Oak Ridge to host first SEC rowing championship

Oak Ridge will become the first city to host the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Rowing Championship with the event set for May 11, 2025, on Melton Lake. The University of Tennessee’s rowing team will be competing against teams from Alabama, Oklahoma, and Texas during the event. Rowing is one of the newest sports added to the SEC. The rowing venue at Melton Lake has more than 30 miles of well-sheltered and calm water, as well as fully buoyed 7-lane 1,000- and 2,000-meter racecourses for spring races. Since 1978, the area has been used as a spring racecourse for the Oak Ridge Rowing venue, and in 2017, the Oak Ridge Rowing Association installed an additional 13.5-meter-wide racing lane.