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Golden Finale: Ridgewood Crew Finishes Fall Season with a Win and Four Overall Podium Finishes at 2024 Hidden River Chase

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Ridgewood Crew won the 2024 Hidden River Chase Boys 1st Junior 4x race for the second year in a row. This year’s boat was crewed by Lucas Evers, Will Nasr, Tristan Riedel, and Uhmjoo Han. Photo credit: Mark Riedel

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Crew capped off a highly successful 2024 fall season at the Hidden River Chase in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, claiming a gold medal and four top-three finishes overall. At the 4,000-meter event on the Schuylkill River that featured more than 200 boats from over 30 clubs around the region, Ridgewood had the second-highest number of team entries, with 14.

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Ridgewood Crew Scores a Silver, Two Other Top 10 Finishes at 2024 Head of the Schuylkill Regatta

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Crew brought home a silver medal and two other boats finished in the top 10 on Sunday at the 54th annual Head of the Schuylkill Regatta (HOSR) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Run on a 3,800-meter course that twists and turns under four bridges, this year’s Head of the Schuylkill featured more than 8,500 rowers of all ages from 282 clubs across the United States, Canada, and four other countries. Ridgewood sent 26 athletes to compete in 12 boats. 

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Ridgewood Crew Sends Record-High10 Rowers to 2024 Head of the Charles Regatta

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Ridgewood’s Men’s Youth Eights boat racing at the 2024 Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, Massachusetts. Credit: Mark Riedel

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Ridgewood NJ, a club-record 10 rowers from Ridgewood Crew competed at the 59st annual Head of the Charles Regatta (HOCR) in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 20. 

The Head of the Charles is the largest three-day rowing regatta in the world. This year, roughly 12,000 athletes from 828 clubs and more than two-dozen countries rowed in over 2,600 entries at the event. The HOCR is so popular that teams that have not qualified at previous years’ races must apply and win a draw to get a chance to participate.

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Home Cookin’: Ridgewood Crew Scores Five Medals, One Gold,at the 2024 Head of the Passaic Regatta

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At the 2024 Head of Passaic Regatta, juniors Daniel Hept and Luciano Saladino cruised to victory in the Mens High School 2nd Varsity 2x race. Credit: Maggie Dwyer

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Ridgewood NJ, racing on its home river, Ridgewood Crew struck gold and brought home five medals in total at the 21st annual Head of the Passaic Regatta in Lyndhurst, New Jersey on October 13. 

Ridgewood joined 32 other clubs and more than 350 total competitors racing on the 3,700-meter course at the HOPR, which was co-hosted by the Passaic River Rowing Association and Nereid Boat Club. 

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Summer of Success: Ridgewood Crew Scores Top Performances Across Three Regattas from Philly to Canada

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Rising sophomore Tristan Riedel was Ridgewood Crew’s top performer at the 2024 Independence Day Regatta, coming in third overall in the Mens U17 1x race.  (Photo credit:Mark Riedel)

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Crew’s summer rowing session picked up where its successful spring season left off, as athletes scored standout performances at the Independence Day Regatta in Philadelphia on June 29, the Overpeck Summer Sprints in Leonia, N.J. on July 27, and the Royal Canadian Henley Regatta in St. Catharines, Canada from July 30 to August 4. 

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Ridgewood Crew Rows Two Boats Into Top 10 at 2024 US Rowing Youth National Championships

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The Ridgewood Mens Youth 2x boat of junior Lucas Evers and sophomore Will Nasr rowed to a sixth-place finish at the 2024 USRowing Youth National Championships in Sarasota, Florida. (Photo credit: Mark Riedel)

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Crew capped off its spring sprint rowing season in fine form at the four-day 2024 US Rowing Youth National Championships in Sarasota, Florida. Competing on the 2,000-meter course at Nathan Benderson Park in sweltering temperatures that reached the upper 90s each day, Ridgewood joined a massive field of 853 qualifying boats from 224 clubs around the country. In all, the team placed five out of its six boats in the top 16 and saw two boats row their way into the championship final.

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Ridgewood Crew Claims Two Gold, Three Bronze, and Ties for Second Overall with Five Team Medals at 2024 Stotesbury Cup

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Sam Scharfenberg, Tristan Riedel, Lucas Evers, and Will Nasr continued their winning ways this season at the 2024 Stotesbury Cup. The Boys Junior Quad boat followed up their victory at the Garden State Scholastic Regatta three weeks ago by taking home the George C. Hines Trophy this past weekend. (Photo Credit: Mark Riedel)

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Philadelphia Pa,  Ridgewood Crew finished off its regularly scheduled spring season with a standout performance at the 2024 Stotesbury Cup, the largest scholastic rowing event in the country. In all, Ridgewood raced 11 boats and took home five medals — two gold and three bronze — tying for second place overall in podium finishes on the Schuylkill River this past weekend. 

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Sunshine State Bound!: Ridgewood HS Crew Claims Five Medals, Qualifies Five Boats for Nationals at Mid-Atlantic Championships

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Ridgewood Crew medal winners from the Mens U17 2x, Mens U17 1x, and Mens Youth 2x races pose at the 2024 Mid-Atlantic Youth Championships in West Windsor, New Jersey  (Photo Credit: Maggie Dwyer)

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West Windsor NJ, at the 2024 Mid-Atlantic Youth Championships this past weekend on Mercer Lake, the Ridgewood Crew high school team brought home a gold, three silvers, and a bronze medal, while qualifying eight rowers in five boats for the USRowing Youth National Championships in Sarasota, Florida, next month.

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Ridgewood Crew’s Medals Shine Bright Despite Gray, Gloomy Regatta Day

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Medals shine brighter on a wet and gloomy day! From left to right. Coach Boris Roque-Alvarez, Aiofe Ali, Thelma Flowers, Ryan Mincey, Sam Ponomarciuc, Anais Friedrich, Elsa Friedrich, Lucas Evers, Will Nasr, Sam Scharfenberg, Tristan Riedel, Uhmjoo Han, Matt Moomjy, Coach Kassandra Luna, and Coach Bob O’Donnell (Photo Credit: Gabi Reidel)

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Philadelphia Pennsylvania , Ridgewood Crew powered through a cold and
damp weekend at the 2024 City Championships in Philadelphia with a blistering hot
performance, sending nine of its 12 boats to the finals and bringing home three golds, two
trophies, and a silver medal. Its three gold medals tied with four other schools for the most
first-place finishes at the meet.

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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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Ridgewood Crew Doubles Up on 1st Place Wins, Pulls In 6 Podium Finishes Overall at 5th Manny Flick / Horvat Meet

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The Ridgewood Crew Varsity Girls 2x boat of Anais and Elsa Friedrich took first once again on Sunday, reprising their victory from the 3rd Manny Flick race two weeks ago. (Photo Credit: David Dessel)

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , Ridgewood Crew finished off the Manny Flick /  Horvat series of races in style on Sunday, grabbing two 1st place finishes, four other podium finishes, and 10 top-5 finishes in total. This final event in the 1500-meter racing series on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia featured more than 550 rowers from 89 clubs across five different states in the mid-Atlantic region.

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Ridgewood Crew Claims Five Wins at Weather-Shortened 4th Manny Flick / Horvat Meet

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Ridgewood Crew Girls were pumped and ready to row, but the weather had other plans for them. From left to right Senior Anais Friedrich, Sophomore Ryan Mincey, Junior Aoife Ali, and Junior Julie Smith. (Photo Credit: Elsa Friedrich)

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Ridgewood Crew claimed five flight victories at a 4th Manny Flick / Horvat meet that ended early due to high winds and unsafe river conditions. Sunday’s 1500-meter racing event on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia was the fourth of a five-race series, where nearly 500 rowers from 80 clubs across the mid-Atlantic competed.

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Ridgewood Crew Kicks Off a Promising Spring Water Season at the 3rd Manny Flick / Horvat Series

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Sophomore Sam Scharfenberg and freshman Tristan Riedel took first in their flight in the 1500-meter Boys Varsity 2x race (Photo courtesy of Mark Riedel)

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Powered by a strong performance from its doubles boats, Ridgewood Crew cruised to six flight victories and six overall top-three finishes at the 3rd Manny Flick / Horvat series. Sunday’s competition on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia is the third of a five-race series that serves as a warm-up for the upcoming spring regatta season. Teams compete in 1500-meter sprints for overall points throughout this series in both mens and womens sweeping and sculling disciplines. Sunday’s race was open to high school athletes from ninth through 12th grade, and attracted 429 entries from 75 clubs. Ridgewood had the most entries of any club, with 16. 

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Ridgewood Police Department Steps Up at the Ridgewood Crew Row-a-Thon

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Crew held it’s Annual Rowathon,  at Van Neste Square on Saturday, March 16th, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

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Ridgewood Crew Announces Annual Rowathon: A Community Event to Support Local Rowing and Youth Sports

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Ridgewood NJ,  Ridgewood Crew is excited to invite the community to its Annual Rowathon, set to take place at Van Neste Square on Saturday, March 16th, from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM. This event promises a day of fun, fitness, and fundraising, as attendees will have the unique opportunity to learn more about the sport of rowing, sign up for the “Learn to Row” program, and support the funding for new equipment.

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