Survivor Rowing Network

01/15/2026

Beautiful ROWvivor story. Love the concept of the Mentors- Survivor Rowers helping to teach those new to the sport. Can't wait to see this program launch next weekend.

01/12/2026

SRN is heading back to the San Diego Crew Classic for the second annual Survivor Row and we invite you to join us. The event is open to members of SRN programs and registered individuals. The 2k event is Sat 3.28 and we invite teams to register a boat or individuals to join a composite boat. Please complete the questionnaire below by 1.23 to show your interest and more details will be available at the end of Jan.

https://forms.gle/STpigwigRYZrv1SG8

01/09/2026

Great news- new members welcome at Recovery on Water- a fabulous program. Please share with your friends in Chicago!

We are welcoming new members in January at a ROWpen House! Interested in learning about Recovery on Water (ROW)? Click link in bio - Contact ROW to join our team.

Recovery on Water (ROW) is a rowing team, in the Chicago area, for breast cancer survivors and previvors. ROW offers participants a unique opportunity to become actively involved in their recovery and gain the support of their peers.

01/07/2026

We invite you to join us for the Concept2 Virtual January Challenge!

Register your team in the Concept2 Virtual Team Challenge or Join the Survivor Rowing Network team. Log your meters and join the fun. You must register by Jan 16.

https://log.concept2.com/challenges/vtc

We will aggregate all the meters logged by SRN teams. Last year we completed almost 1.5 million. Can we reach 2 million this year?
See 2025 results below.

Let's DO this and get this awesome 2026 started together!

01/06/2026

What a meaningful Exhibition Row for Survivor Rowing Club New Orleans!

As we jump into the 2026 rowing season, we want to take a minute to highlight a very meaningful race that capped out 2025 season.

Survivor Rowing Club had the honor of racing at the Louisiana State Championship Regatta in a special 2500m exhibition row alongside the Xavier University rowing team. The crew finished the Industrial Canal course in 12:43, but this race held a far deeper meaning.

We rowed in honor of Jittaun Burgess, the aunt of .rowing athlete Mekhi Akonner, who recently lost her battle with breast cancer. Mekhi paid tribute to her by leading our 8 as stroke seat, and his family stood on the bank together, cheering him on and celebrating her life. It was a powerful and emotional moment for everyone.

Mekhi was joined by his Xavier teammates Diamond Smith and Taylor Kentish. Taylor shared why this row meant so much to her:

“I chose to race with the Survivor Rowing Club because this fight is personal to me. My mom is celebrating 10 years in remission, and my grandmother lost her battle with breast cancer. Rowing alongside survivors is my way of honoring their strength and the strength of every fighter. Their resilience inspires me, and it’s an honor to row in the boat with them.”

A heartfelt thank you to for partnering with us for this meaningful exhibition row. We are also grateful to .rowing for inviting us to race and for being such supportive hosts.

It was a special day on the water and a reminder of the strength, love, and community that carry us forward.

12/15/2025

Holiday Festivities!

12/10/2025

Incredibly excited and proud to share the news that Aviron Santé CA Lyon- one of SRN's founding programs is one of three finalists for the World Rowing Rowing Programme of the Year. Their programme is "Rowing for Health".

This award underscores World Rowing’s commitment to expanding the international Rowing community, involving clubs, schools and universities more deeply, and highlighting their crucial role in developing the sport.

We met Coach Pauline Carton-Kozak and her team at Head Of The Charles Regatta in 2023 and we became fast friends and partners in the international growth of our network. Sharing the important message that exercise is medicine and we encourage all to join us. Congratulations on this amazing recognition and thank you to World Rowing. We hope to work together to launch more programmes like this around the world. 🩷🩷

12/09/2025

Two SRN coaches are in the top 10 for JL Racing Coach of the Year, selected from hundreds of submissions! Please read their stories and show your support of these two outstanding coaches - Coach Mel from Cortlandt Rowing and Coach Matt from who coaches at We Can Row Philadelphia! Thrilled to have their outstanding work recognized! Please vote SRN!

https://jlrowing.com/pages/coach-of-the-year

12/02/2025

11/25/2025

Great work by Upper Valley Rowing Foundation!