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Ridgewood Crew National Champs in Boys Lightweight Double, Tops in Sculling Medals at 2026 SRAA Rowing Championships

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Ridgewood Crew seniors Luciano Saladino and James Ryan capped off an undefeated lightweight rowing season this spring by winning a national championship in the Boys Lightweight Senior 2x race at the 2026 Scholastic Rowing Association of America regatta in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. (Credit: Jimmy Saladino)

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Oak Ridge, Tennessee – Ridgewood won its fifth national rowing title in five years and took home five medals overall at the 2026 Scholastic Rowing Association of America regatta this past weekend. And for the second year in a row, the team also topped the entire field for the most sculling event podium finishes — one gold, two silver, and two bronze — and ranked second among all schools for total medals won, coming just behind a sweeping program from the Midwest that took home six medals.

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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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Ridgewood Crew Wins Top Scholastic Sculling Team Honors, Qualifies Team Record 21 Rowers for Youth Nationals

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Ridgewood Crew shows off its hardware in a group photo with Coaches Boris Roque-Alvarez and Kassandra Luna (Photo credit:Elizabeth Suri)

Ridgewood had sent 11 of its 17 boats through to the finals, claimed seven total medals, and amassed 131 points among sculling teams, good enough for third overall out of 29 programs

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West Windsor, New Jersey – Ridgewood Crew broke a team record this past Sunday by qualifying nine boats and 21 rowers for the USRowing Youth National Championships during its racing at the 2026 Mid-Atlantic Regional Championships.

Facing a deep field of 550 entries from more than five-dozen scholastic and club teams across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, and the District of Columbia, Ridgewood’s overall performance established it as among the best programs in the region. By the regatta’s end, Ridgewood had sent 11 of its 17 boats through to the finals, claimed seven total medals, and amassed 131 points among sculling teams, good enough for third overall out of 29 programs. That mark was also tops among all scholastic sculling teams. 

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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 Scores Three Medals, Claims Third Place in Horvat Race Series During Weekend Regatta Double Header

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Ridgewood scored one of its two silver medals at the 2026 Mercer Lake Sprints in the Womens U17 4x race. This runner-up quad was crewed by sophomores Nicole Manevich and Zurie Yela, along with freshmen Courtney Spence and Gracie Demercado. (Photo credits: Diva Yela)

By the end of the weekend, Ridgewood had amassed three medals and three more top five finishes at Mercer Lake, and claimed a first- and second-place finish in Philly.

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West Windsor, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Ridgewood Crew split its squad into two this past weekend, and rowed its way to simultaneous success in regattas in central New Jersey and in Philadelphia. 

Nine Ridgewood boats went to the Mercer Lake Sprints competition on both Saturday and Sunday, where more than 700 entries from five-dozen teams across the mid-Atlantic and northeast competed on a 2,000-meter course. On Sunday, seven different crews from Ridgewood competed amongst a field of 480 boats and nearly 80 clubs in 1,500-meter sprint races, as part of the final installment of the Philadelphia Scholastic Racing Association’s Manny Flick spring racing series.

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Ridgewood Crew Scores 6 Wins, 14 Top Three Finishes at Manny Flick 4 Regatta in Philadelphia

Ridgewood Crew freshman Jaya Suri (shown here with Coach Boris Roque-Alvarez bested the field in the Girls Varsity 1x event for her second consecutive win at the Manny Flick series on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. (Photo credit: Jae Han)

Ridgewood Crew claimed six first-place, five second-place, and three third-place finishes this past Sunday at the fourth regatta in the five-race Manny Flick / Horvat spring racing series

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Ridgewood Crew claimed six first-place, five second-place, and three third-place finishes this past Sunday at the fourth regatta in the five-race Manny Flick / Horvat spring racing series. The series, organized by the Philadelphia Scholastic Rowing Association, pits boats against one another down a 1,500-meter course on the Schuylkill River, with teams split up into separate flights or heats. Ridgewood had 17 entries at the regatta, the most of any school, and joined more than 420 boats from 80 different teams across Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

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March Madness: Ridgewood Crew Claims Top Sculling Honors at a Blustery Manny Flick 3 Regatta to Start Spring Season

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Ridgewood Crew’s Lucia Krauza and Zurie Yela won their flight in the Girls JV 2x race at the 2026 Manny Flick 3 Regatta in Philadelphia. The pair were the youngest duo in the event. (Photo credit: Diva Yela)

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Ridgewood Crew kicked off its spring racing season in style on Sunday, winning half of all its races and claiming the overall sculling points title for the day at the 2025 Manny Flick 3 Regatta. This competition on the Schuylkill River, hosted by the Philadelphia Scholastic Rowing Association, is part of a five-race series that serves as an early season test for rowing teams, who compete in separate heats/flights over a 1,500-meter sprint course. Sunday’s race was open to high school athletes from ninth through 12th grade, and attracted 377 entries from 74 clubs in the mid-Atlantic region. Ridgewood topped the field with 18 entries overall.

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Nailed It: Ridgewood Crew Wins Four Golds, Fastest Overall Boys Team Title at 2026 Haddon Hammer

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The Ridgewood Crew boys team won the ‘fastest boat’ team title at the New Jersey Indoor Rowing Championships for the second year in a row, taking home the 2026 Haddon Hammer trophy.
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Ridgewood  NJ – Ridgewood Crew dominated the 2026 New Jersey Indoor Rowing Championships on Sunday, claiming the top spot in four of six juniors events and taking the overall fastest team title in the boys category. This event, also known as the Haddon Hammer, was hosted at Haddon Township High School and this year featured nearly 260 youth athletes from 14 different clubs across New Jersey, all racing on individual rowing machines. Ridgewood Crew fielded 39 athletes across middle and high school categories, making it the second-largest team to compete.

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Ridgewood Crew Flips Power Switch at 2026 Winter Watt Farm With Five Golds, 11 Podium Finishes

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Ridgewood Crew placed four in the top five and six in the top eight of the Men’s Lightweight 2,000 meter race at the 2026 Winter Watt Farm. The team’s first place finisher in the race was senior Luciano Saladino, flanked by the Ridgewood Crew coaching staff. (Photo credit: Maggie Dwyer) 

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Lyndhurst, New Jersey – Ridgewood Crew turned its medal-winning power up to 11 on Saturday at the 2026 Winter Watt Farm erg race. This indoor rowing meet, held at Ridgewood’s home boathouse, the Bergen County Rowing Center, and hosted by the Passaic River Rowing Association, featured more than 250 middle school and high school youth rowers from 10 different clubs across New York and New Jersey. For the second year in a row, Ridgewood took home five gold medals at the event, which featured 1,000-meter, 2,000-meter, and two-minute races.

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Ridgewood Crew Wins Double Gold at the 2026 Ironmen Erg Classic

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Ridgewood Crew Freshman Jaya Suri and Sophomore Wesley Richardson won their respective girls and boys Freshman/Novice 2000-meter erg races at the 2026 Ironmen Erg Classic indoor regatta.
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Ramsey NJ, January 17, 2026, Ramsey, New Jersey – Ridgewood Crew launched its 2026 rowing season with double victory and six finishers in the top 10 at the 13th annual Ironmen Erg Classic hosted by the Don Bosco Preparatory High School in Ramsey, New Jersey. This year’s event, the largest in its history, featured more than 600 middle school and high school rowers from 22 different clubs across New York and New Jersey.

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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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Fire Fall: Ridgewood Crew Claims Men’s JV Singles Title, Six Total Medals at 2025 Head of the Schuylkill Regatta

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Ridgewood Crew sophomore Graham Richardson won first place in the Mens High School Junior Varsity Singles event at the 2025 Head of the Schuylkill Regatta in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is his second victory in three years at this regatta. Also pictured is Ridgewood Head Coach Boris Roque-Alvarez (center left), and assistant coaches Joe Calvarusso (left) and Bob O’Connor (right). Photo Credit: Monika Richardson

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – To match the peak autumn foliage on display this past Sunday in Philadelphia, Ridgewood Crew captured its own array of dazzling colors by bringing home six medals from the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta.

The regatta’s 3,800-meter course requires rowers to navigate through four bridges as well as rival boats, which compete in a staggered, time-trial head racing format. The 2025 Head of the Schuylkill, the race’s 55th year, was a two-day event that featured several thousand rowers of all ages from nearly 300 clubs across nine countries. On Sunday, mainly reserved for youth races, Ridgewood had a robust 29 entries in 15 different events, with almost all athletes competing in two races.

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Ridgewood Crew Scores Top 10 Finish, Club-Best Performance at 2025 Head of the Charles Regatta

Junior Tristan Riedel and senior Will Nasr placed eight in the 2025 Head of the Charles Men’s Youth Doubles race, the highest individual race finish at that regatta in the club’s history. Credit: Jae Han

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Ridgewood NJ, on a near-perfect day for rowing at the 60th Head of the Charles in Boston, where course records were broken in eight out of the regatta’s 12 youth events, Ridgewood Crew made its own history with a best-ever team performance that included an eighth-place finish and two other boats finishing 11th. 

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River Wild: Ridgewood Hauls in 10 Medals, 5 Gold at an Unpredictable 2025 Head the Passaic Regatta

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At the 2025 Head of Passaic Regatta, Ridgewood won three out of the four doubles races it entered. Junior Maya Ashwin and freshman Jaya Suri claimed gold in the Womens High
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Crew displayed its flexibility, determination, and perseverance at the annual Head of the Passaic Regatta (HOPR) in Lyndhurst, NJ, this past weekend, overcoming a last-minute date change and an, at times, highly challenging race course to score five victories and 10 overall podium finishes.

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Making History: Ridgewood Crew Wins First International Gold to Cap Summer of Standout Performances

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Rising sophomore Graham Richardson won three races during Ridgewood Crew’s 2025 summer season, the last of which was a historic gold medal in the Mens Under 17 singles event at the prestigious Royal Canadian Henley Regatta in St. Catharines, Canada.  (Photo credit: Mark Riedel)

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Crew scored the first international gold medal in its 21-year history to cap off a 2025 summer rowing season that saw standout performances — and 15 top-three finishes — across two regattas in New Jersey and Canada. 

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