College RowinG Resources

USROWING

USRowing is a nonprofit membership organization recognized by the United States Olympic Committee as the national governing body for the sport of rowing in the United States. USRowing selects, trains and manages the teams that represent the U.S. in international competition including the world championships, Pan American Games and Olympics. More than 75,000 individuals and 1,300 organizations strong, USRowing serves and promotes the sport on all levels of competition. USRowing membership reflects the spectrum of American rowers – youth, collegians, adults and those who row for recreation, competition or fitness.

http://www.usrowing.org/

RULES OF ROWING

USRowing’s Rules of Rowing are published each year. The Rules of Rowing includes the current year’s Rules of Racing, a Referee Procedures Manual and an LOC Guidance Manual, as well as a copy of the USRowing Bylaws.

http ://www.usrowing.org/rules-of-rowing/

ROWING IN COLLEGE

USRowing provides resources and guidance on rowing in college for student athletes and parents; recruitment rules and practices, advice for youth rowers, what college coaches look for in a student athlete, college rowing database, the differences between Club and Division I/II/III, and eligibility requirements

A short guide for rowers and parents written by Will King.

If your Youth Athlete is interested in rowing beyond High School, it is important to start understanding the recruiting process and perspectives from college rowing coaches. The links provided are a couple webinars published by USRowing. We highly recommend watching these webinars and start talking to your coach about "Why you should row in college?

College Recruiting - Bill Manning, Assistant Coach Princeton University (7/16/19 - entire webinar)

Navigating the Recruiting Process with CaptainU (6/2/2021)

NCAA ROWING

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a member-led organization dedicated to the well-being and lifelong success of college athletes. The NCAA’s three divisions were created in 1973 to align like-minded campuses in the areas of philosophy, competition and opportunity.

Eligibility

College-bound students who want to compete at a Division I or Division II school must meet standards set by NCAA members. For Division III, athletes must meet the admissions standards set by the school. Eligibility standards can be found http://www.ncaa.org/student-athletes/future

Row2K

row2k was formed in Spring 1997 in response to the utter absence of rowing information about a couple championships, especially the EAWRC Sprints, at which Ed Hewitt had coached and still helps to run. After posting race times, dates, and directions to Lake Waramaug to rec.sport.rowing a few dozen times in a few days, Ed threw up some homemade HTML and got the word out. row2k was born.

row2k has since developed into a heavily trafficked rowing Website covering events and results, rowing classifieds, information on college rowing programs, camps and access to other rowing links.

http://www.row2k.com/