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Ridgewood Crew Wins Double Gold, Second-Most Medals Overall at 2026 Stotesbury Cup

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The all-senior Ridgewood crew of Luciano Saladino and James Ryan capped an undefeated lightweight rowing season by taking home the James R. Barker Jr. Trophy at the 2026 Stotesbury Cup after trouncing the competition in the Boys Lightweight Senior Double event. (Credit: Denise Ryan)

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Ridgewood Crew won more medals than any other sculling team and took home two championship trophies this past weekend at the 2026 Stotesbury Cup Regatta, finishing off an outstanding spring rowing season that saw the team set several new program records.

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Triple Trophies: Ridgewood Crew Claims 15 Total Medals, Wins Boys and Girls State HS Sculling Titles at Weekend Races

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Ridgewood Crew holding trophies for winning the New Jersey boys and girls sculling team titles at the 2026 Garden State Scholastic Championships on the Cooper River. This was the fourth consecutive high school state rowing title for the boys’ team and the first for the girls’ team since 2023. (Credit: Reed Richardson)

Ridgewood Crew showed why it is among the best rowing teams in the nation this past weekend with dominant, back-to-back performances on the Cooper River in southern New Jersey

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Pennsauken, New Jersey – Ridgewood Crew showed why it is among the best rowing teams in the nation this past weekend with dominant, back-to-back performances on the Cooper River in southern New Jersey. In all, the team’s boats earned 15 total medals, three trophies, and two state titles, while qualifying 11 entries for the Scholastic Rowing national championships next month.

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Ridgewood Crew Caps Off Record-Setting Fall Season with Six Golds, Overall Team Victory at 2025 Hidden River Chase

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Ridgewood Crew’s Girls 1st Junior 4x boat took second at the 2025 Hidden River Chase. Freshman Lucia Krauza and sophomore Zurie Yela (pictured above) also won gold in the regatta’s Girls 2nd Junior 2x race, while freshman Jaya Suri and Maya Ashwin came in second in the Girls 1st Junior 2x event. Photo credit: Diva Yela

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – At Sunday’s Hidden River Chase regatta on the Schuylkill River, Ridgewood Crew finished off its 2025 head racing season the same way it had performed throughout the fall: by winning races and bringing home plenty of hardware.

Facing dozens of teams across the mid-Atlantic, Ridgewood rowers topped the field in six different events and scored three other podium finishes on the Schuylkill’s 4,000-meter course. Its  six gold medals were twice as many as any other club, helping power it to a team victory with 117.5 overall points, easily outdistancing the second-place club’s 94.75. 

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Weekend Blowout: Ridgewood Crew Amasses Eight Golds, 19 Total Medals at Back-to-Back Saturday, Sunday Regattas

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Ridgewood Crew’s Tristan Riedel, Will Nasr, Lucas Evers, and Sam Scharfenberg won gold (Mens High School Junior 4x) on Saturday at the Garden State Regatta. (Photo Credit: John Nasr)

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Pennsauken NJ, Ridgewood Crew put on a dazzling team rowing performance during back-to-back regattas at the Cooper River Park race course this past weekend, bringing home eight gold, six silver, and five bronze medals overall.

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