US National Team Archives

USRowing Announces Partnership with Nike that Could be Catastrophic for Small Vendors and Clubs

Sure, we all go to regattas to race. But seriously, who doesn't also look forward to digging through JL bargain bins, or checking out the gear that local and re... Read More...

US Women's 8+ cox-toss at 2013 World Championships. (row2k image)

U.S. Olympic Cox Katelin Snyder: Coxswains ARE Teammates

"Change the culture of what it means to be a coxswain." So proclaimed US National team coxswain Katelin Snyder at RowingTalks, held on the campus of Washington... Read More...

Course Correction: Ginny Gilder Influenced by Title IX

Ginny Gilder, a former member of the US National Rowing Team, adored the sport of rowing ever since she witnessed shells racing on the Charles River in Boston, ... Read More...

Red Rose Crew: An Early Title IX Success Story

The Red Rose Crew: A True Story of Women, Winning, and the Water, by author Daniel J. Boyne, is the story of how women rowers fought for their right to race at ... Read More...

Non-Oscar-Winning Movies About Rowing

There have been movies made about college rowing since the 1930s but I'm pretty confident you couldn't claim any of them to be blockbusters. Plots more often t... Read More...

Mary Whipple coxes the W8 to a win at the 2012 Olympics in London | Source: Pool/Getty Images Europe

Coxing Clinic with U.S. National Team W8 Coxswain Mary Whipple

Mary Whipple isn't just any coxswain. She could talk about rowing for a week, and I'd listen the entire time. At the moment, three-time Olympic medal-winning c... Read More...

Novice rower Harold Karon gets a rare private lesson with U.S. Olympic rower Giuseppe Lanzone

Setting Goals: Motivated by Olympian Giuseppe Lanzone

An Olympian, a novice, and a masters coach walk into an erg room... Actually, this story begins long before that moment. Giuseppe Lanzone began rowing in 1999 ... Read More...