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Ridgewood NJ, this weekend, Ridgewood Crew competed in two back-to-back events on The Cooper River in Cherry Hill, NJ. The Garden State Scholastic Championship was held on Saturday and The Cooper Cup on Sunday.
The Garden State Scholastic Championship is the largest scholastic athletic event in the State of New Jersey. 49 clubs participated this year. Ridgewood raced 12 boats, equal to Montclair and more than any other club. The 1,500 meter Championship regatta is used as a qualifier for the Scholastic Rowing Association of America Nationals Regatta. SRAA Nationals (Scholastic Nationals) will be held on May 26 – 27, 2023 at Melton Hill Lake in Oak Ridge, TN. Ridgewood won 11 medals, had five boats qualify for SRAA Nationals and won the honor of taking home both girls and boys sculling points trophies!!
Ridgewood Crew results at The Garden State are as follows:
Gold Mens Sr 1x N. Harris with Assistant Coach Scott Menken, Head Coach Boris Roque Alvarez and Assistant Coach Bob O’Connor Photo by Jaechul Han
Silver Womens Jr 2x C. Kirchhoff-Lajonchere/J. Smith
Gold Womens Ltwt 2x A. Friedrich/E. Friedrich Photo by Jaechul Han
Silver Mens Ltwt 2x A. Reyes/C. Sullivan
Gold Womens Sr 2x A. Harrington/K. Hoffman photo by Todd Hoffman
Gold Mens Sr 2x T. Clark/S. Boogaert Photo by Nicola Ali
Fourth Mens Jr 8+ J. Cavagnuolo/M. Nguyen-Van-Duong/D. Kelly/G. Tejwaney/N. Melarti/J. Aguilar/A. Dezelan/R. O’Connor/A. Mundhe (Cox)
Bronze Womens Jr 4x S. Ponomarciuc/A. Ali/G. Schmidt/A. Wilk
Bronze Mens Jr 4x W. Carroll/L. Evers/M. Lyakerman/H. Rivera
Silver Womens Sr 4x E. Mohanram/S. Kliesch/C. McDonough/A. Mevissen
Silver Mens Sr 4x M. Kirchhoff-Lajonchere/F. Kamel/H. Hersperger/M. Manevich
Gold Mens Freshmen 4x U. Han/ M. Moomjy/ S. Scharfenberg/ W. Nasr with Assistant Coach Scott Menken, Head Coach Boris Roque Alvarez and Assistant Coach Bob O’Connor Photo by Nicola Ali
The Cooper Cup Regatta was raced on Sunday. Sixty-four clubs entered 585 entries. This annual event started in 2004, mainly to create an opportunity for sculling boats and club programs to race locally. The event was originally called the William and Sarah Cooper Cup Regatta but is now just known as the Cooper Cup. Ridgewood raced 14 boats. Three won gold medals: Nate Harris in the Mens Youth U19 1x, Thomas Clark and Sam Boogaert in the Mens Youth U19 2x and William Nasr, Sam Scharfenberg, Matthew Moomjy and Uhmjoo Han in the Mens Novice 4x.
Ridgewood’s Cooper Cup entries are as follows:
Mens Youth/U19 1x N. Harris
Womens U17 2x C. Kirchhoff-Lajonchere/J. Smith
Mens Novice 2x G. Richardson/T. Riedel
Womens Youth/U19 2x A. Harrington/K. Hoffman
Mens Youth/U19 2x T. Clark/S. Boogaert
- Reyes/C. Sullivan
Womens Novice 4x S. Ponomarciuc/A. Ali/G. Schmidt/A. Wilk
Mens Novice 4x G. Smith/J. Ryan/D. Dessel/M. Reyes
- Hept/P. Hallowell/L. Saladino/E. Gregerson
- Nasr/S. Scharfenberg/M. Moomjy/U. Han
Womens JV 2x A. Friedrich/E. Friedrich
Womens Youth/U19 4x E. Mohanram/S. Kliesch/C. McDonough/A. Mevissen
Mens Youth/U19 4x M. Lyakerman/W. Carroll/L. Evers/H. Rivera
- Kirchhoff-Lajonchere/F. Kamel/H. Hersperger/M. Manevich
Complete results and race times are available here:
Garden State: https://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/results2/?job_id=7999&org_id=0
Cooper Cup: https://www.regattacentral.com/regatta/results2/?job_id=8020&org_id=12407
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.
In the program’s short history, our youth, board and parent volunteers have moved Ridgewood Crew forward by leaps and bounds. That success is represented by the widespread individual and team achievements of each of the student-athletes on the roster. To facilitate that success, Ridgewood Crew continues to make investments in coaching and new equipment. The coaching staff is one of the most experienced in program history.
Ridgewood Crew athletes compete in the Philly Manny Flicks on the Schuylkill River as well as at the highly competitive SRAA Nationals, Stotesbury Cup Regatta, Philadelphia City Championships, Passaic River Northern NJ Championships, Cooper Cup and Garden State Championships.
Additionally, the team’s overall performance continues to attract interest from top rowing colleges and universities including Boston College, Boston University, Bucknell, Columbia University, Cornell University, University of Delaware, Drexel, Duke, Fairfield, Fordham, George Mason, Georgetown, Harvard, Holy Cross, Ithaca, Lehigh, Marist, Northeastern, Notre Dame, Purdue, Rutgers, Skidmore, Syracuse, Trinity College, Williams, and others.
Would you like to try rowing? If you end up joining our team, our training will provide you with total body and aerobic fitness, with practice opportunities available year-round. Physiologically, rowers are superb examples of athletic conditioning.
We are offering a Learn to Row program this summer (and at other times during the year). We have videos of our team and registration forms on our website www.ridgewoodcrew.com.
Registration for Ridgewood Crew Learn-to-Row Sessions Is Open
#1 June 10th – 11th 8:00am -12:00pm
#2 June 17th – 18th 8:00am -12:00pm
#3 June 24th – 25th 8:00am -12:00pm
#4 July 1st – 2nd 8:00am -12:00pm
#5 July 8th – 9th 8:00am -12:00pm
#6 July 15th -16th 8:00am -12:00pm
Before the start of the LTR session, each rower must pass a swim test administered by a certified lifeguard. Swim test forms must be downloaded from our website and brought to the swim test for signature.
https://www.ridgewoodcrew.com/uploads/4/7/6/4/47643011/rc_swim_test_certification_form_april_2019.pdf
Ridgewood Crew offers several ways for you to experience our mission: join the team, volunteer or donate.
For more information contact Ridgewood Crew at http://www.ridgewoodcrew.com.