USRowing Summer National Championships

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 will be held in on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, NJ.

History

The National Association of Amateur Oarsmen, predecessor of the USRA, first held a National Championship regatta in 1873.[1]

As early as 1999, the USRA held separate "Club National Championships" ("Club Nats") and National Championships events.[2] The National Championships was called "Elite National Championships" starting in 2007.[3] Club Nationals was intended for youth, intermediate, and senior level athletes, while Elite Nationals was intended for elite athletes. Elite level events were added to Club Nationals in 2016 and the elite events were eliminated. The name of the regatta was changed to "National Championships" in 2019 to reflect the inclusion of elite events, and the regatta was expanded from five to six days.[4] In 2021, the name was changed to "Summer National Championships."[5] In 2022, USRowing split the regatta into separate "Youth Summer National Championships" and "Summer National Championships" in order to avoid a six-day long regatta, which had become exhausting to venues and participants.[6]

References
  1. "ROWING ON THE SCHUYLKILL.; SECOND DAY OF THE AMATEUR OARSMEN'S REGATTA". timesmachine.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
  2. "Rowing Regatta Results | row2k.com". row2k. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  3. USRowing National Championship historical results
  4. USRowing National Championships 2019 entry packet
  5. "2021 Summer National Championships". USRowing. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  6. "2022 USRowing Summer National Championships FAQ". USRowing. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
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