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UPDATE: Ridgewood Crew heads to the Stotesbury Cup Regatta in Philadelphia this weekend

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May 20,2016

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Ridgewood NJ, The Stotesbury Cup Regatta is the largest high school rowing regatta in the  world. Since 1927  exceptionally fine crews from all part of the United States and Canada travel to the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia to participate in the Stotesbury Cup Regatta. Over 5,000 competitors meet at the Athletes Village to experience both the spirit of rowing competition as well as the physical challenge of pitting themselves against the very finest crews rowing at the high school level. Their achievements draw a crowd of nearly 10,000 spectators.

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Teams compete for trophies in 31 events. Ridgewood is sending 50 of its best athletes who are expected to do very well in their respective categories.  Ridgewood Crew has had an extraordinary season so far. They brought in a record setting number of medals (8) at the Cities Championship on the Schuylkill River, May 1. Cities is a qualifier for the Scholastic Rowing
Association of America (SRAA) Championships race in Ohio, which will be held May 27 &28.

The US Rowing Mid-Atlantic Youth Championships was held May 7-8 and is a qualifier for Youth Nationals. 4 Ridgewood boats earned a slot in the prestigious Youth Nationals race which will be held June 10-12 in West Windsor, New Jersey.
Go RW Crew!!!!

CITY CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS –

Girls Freshman 4x – GOLD MEDAL     

o Alexandra Walton Roth

o Claudia Ricatto

o Hayley Jubitz

o Ainsley Wilkinson

Girls JV 2x – GOLD MEDAL

o Isabella DeGregorio

o Claire Callaghan       

 Boys JV 2x – GOLD MEDAL       

o Edward Hida

o Charles Koontz

Boys Ltwt 2x – BRONZE MEDAL   

o Spencer Campbell

o Sam Daspin

Girls Varsity 1x  – BRONZE MEDAL

o Julia Randall

Boys Varsity 1x – GOLD MEDAL

o Brendan Caltavuturo

Girls Varsity 2x – BRONZE MEDAL 

o Caroline Lampone

o Erin Dwyer

Mid-Atlantic Youth Championship – RESULTS

 Mens Youth 1x  – Brendan Caltavuturo – GOLD MEDAL

 Womens U17 2x – Maraea Garcia, Melanie Mayfield – BRONZE

 Mens Youth Ltwt 2x – Spencer Campbell, Sam Daspin – FINALS – 5th Place

 Womens Youth 4x – Olivia Lavin, Sophia Bicks, Melissa Dexter, Jordan Wittmaack – FINALS – 6th Place

 

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Ridgewood Crew Starts Strong

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April 28,2016

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Ridgewood Nj, The Ridgewood Crew team kicked off its season on April 10. The team raced the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. Overall the team took in seven First place victories, five Second place finishes, and two Third place wins.

Ridgewood Crew introduces Ridgewood, NJ high school-aged youth to the traditions, athleticism, sportsmanship, techniques and camaraderie of the sport of rowing. 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.

On the river, Ridgewood Crew athletes collected the most single-season medals in program history. Several boats added hardware to Ridgewood Crew’s ever-increasing showcase, achieving top three finishes across several divisions at the highly competitive: SRAA Nationals, Stotesbury Cup Regatta, Philadelphia City Championships, Passaic River Northern NJ Championships and Garden State Championships. Additionally, the team’s overall performance continued to attract interest from top rowing colleges and universities including: Bucknell, Boston University, Drexel, Duke, Fordham, Fairfield, Georgetown, George Mason, Harvard, Holy Cross, Lehigh, Syracuse, Marist, Williams and others. The program also celebrated its first female athlete to receive a full, four-year rowing scholarship.

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Ridgewood Crew sends five boats to national regatta

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The Ridgewood Crew girls varsity double of seniors Bridget Callaghan, left, and Julia Hefferon captured a gold medal at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta to qualify for the SRAA National Championships.

JUNE 12, 2015    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, JUNE 12, 2015, 12:31 AM
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Ridgewood Crew concluded its 2015 season by sending five boats to the Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) National Championships, held on the Cooper River in Camden over Memorial Day weekend.

The quintet qualified for Nationals by virtue of their finishes at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta, held May 15-16 on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia. There, 16 Ridgewood rowers earned medals out of the 5,672 athletes to participate from the U.S. and Canada.

Out of the 31 event classes — which feature 1,000 boats and 93 medals – less than 10 percent of all boats get a medal, and Ridgewood collected four.

Cousins Bridget Callaghan and Julia Hefferon garnered gold in the girls varsity double, while both Ridgewood JV quads secured silver — the boys boat featuring Brendan Caltavuturo, Charlie Koontz, Will Creedon and Colin Wilkinson, and the girls boat featuring Melissa Dexter, Isabella DeGregorio, Jordan Wittmaack and Claire Callaghan.

The freshman boys quad of Zach Seibold, William Karanikolas, Joe O’Keefe and Ed Hida brought home a bronze medal.

https://www.northjersey.com/sports/high-school-sports/five-ridgewood-crew-boats-reach-nationals-1.1354522

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Wine Tasting with Kevin Zraly Benefits Ridgewood Crew

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May 29,2015

Ridgewood NJ, Open to the Community! Support the Crew team at “An Evening with Kevin Zraly,” a world-renowned sommelier & author, on Monday, June 1 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at Chakra Restaurant, 144 West Route 4, Paramus. Explore new wines, sample delicious hors d’oeuvres, mingle with supporters of Ridgewood Crew, as well as fellow wine and food enthusiasts. Tickets are $100 per person. Seating is limited and all tickets are sold in advance. Please reserve early.Proceeds support Ridgewood Crew, a team comprised of 67 RHS students. For any questions, comments, or to order tickets personally, contact: Odila Galer-Noel at odilagalernoel@gmail.com or Liz Lavin at lizlavin@verizon.net.

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Ridgewood Crew wraps up season at Nationals

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Ridgewood Crew wraps up season at Nationals

JUNE 6, 2014    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2014, 12:31 AM

Ridgewood Crew wrapped up another winning season with one gold medal, two silver medals and one bronze medal at the Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) National Championships, held at Mercer Lake in West Windsor over Memorial Day weekend.

The Ridgewood Crew women’s varsity 4X boat captured silver medals at the SRAA National Championships and Stotesbury Cup Regatta. From left: juniors Bridget Callaghan and Julia Hefferon and seniors Emma Brickfield and Amanda Criscitiello.

Remarkably, this final regatta for Ridgewood High School seniors Maeve Cannon and Sophie Noel capped a two-year win streak in the women’s lightweight double for this dynamic duo — a feat virtually unheard of in the rowing community.

Illness and poor weather conditions prevented senior Joseph Criscitiello, who rows the men’s 1X scull, from participating in the last three regattas. His sister Amanda, a triplet, rows in the women’s varsity 4X boat and captured silver at Nationals and the Stotesbury Cup Regatta, as well as a bronze at the Philadelphia City championships (a.k.a. “Cities”).

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/sports/high-school-sports/team-wraps-up-spring-at-sraa-championships-1.1030324#sthash.Pr7CtW2Y.dpuf

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Ridgewood Crew collects seven Garden State gold medals

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Ridgewood Crew collects seven Garden State gold medals

May 16, 2014    Last updated: Friday, May 16, 2014, 12:31 AM
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Ridgewood Crew had nine boats row to medals at the April 26 Garden State Scholastic Championships, including seven gold-medal winners in the event held on the Cooper River in Camden.

The Garden State regatta features 1,500-meter sprint races and is the New Jersey qualifier for the Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) Championships later this month.

Under the direction of head coach Boris Roque Alvarez, Ridgewood finished strong in almost every category, placing in early heats and successfully advancing to the finals.

Ridgewood Crew is an independent, privately-funded club not affiliated with Ridgewood High School, though its 70-rower roster is comprised almost entirely of RHS students. The club, now in its 11th season of operation, is structured similar to that of most high school-sanctioned sports in that it is split up into varsity, junior varsity and novice levels.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/sports/high-school-sports/ridgewood-crew-team-collects-seven-garden-state-gold-medals-1.1017389#sthash.c8AMIkh6.dpuf