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Summer Rowing

Athletes and parents, please use this to help guide your choices. We encourage out-of-season rowing, and the coaches are willing to discuss any opportunities below. Also, while we present the information, we do not claim that it is perfect. 

2025 Summer Programs

Updated April 2025

District Training Center (Coach Azim plans to coach here) 

Practices out of Thompson’s Boat Center in Washington, DC. If you have questions, please email coachazim@gmail.com.  

  • District Training Center invites competitive boys to register for our summer camp, where we will form two U19 eights and two U17 fours. This program is for experienced rowers ready to train at a high level and race throughout the summer. Selection is based on skill, commitment, and coach evaluation. Plans to race at IDR, Philadelphia Youth, and Canadian Henley 

  • Program Dates: June 30 – August 11 (Monday–Thursday (4x/week)) 

  • Registration is OPEN 

  • Cost: ~$1,400 

TBC Racing Summer Programs (Coach Rachel plans to coach here) 

Practices out of Thompson’s Boat Center in Washington, DC. If you have questions, please email info@tbcracing.org

  • Competitive Team - TBC Racing’s summer season competitive program. Train and race at the highest levels of the sport and enjoy doing it! U17, U19, and U23 squads. Eights and fours, with small-boat practice sessions. 

  • Program Dates: June 9 – August 12th (6+ practices a week)  

  • Registration is OPEN 

  • Cost: ~$1,900 

  • Juniors Dev Team - TBC Racing’s summer season junior development program. No races or weekends; five practices a week with flexible attendance. Improve your tech and fitness while having fun! 

  • Program Dates: June 9 – August 12th (5 practices a week)  

  • Registration is OPEN 

  • Cost: $1,500 

  • Summer Camp - TBC Racing’s learn-to-row summer camp teaches young athletes the basics of the sport while introducing them to the DC waterfront. Four two-week sessions are available for ages 12+. 

  • Program Dates: June 16 - August 8th (Mon-Fri, 9a-3p, two-week sessions) 

  • Registration is OPEN 

  • Cost: ~$950-$1,000 

DC National 

Practices out of 13015 Rileys Lock Road, Poolesville, Maryland 20837. If you have questions, please email dcnationalrowing@gmail.com

  • Competitive Team - DC National has opportunities for athletes with at least one rowing season. 

  • Program Dates: June 23 – August 10th   

  • Registration is OPEN 

  • Cost: $1,250 for high school and $1,000 for middle school 

  • Camps - DC National has High School and Middle School Summer Learn to Row Camps. Whether you're an aspiring rower or simply looking to try something new, join us for an exciting journey of learning a new sport. Their week-long camps are designed to introduce participants to the fundamentals of rowing in a supportive and inclusive environment. Rowers will develop their skills, build their fitness, learn water safety and most importantly have fun 

  • Program Dates: Varies  

  • Registration is OPEN 

  • Cost: $225 for 3 day camp, $375 for week-long camp 

Youth Summer Sculling (small boat development) 

Practices out of Thomspon’s Boat Center in Washington, DC. If you have questions, please email dpnoyes@gmail.com. Offers weekly, non-competitive sculling opportunities.  

  • Program Dates: TBD (late June – early August) 

  • Monday-Friday with a choice of 600-800am or 830-1030am 

  • Cost: ~$175 per week 

Potomac Boat Club - Summer Youth Sculling

Practices out of Potomac Boat Club in Washington, DC. If you have questions, please email JUPrograms@potomacboatclub.org. Offers U19 sculling programs and a U23 small boat camp. Click HERE for more info. 

  • Program Dates: TBD (June 2nd - July 31st, potentially Aug 11th) 

  • Applications are OPEN 

  • Cost: TBD (2024 was $1,800). Regatta fees excluded. 

Practices out of Anacostia Boathouse in Washington, DC. If you have questions, please email juniors_rep@capitalrowing.org. A week-long intro to rowing summer program for rising 7th-10th graders. The camps generally take place in August, for ages 12-16. 

  • Cost: $100 per week-long session. 

Prince William Crew (PWC) 

PWC offers summer competitive and developmental programs for experienced rowers. Sessions are in the morning Mondays through Fridays.  All PWC summer sessions focus on learning or developing sculling skills. 

  • For more details and to register for these programs, visit rowpwc.org.   

U.S. Naval Academy 

This overnight camp occurs in Annapolis, MD. The United States Naval Academy Athletic Association is excited to host another great year of overnight rowing camps in summer 2025! To maximize individual attention and maintain a low and safe camper-to-coach ratio, enrollment is limited so early application is encouraged. 

  • Session Dates:  

  • Session 1: 6/8/25-6/12/25

  • Session 2: 6/15/25-6/19/25

  • Session 3: 6/22/25-6/26/25 

  • Boys: 

  • Boys camp information is HERE 

  •  Applications are OPEN for boys 

  • Cost: $1,295 

  • Girls: 

  • Girls camp information is HERE 

  • Applications are OPEN for girls 

  • Cost: $1,295 

Wahoo Rowing Camp for Boys (University of Virginia) 

This overnight camp located in Charlottesville, VA, offers sculling and sweep. If you have questions, please email summercamp@virginiarowing.org. Program for boys, with camp size limited to roughly 20 athletes. Click HERE for more details. 

  • Program Dates 

  • Week 1: Sunday, July 13 to Friday, July 18 – Week 1 is full; accepting waitlist registrations only 

  • Week 2: Sunday, July 20 to Friday, July 25 

  • Week 3: Sunday, July 27 to Friday, August 1 

  • Cost: $1,250 

Ready Set Row

This competitive, overnight program occurs in Marietta, OH. If you have any questions, please contact info@readysetrow.com

  • Boys 

  • All junior and early college-level male rowers (age 13-19) as of December 31, 2025, with at least one season’s experience of sweep rowing or sculling. 

  • Erg time recommendations for a 2K: sub 7:10 for 13-16 year olds, sub 6:40 for 17-19 year olds. 

  • Camp information and registration for rowers and coxswains can be found HERE 

  • Cost: $8,950. Includes all room, board, hotel, regatta fees and transportation to the regatta. 

  • Girls 

  • All junior and early college-level female rowers (age 13-19) as of December 31, 2025, with at least one season’s experience of sweep rowing or sculling. 

  • Erg time recommendations for a 2K: sub 8:00 for 13-16 year olds, sub 7:30 for 17-19 year olds. 

  • Camp information and registration for rowers and coxswains can be found HERE 

  • Cost: $8,950. Includes all room, board, hotel, regatta fees and transportation to the regatta. 

Whitman Crew- Summer Developmental Sculling

This program is designed for athletes who already know how to row, and are looking to gain small boat experience. The program is primarily for athletes at Whitman Crew, however athletes from other teams may send an email to their coach & Coach David Noyes if interested in joining. All athletes should have at least 1 season of competitive sweep experience. Practice time will be spent in Singles and Doubles. Our goal is for athletes to feel confident taking hard steady state strokes in a single after 2 weeks. 

  • Weekly programs from June 23-Aug 11, 2025 

  • Each week’s session will have 2 timeslots. 6:00-8:00AM and 8:30-10:30AM. Practices will be at Thompson’s Boat Center in Washington DC. 

  • Each group is capped at 14 rowers. Rowers may sign up for up to 4 weeks however CANNOT sign up for both time slots in the same week. 

  • Cost: 

  • Whitman Rowers: $125 per week 

  •  Non-Whitman Rowers: $175 per week 

Penn AC Gold Junior Summer Program

This competitive, overnight program occurs in Philadelphia, PA. Programs for men and women; click HERE for more details. 

  • Program Dates: June 20-July 15 (with residential option June 19-July 16) 

  • Applications are OPEN 

  • Cost: $7,900 includes room and board 

Titan Rowing 

Summer Crew is a great way for rising 7th through rising 12th graders to learn to row, build your skills, stay in shape and have fun! Alexandria Crew Boosters offers a variety of two-week, summer rowing programs at the Dee Campbell Rowing Center. The Programs are open to rising 7th graders, (entering 7th grade in September) and above. Sculling is open to rising 10th graders and above who have 2 years of competitive rowing experience. 

 

There are three sessions each of: 

  • Novice Crew (7:15-9am), Intermediate Crew (7-8:45am),  and Sculling (6:45-8:15).  

  • Session 1 6/16-6/27 

  • Session 2 6/30-7/11 

  • Session 3 7/14-7/25 

  • Program Cost is $300 with 5% discount for multi-session registration 

 

For more details and to register visit HERE

SPARKS 

Hosts camps in several locations, including US universities and internationally. For more information and a list of summer camp locations, visit their website: Rowing Camps - Sparks

Row2k

row2k offers additional summer options across the country. 

Rowing Camps | row2k.com 

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