The now defunct National Collegiate Rowing Championship was a quasi-official national championship for men's collegiate rowing

College rowing (United States)

Rowing is one of the oldest intercollegiate sports in the United States. However, rowers comprise only 2.2% of total college athletes. This may be in part because of the status of rowing as an amateur sport and because not all universities have access to suitable bodies of water. In the 2002-03...

, held in Cincinnati, Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

, between 1983 and 1996. It pitted the winners of the Eastern Sprints

Eastern Sprints

Eastern Sprints refers to the annual rowing championship for the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges . Since 1974, the "Women's Eastern Sprints" has been held as the annual championship for the Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges league.*For the women's regatta, see Women's Eastern...

, the Pac-10s, the Intercollegiate Rowing Association

Intercollegiate Rowing Association

The Intercollegiate Rowing Association runs the IRA Championship Regatta, which is considered to be the United States collegiate national championship of rowing. Since 1995, it has been held on the Cooper River in Pennsauken, New Jersey, and includes both men's and women's events for sweep boats...

, and the Harvard-Yale Boat Race against each other in a finals-only event. Other crews, if they felt they were competitive, could also compete if there was room in the field. The winners were as follows:

• 1996 Princeton
  Princeton Tigers
  The Princeton Tigers are the athletic teams of Princeton University. The school sponsors 31 varsity sports. The school has won several NCAA national championships, including one in men's fencing, six in men's lacrosse, three in women's lacrosse, and eight in men's golf...
  
  
• 1995 Brown
  Brown Bears
  The Brown Bears is a name shared by all sports teams at Brown University, a university located in Providence, Rhode Island in the United States. The Bears are part of the Ivy League conference. Brown's mascot is Bruno. Both the men's and women's teams share the name, competing in 37 National...
  
  
• 1994 Brown
• 1993 Brown
• 1992 Harvard
  Harvard Crimson
  The Harvard Crimson are the athletic teams of Harvard University. The school's teams compete in NCAA Division I. As of 2006, there were 41 Division I intercollegiate varsity sports teams for women and men at Harvard, more than at any other NCAA Division I college in the country...
  
  
• 1991 Pennsylvania
  Penn Quakers
  The Penn Quakers are the athletic teams of the University of Pennsylvania. The school sponsors 27 varsity sports. The school has won three NCAA national championships in men's fencing and one in women's fencing.-Men's crew:-Football:...
  
  
• 1990 Wisconsin
  Wisconsin Badgers Crew
  The Wisconsin Badgers Crew is the rowing team that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Rowing at the University dates back to 1874.The women's openweight team is a NCAA Division I team...
  
  
• 1989 Harvard
• 1988 Harvard
• 1987 Harvard
• 1986 Wisconsin
  Wisconsin Badgers Crew
  The Wisconsin Badgers Crew is the rowing team that represents the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Rowing at the University dates back to 1874.The women's openweight team is a NCAA Division I team...
  
  
• 1985 Harvard
• 1984 Washington
  Washington Huskies
  Washington Huskies is the nickname of the University of Washington's athletic teams. The school is a member of the Pacific-12 Conference. The athletic program is made up of 9 men's sports and 10 women's sports Washington Huskies is the nickname of the University of Washington's athletic teams. The...
  
  
• 1983 Harvard