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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Crew (RC) has just returned from the US Rowing Youth National Championship Regatta in Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, FL. Two hundred twenty-five clubs from across the country entered eight hundred thirty-four events. Ridgewood Crew raced five pre-qualified boats.
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Ridgewood Crew Girls Senior Single Gold Medalist Llian Riedel is Congratulated by Kate Horvat, winner of the same event in 2014. and Head Coach, Boris Roque Alvarez. Photo by Edward Hida
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Philadelphia PA, The Schuylkill Navy’s 94th Stotesbury Cup Regatta took place this past weekend as one of the first public events approved by the Philadelphia Department of Public Health as the City reopens. One hundred and thirty-one teams gathered at the Schuylkill River for what is now the largest high school rowing regatta in the world. Ridgewood sent 13 crews to compete against exceptionally fine crews from all parts of the United States.
Continue reading Ridgewood Crew Brings Home the Gold from the Stotesbury Cup Regatta!
photo Gold Medalist, Vicky Hoy, (C) Women Junior Lightweight
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Westmont NJ, The Ridgewood Crew team participated in the annual Haddon Hammers at Haddon Township High School. The event attracted 13 clubs with 259 entries. Ridgewood Crew had 65 entries.
Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Crew girls dominate at Stotesbury, the largest high school rowing regatta in the world. Girls Varsity Double earned the Gold and the Lovey Farrell Cup, and the Girls Junior Varsity earned the Bronze.
This past weekend, Ridgewood Crew traveled to the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia for the legendary Stotesbury Cup Regatta. Stotesbury Cup is the largest scholastic regatta in the world and features approximately 5,000 high school athletes representing nearly 200 different schools in competition.
Crews that made semi-finals and finals are listed below:
Girls Junior Double: Alexandra Walton Roth,Maddie Gibson – Semi-finals,
Finals (3rd) Boys Junior Double: Drew Johnson, Alex Melarti – Semi-finals
Boys Freshman Quad: Tommy Montgomery, Gabe Martinez, David Yang, Dylan Park
– Semi-finals, Finals (6th) Girls Varsity Lightweight Double: Maddy
Phillips, Emily Gilman – Semi-finals, Finals (5th) Boys Varsity Lightweight
Double: Sam Daspin, Spencer Campbell – Semi-finals, Finals (5th) Boys Junior
Quad: Ed Hida, Alex Saladucha, Joe O’Keefe, Henry Koontz – Semi-finals,
Finals (4th) Girls Varsity Double: Claire Callaghan, Jordan Wittmaack –
Semi-finals, Finals (1st) Boys Varsity Double: Patrick DuBois, Ian Soderlund
– Semi-finals Boys Varsity Single: Charlie Koontz – Semi-finals, Finals
(5th) Girls Varsity Quad: Isabella DeGregorio, Chloe Young, Amanda Perez,
Melissa Dexter – Semi-finals, Finals (4th) Boys Varsity Quad: Sebastian
Rivero, Andrew Felix, Matt Seiter, Walter Friedrich – Semi-finals
Later on Saturday, the Girls Varsity Double of Claire Callaghan and Jordan Wittmaack blitzed the final 500 meters of the race going from 3rd or 4th place to first place for a gold medal finish. Seniors, both girls hadm received silver medals at Stotesbury Cup as Freshman and Sophomores, and were ecstatic to stand on the medal dock to receive their gold medals and the Lovey Farrell Cup Award for the category. Bridget Callaghan, Claire Callaghan’s older sister won the same award two years ago with her partner, Julia Hefferon.
In all, Ridgewood Crew posted excellent results. As Head Coach Boris Roque-Alvarez said, “It was amazing that we were able to get so many crews into the semi-finals and finals, and we are proud of all of our athletes.”
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.
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
