The Ridgewood Crew Girls SRAA Medalists from L- R: Skylar Kliesch, Emma Mohanram, Siobhan Ali, Olivia Kim, Cameron McDonough and Anna Mevissen. Llian Riedel in front. Photo by Stacey Kliesch.
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Crew has just returned from the Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) National Championship Regatta hosted on the Cooper River in New Jersey. Ridgewood Crew entered 8 events out of a total of 470 entries from 148 clubs.
The primary function of the SRAA® is to run the Scholastic Championship Regatta each May, determining the North American Champions. High school athletics does not allow sporting events to be held which decide national champions. This regatta, nevertheless, is informally recognized by the rowing community as a national championship.
On May 14th, 1935, W.E. Garrett Gilmore founded the Schoolboy Rowing Association of America. The association was formed to foster schoolboy rowing and to stage an annual regatta open to all schools of the world, the winner to be recognized as North American Champions.
Women started competing in 1974. The name was changed to Scholastic Rowing Association of America® in 1976 to reflect the inclusion of all athletes.
L-R Head Coach Boris Roque Alvarez, Anna Mevissen, Emma Mohanram, Siobhan Ali, Olivia Kim, Llian Riedel, Cameron McDonough, Skylar Kliesch and Coach Bob O’Connor
Ridgewood Crew Results for the 2022 Scholastic Rowing Association of America National Championship Regatta Include:
Gold Medalist Girls Varsity 1x Final Llian Riedel 6:10.23
Gold Medalists Girls Junior Varsity 4x Final Olivia Kim, Siobhan Ali, Emma Mohanram and Anna Mevissen 5:30.05
Bronze Medalists Girls Junior Varsity 2x Final Skylar Kliesch and Cameron McDonough 6:08.03
Fourth Place Boys Junior Varsity 4x Final Angus Jones, Sam Boogaert, Nate Harris and Thomas Clark 4:59.15
Sixth Place Boys Varsity 2x Final Ian Darby and William Conde 5:29.27
Fourth Place Boys Freshman 4x Heat 1 Anthony Dezelan, L. Evers, William Carroll, John Aguilar 5:33.90
Sixth Place Girls Varsity 2x Heat 3 Kate Hoffman and Cadence Ignoffo 6:47.97
Sixth Place Boys Varsity 4x Heat 2 Michael Lyakerman, Connor Sullivan, Moritz Kirchhoff-Lajonchere and Henry Rivera 5:26.95
Complete results can be found at http://results.regattatiming.com/backoffice/webpages/staticRaceResults.jsp?raceId=541
Ridgewood Crew not only introduces participants to basic and advanced rowing techniques, but also instills and promotes character values including discipline, focus, teamwork and sportsmanship. Ridgewood Crew rowers are challenged individually and as a team. The philosophy of Ridgewood Crew is to elevate each athlete to the status of MVP. By doing so, we believe that a team of young leaders emerges. These leaders not only make fast boats, but also significant contributions toward their individual pursuits. Founded in 2004, the team rows on the Passaic River in northern NJ and competes in the sport’s premier regattas held throughout the Northeast.
In the program’s short history, our youth, board and parent volunteers have moved Ridgewood Crew forward by leaps and bounds. That success is represented by the widespread individual and team achievements of each of the student-athletes on the roster. To facilitate that success, Ridgewood Crew continues to make investments in coaching and new equipment. The coaching staff is one of the most experienced in program history.
Learn To Row
Rowing and competing against the best high schools take dedication and commitment. We have built all our champions from the ground up! Our training system for all new rowers begins with the “Learn To Row” program, which teaches kids the basics of rowing. After that, if you wish to continue, you will be on our development team, and then have a chance to try out for the novice or freshman teams.
We are offering a Learn to Row program this summer (and at other times during the year). And we have videos of our team and registration forms on our website www.ridgewoodcrew.com.
Registration for Ridgewood Crew Learn-to-Row Sessions Is Open*. $300/session
LTR 1: June 11-12; 8AM-12PM
LTR 2: June 18-19; 8AM-12PM
LTR 3: June 25-26; 8AM-12PM
LTR 4: July 2-3; 8AM-12PM
LTR 5: July 9-10; 8AM-12PM
LTR 6: July 16-17; 8AM-12PM
*Maximum of 8 rowers per session; each rower must pass a swim test before the start of the LTR session. Swim test forms can be found on our website: http://www.ridgewoodcrew.com
Ridgewood Crew athletes compete in the Philly Flicks on the Schuylkill River as well as at the highly competitive SRAA Nationals, Stotesbury Cup Regatta, Philadelphia City Championships, Passaic River Northern NJ Championships, Cooper Cup and Garden State Championships. Additionally, the team’s overall performance continues to attract interest from top rowing colleges and universities including: Bucknell, Boston College, Boston University, Columbia, Cornell, Drexel, Duke, Fairfield, Fordham, George Mason, Georgetown, Harvard, Holy Cross, Lehigh, Marist, Northeastern, Notre Dame, Purdue, Syracuse, Trinity College, University of Delaware, University of North Carolina, University of Wisconsin, Villa Nova, Williams, and others.
Ridgewood Crew offers several ways for you to experience our mission: join the team, volunteer or donate. Student athlete programs being with Learn-To-Row for middle schoolers.
For more information contact Ridgewood Crew at http://www.ridgewoodcrew.com.
Congrats Ridgewood rowers!
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