

2015 C.R.A.S.H.-B. Highlights

More than 2,300 athletes signed up to go nowhere fast at the 2015 C.R.A.S.H.-B. World Indoor Rowing Championships held at Boston University's Agganis Arena. Fi... Read More...

Virginia Tech lightweight M4 practice. Coach Brendon Burns is in bow.

Lightweight: Make the Most of What You’ve Got

As a six-foot tall athlete with a slim 145-pound frame in my early 20s, I thought that I had some audacity to enter into the world of competitive rowing while I... Read More...