Power 10
Weekly editorial analysis of scholastic and youth rowing — rankings, trends, and what the data says.

The British rankings, and a preview of National Schools'
The course at the National Water Sports Centre is a 2,000-metre straight cut by a forest on one side and a grandstand on the other, six lanes wide and pointed almost due south. Two and a half…
The Power 10: Women's V8+ and 2V8+, after Stotesbury
The model's US #1 women's V8+ didn't race at Stotesbury. The US #2 didn't race at Stotesbury. The US #3, #4, and #5 didn't race at…

The Power 10: Men's V8+ and 2V8+, after Stotesbury
Three weeks ago this list looked at four April A Finals — King's Crown, Mercer Lake, the Exeter Invitational, Noxontown — and read them…

Stotesbury 2026: St. Joseph's Prep owns the Schuylkill, Montclair owns the weekend's story
Forty teams across the two Varsity 8+ classes, 1,500 metres on the Schuylkill, and one programme walked off the dock with two Golds. St.…

The Power 10: Women's 2V8+, entering championship season
The Mercer Lake women's 2V Sprints on April 18 and 19 belonged to Greenwich. The King's Crown women's 2V A Final a week later belonged to…

The Power 10: Men's 2V8+, entering championship season
The men's 2V8+ is the boat class on this site where the model is the least sure of itself. The top four crews have RPI intervals more than…

What the rankings know, and what they don't
Every spring, the same conversation happens in every boathouse in the country. Someone says their crew would beat someone else's crew.…

The Power 10: Women's V8+, entering championship season
The model's #8 women's V8+ in the country took silver in the King's Crown A Final on April 26. The model's #2 won it. The crews ranked…

The Power 10: Men's V8+, entering championship season
The King's Crown Regatta on April 26 had four of the crews on this list in its A Final. Greenwich won. St. Joseph's Prep took silver, four…

A guided tour of the Rowing Power Index
Welcome. If this is your first visit, the homepage is the Starting 10, but it isn't the whole 1500 meters. The site has a few dozen pages,…
