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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Crew team participated in the 10th Annual Ironmen Erg Classic hosted by Don Bosco Prep High School in Ramsey on January 21, 2023. The event attracted 22 clubs. Ridgewood Crew had 64 entries, second only to Montclair High School.
Head Coach Boris L. Roque Alvarez was very pleased with the results. He said, “Our goal was to have all rowers competing in this first regatta of the year. We were also aiming to have as many “Personal Best” as we could…and our rowers delivered!”
Student Athlete Medalists included…
Arav Mundhe winning a Gold Medal in the Mens HS Coxswain 1K
William Nasr winning a Bronze Medal in the Mens HS Freshman / Novice 2K
Emma Monanram winning a Bronze Medal in the Womens HS Ltwt 2K
Nate Harris winning a Bronze Medal in the Mens HS 2K
Honorable Mention to Heat Winners Henry Hersperger and Michael Lyakerman
Ridgewood Crew Competitors included:
Mens HS Coxswain 1K A. Mundhe
Womens 7/8 Grade 1K S. Dezelan
Mens 7/8 Grade 1K G. Richardson
- Akar
- Riedel
- Smith
- Dozortsev
- Liang
- Douaihy
- Lee
- Oh
Mens HS Freshman/Novice 2K W. Nasr
- Moomjy
- Han
- Scharfenberg
- Hept
- Saladino
- Hallowell
- Gregerson
- Reyes
- Smith
- Ryan
- Dessel
Womens HS Freshman/Novice 2K T. Flowers
- Newman
- Ponomarciuc
- Wilk
- Ali
- Ashwin
- Kirchhoff-Lajonchere
Womens HS Ltwt 2K E. Mohanram
- Kliesch
- Friedrich
- Friedrich
- Smith
- Bridges
- Hoffman
Womens HS 2K A. Harrington
- McDonough
Mens HS Ltwt 2K T. Clark
- Jones
- Kirchhoff-Lajonchere
- Lyakerman
- Rivera
- Aguilar
- Sullivan
- Reyes
- Kelly
- Cavagnuolo
- O’Connor
- Nguyen-Van-Duong
Mens HS 2K S. Boogaert
- Harris
- Hersperger
- Carroll
- Evers
- Manevich
- Melarti
- Tejwaney
Complete results are available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MGjZZiyCU7Pft8pdWyXrJi2RHMs-ykEL/view.
Ridgewood Crew Parents competed at the Masters Level as follows:
Paul Evers won Gold in the Mens Masters 2K. Mark Riedel also competed.
Gabi Riedel won Gold in the Womens Masters Ltwt 2K.
Petra Eurlings won Bronze in the Womens Masters 2K. Liz Carroll and Pam Hersperger also competed.
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 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.
Ridgewood Crew offers several ways for you to experience our mission: join the team, volunteer or donate. Student athlete programs being with Learn-To-Row for middle schoolers and up.