Mendota Rowing Club

05/27/2026

It's not too late to sign up for this year's Learn to Row - Sessions B and C are still open for registration. Learn the sport and spend your summer on beautiful Lake Mendota!! https://mendotarowingclub.com/Adult-LTR/

05/16/2026

Interested in learning how to row? Have friends who are curious about the sport and looking to try it out? Join MRC for our Free Rowing Day on June 6th!! https://mendotarowingclub.com/event-6677266

05/15/2026

Some clubs are promoting Return to Rowing "any Saturday during the month of May" to former rowers to come and check out local clubs. At Mendota Rowing Club, we welcome any experienced rower, any day we have a coached practice, any month of the year. Please just write [email protected] and we'll get you in a boat.

02/14/2026

We still have seats in our March Winter Indoor Learn to Row beginner class. We show you how to erg well, like a rower, and introduce concepts on land that you’ll use again in boats. Visit our website to register https://mendotarowingclub.com/event-6547524

01/29/2026

We have strong minds and hearts at our club. Check out this op-ed.

Amid institutional erasure of their autonomy, trans athletes deserve to be openly embraced by their teammates and representatives.

01/05/2026

In response to USRowings recent gender policy change:
Boathouses should be open to ALL rowers, regardless of race, sexual identity, or gender. Regattas should continue to be fully inclusive.

Mendota Rowing Club adamantly opposes the unjust and discriminatory policy changes made by USRowing, which prohibit transgender women from competing in the women’s category. Previously, rowers competing in USRowing sanctioned events were able to row and race in categories that aligned with their true gender identity.

USRowing opted to follow a politically charged mandate from the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee. This change in policy reverses any progress USRowing had made toward promoting inclusion in the sport.

As a club, we will continue to run practices as usual and will ensure that rowers continue to be recognized by their authentic gender identity. We will continue to speak out and push back to get these policies reversed. We call on other teams to speak out against these changes.

Mendota Rowing Club extends gratitude to for the inspiration for this post.

12/18/2025

We just can’t sit still! We do indoor workouts and we teach good erging. https://mendotarowingclub.com/Adult-LTR Is the place to go when you decide you are ready to start learning to row this winter and get into boats this spring. Free “give it a whirl” classes start in January; indoor foundations start in February.

12/07/2025

At 43°N, try as we might, we really do have to row inside this time of year. Come on in and give it a whirl! Join us for one of a couple flavors of classes: a free Intro to Indoor Rowing, and a Winter Learn to Row foundations class. More info and registration is here https://mendotarowingclub.com/Adult-LTR/

07/21/2025

Mendota Rower Charlie Westhoff reaches for gold!