The Cardinal Invitational provides early-season clashes of powerhouse Women’s rowing programs in an invitation-only format. Many of these elite college teams spend the week in Oak Ridge as part of their Spring Training, and cap it with the two-day Invitational, on March 19 and 20 in 2022.

The Southern Intercollegiate Rowing Association (SIRA) Championship will compete on Friday and Saturday in 2022 due to Easter Sunday falling on April 17th.

Dogwood Juniors returns in 2022 as the premier 2000-meter test for youth across the Southeast. Practice April 22. Racing April 23 - April 24. Additional details and registration on Regatta Central. Timing and results on HereNow.

ORRA welcomes the American Athletic Conference to Oak Ridge for their Women’s Rowing Championship. Practice May 12 and May 13. Championship on May 14-15. Timing and results on HereNow.

Oak Ridge is proud to host ACRA in their 2022 Championship, bringing with them a wealth of history, competition, and passion to Melton Hill Lake.

7-lane,1000-meter sprints on Melton Hill Lake. Practice on Friday, May 28, 2022 and race on Saturday. Additional details and registration on Regatta Central. Timing and results through HereNow.

ORRA welcomes U17 and U19 clubs from across the United States to compete for the annual Summer Youth National Championships. This is prestigious event draws select and competitive teams to Melton Hill Lake's calm waters. College coaches also use this regatta as a specific opportunity for recruiting.

Join ORRA on beautiful Melton Lake as we host teams from the southeast and midwest as they compete over the traditional downstream (Saturday) and throwback upstream (Sunday) 5000m race courses. The Secret City Head Race offers racing for USRowing Youth (U19+exceptions), Collegiate Novice, Collegiate/Open, and Masters over two days in all boat sizes. We also […]

ORRA welcomes long time partner, the University of Louisville, to host 12 top Women's NCAA Division 1 rowing teams over two days of early season high end racing.  

A weekend clash of Division 1 Women's Rowing Teams from UT, UA and Oklahoma, with crews competing head to head on Saturday morning.

ORRA welcomes SIRA back to Melton Lake for their 2023 regatta. SIRA have been racing on Melton Lake for over 40 years which makes them the longest standing partner of ORRA. The SIRA regatta marks the end of year regatta for some teams, a prep for Nationals for others, and a qualification for the IRA […]

ORRA will host the annual Dogwood Junior Championship regatta, on Saturday and Sunday April 22-23. Top teams from the Southeast and Midwest go head to head on the water in what is typically the last full race for these team prior to their US Rowing Regional races and national selections. 2022 saw a record 587 […]