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Joel Shinofield has been appointed chief executive officer of USRowing by the national governing body’s board of directors. He will start in his new role on October 13. Shinofield has been at USA Swimming since 2018, most recently serving as managing director, sport development. He has been responsible for more than 60% of revenue, which […]
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Peter Roby has been appointed interim CEO of USRowing, the sport’s national governing body, by the organization’s board of directors. He will take over immediately while Elevate Talent continues its search for a permanent CEO to lead USRowing. Roby spent 10 years as the athletic director at Northeastern University before retiring after the 2017-18 school […]
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USRowing is making a three-year commitment to train in California’s Big Bear Lake for three weeks in the springs of 2026, 2027 and 2028 leading up to the Olympic Summer Games in Los Angeles in 2028. The partnership, which will officially be announced on March 26, is a joint effort among Visit Big Bear, the […]
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Amanda Kraus will step down as CEO of USRowing, the national governing body for the sport of rowing in the United States. Kraus departs after five years in the position that saw significant growth in membership and participation, as well as efforts to attract new demographics to the sport. The USRowing Board of Directors intends […]
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USRowing Executive Director Rich Cacioppo will transition to a strategic advisory role for the organization over the coming months to support USRowing’s plans for coastal and indoors disciplines, high performance and grassroots facilities and the sport’s future. Cacioppo joined USRowing in January 2022 to lead efforts across membership, competition, learning and development and safeguarding. His […]
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The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee awarded USA Ultimate and USRowing with the 2024 DE&I Choice Awards for excellence in diversity, equity and inclusion practices during a reception at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Assembly in Colorado Springs. Created in 2015, the award identifies two NGBs annually for the creation of DE&I best practices. […]
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USRowing has announced a series of National Championships, U19 Trials and Beach Sprint Trials in Sarasota, Florida, from June 12–18, 2025. The 2025 Youth National Championships will run June 12–15 at Nathan Benderson Park, while the U19 National Team Trials for the single sculls, pair and double sculls will take place from June 16–17. As […]
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, will host USRowing’s 2025 RowFest National Championships, which take places July 12–20 in partnership with the Ann Arbor Sports Commission, Eastern Michigan University and Ypsilanti Township. RowFest — one of the nation’s largest rowing community events — will be staged at The Rowing Course at Ford Lake. The regatta will include traditional […]
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Whether it be state-by-state laws that are divergent in nature, international federations putting out mandates that may not match a member country’s intrinsic values and all in the background of the pandemic-era reckoning about race and diversity throughout the United States, national governing bodies throughout the U.S. Olympic movement have a list of topics to […]
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SportsTravel announced the winners of the 2023 SportsTravel Awards during the TEAMS ’23 Conference & Expo in The Palm Beaches of Florida, honoring the best events, venue and host city in the sports-event industry. TEAMS: Travel, Events And Management in Sports, is the world’s largest gathering of event organizers and travel planners from the sports […]
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