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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
As a young girl, Kate Knifton would watch her dad row. A former Texas alum who competed on club and national teams after college, Knifton’s dad encouraged her to follow in his footsteps. But before she...
