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Dynasty established, what’s next? Texas rowing head coach confident ahead of 2025 season

Dynasty established, what’s next? Texas rowing head coach confident ahead of 2025 season

Ayan Masud, General Sports Reporter October 1, 2024

In June, Texas rowing solidified itself as the NCAA’s newest rowing dynasty.  It took a time of around six minutes and nine seconds in the First Varsity Eight for Texas Rowing to secure the 2024...

Former Texas rower Etta Carpender speaks out on lack of effort, coverage by NCAA

Former Texas rower Etta Carpender speaks out on lack of effort, coverage by NCAA

Meaghan English, Senior Sports Reporter July 16, 2024

Rowing carries a large bulk of the success of Texas Athletics. With three national championships in the last four years, the team has made a name as one of the premier programs on the 40 Acres. So why...

Freshman Yasmin Howe and sophomore Chloe Cooper celebrate after winning the Varsity 8+ race sat the Longhorn Invitational on April 27, 2024.

Texas rowing wins third national championship in 4 years

Isa Almeida, Sports Desk Editor June 11, 2024

No.1 Texas rowing captured its third NCAA National Championship in four years on June 2 with victories in the Four and First Varsity Eight Grand Finals. It was the first time the program won two events...

Texas Rowing starting its ascent

Texas Rowing starting its ascent

Ethan Kirschner, General Sports Reporter April 15, 2024

Champions are often built through offseason preparation and improvement, and just one week into the racing season, Texas Rowing has already shown the country that it used the break to continue building...

Texas rowing alumnae selected for Team USA, will head to Paris this summer

Texas rowing alumnae selected for Team USA, will head to Paris this summer

Lia Hoang, General Sports Reporter April 12, 2024

From the Forty Acres to the Eiffel Tower, UT alumnae Kaitlin Knifton and Mary “Daisy” Mazzio-Manson qualified for the 2024 Olympic team for rowing and are heading to Paris this summer. They mark the...

Texas Rowing primed for another national championship run

Texas Rowing primed for another national championship run

Ethan Kirschner, General Sports Reporter April 3, 2024

Texas Rowing has started its quest for a third national championship in four seasons. The team just hit the water for the first time this year last week at the “Rust Buster,” featuring Texas, Oklahoma...

From north to south to the top of the rowing mountain: the story of Anna Jensen

From north to south to the top of the rowing mountain: the story of Anna Jensen

Ethan Kirschner, General Sports Reporter March 22, 2024

Bay City, Michigan is a city of about 30,000 people tucked away in the northeast part of the state. Despite the national prowess of Texas Rowing, a state on the northern border is an unlikely place to...

Parker Illingworth’s triumphs with Texas and Canada in the Collegiate and International World

Parker Illingworth’s triumphs with Texas and Canada in the Collegiate and International World

Ylver DeLeon-Rios, General Sports Reporter November 17, 2023

After winning back-to-back national titles for Texas in 2021 and 2022 and earning gold and bronze for Team Canada at the 2023 Pan American Games, senior Parker Illingworth’s rowing career is rife with...

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Texas rowing head coach Dave O’Neill previews upcoming Waco Regatta, 2024 season

Haden Knobloch, General Sports Reporter November 9, 2023

Texas rowing will head up the road for the Waco Regatta this weekend. The main focus for head coach Dave O’Neill and his team is going to be competing with each other.  “We will be racing in mixed...

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Amber Harwood’s journey from Great Britain to Texas

Ylver Deleon-Rios, General Sports Reporter October 27, 2023

After sparking an interest in the sport at age 12, senior Amber Harwood has grown a deep connection with rowing.  Harwood gravitated to the sport following the 2012 Olympic Games. Seeing the success...

Gia Doonan becomes second rowing athlete to be inducted into UT Hall of Honor

Gia Doonan becomes second rowing athlete to be inducted into UT Hall of Honor

Rylan Heritage, General Sports Reporter September 7, 2023

Gia Doonan and the Texas rowing team were in England this past summer to compete at the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta when she received a phone call from Chris Del Conte. Doonan was confused, thinking...

Texas rowing caps off season with trip to Henley Royal Regatta

Texas rowing caps off season with trip to Henley Royal Regatta

Lindsey Plotkin, Senior Sports Reporter July 13, 2023

Texas rowing traveled across the pond to participate in the Henley Royal Regatta in Henley-on-Thames, England. The reigning Big 12 Champions competed in several of the regatta’s challenge cups, bringing...

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