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The now defunct, short-lived National Collegiate Rowing Championship, often simply called the "Cincinnati Regatta," was a quasi- championship for men's and women's collegiate rowing, held in Cincinnati, Ohio, between 1982 and 1996. It pitted the winners of the Eastern Sprints, the Pac-10s, the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championship and other crews invited at-large. The invited crews usually included Eastern Sprints and Pac-10 medalists, and Harvard and Yale. The IRA National Championship has been considered the national collegiate rowing championship since it was first held in 1895.

The Cincinnati Regatta was founded as a way to popularize rowing in the midwest. After the creation of the NCAA Rowing Championship for women in 1997, the Cincinnati Regatta dissolved. Seven years later, Harvard and Yale returned to the IRA, the longstanding collegiate rowing championship regatta for men and, later, for lightweight women. The NCAA championship now holds this status for openweight women. [1]

The winners of the Cincinnati Regatta were as follows:

References

  1. ^ "ACRA Enters a New Era, Part 1: The Formation of ACRA". row2k.com. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
  2. ^ Levin, Dan (June 28, 1982). "It Was Yale, In A Breather". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2014-03-22.

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