In pursuit of this mission, usrowing will achieve the following results: steadily increase awareness of rowing consistently grow lifetime participation in rowing provide education on rowing safety, healthy training methods, and effective rowing technique provide standards for ALL rowers of safe, fair racing continually improve performance at the olympic games maintain fiscal growth and responsibility usrowing is a nonprofit membership organization recognized by the united states olympic & paralympic committee as the national governing BODY for the sport of rowing in the united states. Usrowing selects, trains and manages the teams that represent the u.s. In international competition, including the world championships, PAN american games, olympic games and paralympic games. More than 75,000 individuals and 1,300 organizations strong, usrowing serves and promotes the sport on ALL levels of competition. Usrowing membership reflects the spectrum of american rowers -- juniors, collegians, masters and those who ROW for recreation, competition, or fitness.