Inaugural SEC Rowing Championship Location Announced: Roll Call, January 30, 2025

Rowing was approved as the 22nd sport to be sponsored by the Southeastern Conference and the 13th women’s sport on Aug. 23, 2024.
There are currently four members of the conference who sponsor the sport of rowing and will participate in the Championship: Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas. It was announced on Wednesday that the SEC Rowing Championship will take place in Melton Lake in Oak Ridge, Tenn.
“We look forward to adding the sport of rowing in the Southeastern Conference and bringing our first rowing championship to Oak Ridge, Tennessee,” SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said in a press release. “We believe Oak Ridge will provide an excellent venue for our student-athletes, and we appreciate the work of the Oak Ridge Rowing Association in hosting the event.”
The Melton Lake Rowing Venue has more than 30 miles of well-sheltered and calm water with fully buoyed 7-lane 1,000 and 2,000-meter racecourses for sprint races.
Today's Crimson Tide Schedule:
- No. 22 Alabama women's basketball at No. 12 Kentucky at 6 p.m. CT on SEC Network
Crimson Tide Results:
Did You Notice?
- Former Alabama standout softball pitcher Montana Fouts was selected by the Talons with the 35th pick of the 2025 AUSL Inaugural Draft.
Roll Talons, baby
— Talons | AUSL (@AUSL_Talons) January 30, 2025
with the 9th pick in the 2025 AUSL Inaugural Draft, we select...@MontanaFouts , from @AlabamaSB #AUSL pic.twitter.com/nAgAISEaho
- Alabama tennis standouts Filip Planinsek and Matic Kriznik have been named to the Slovenian Davis Cup Team and will face Indonesia in its first-round match on Jan. 31.
Good luck to Filip Planinsek and Matic Kriznik as they compete for Slovenia in the Davis Cup this weekend!
— Alabama Men's Tennis (@AlabamaMTN) January 29, 2025
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- Former Alabama golfers Justin Thomas, Lee Hodges and Nick Dunlap will compete on the PGA TOUR this weekend at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. Thomas has a first-round tee time of 11:27 a.m. CT on Thursday, Hodges will tee off at 11:40 a.m. and Dunlap will begin at 12:06 p.m.
Tide on Tour: AT&T Pebble Beach Pro Am
— Alabama Men's Golf (@AlabamaMGolf) January 29, 2025
Three former Crimson Tide golfers will compete in this weekend's @PGATOUR signature event
🔗 https://t.co/TyyZjQt6Zt#RollTide pic.twitter.com/WBo5xDy02T
- Alabama men's golfer Dominic Clemons is one of 35 collegiate golfers named to the 2025 Ben Hogan Award Watch List. This honor is annually awarded to the top men's NCAA Division I, II or III, NAIA or NJCAA college golfer based on all collegiate, amateur and professional events over the previous 12 months.
Congrats to Dominic Clemons who has been named to the Ben Hogan Award Watch List
— Alabama Men's Golf (@AlabamaMGolf) January 29, 2025
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Countdown to Crimson Tide's 2025 Football Season Opener:
- 212 days.
On This Day in Crimson Tide History:
January 30, 1961: Howard Schnellenberger was hired as end coach, one of two vacancies filled over the weekend by Paul W. “Bear” Bryant, the other being Elwood Kettler. The two new coaches replaced Jerry Claiborne, the new head coach at Virginia Tech, and Bob Ford, the new defensive line coach at Georgia.
Crimson Tide Quote of the Day:
"My emotions are going to be controlled by the game ... I don't think I'm going to be nostalgic."
- Howard Schnellenberger
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.@JalenMilroe on how winning the Academic Heisman Award has helped him in his mental game on the field.
— NFL Network (@nflnetwork) January 29, 2025
📺: Reese's Senior Bowl -- Saturday, 2:30pm ET on NFL Network pic.twitter.com/w4dPMZyiiT