the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, this weekend, Ridgewood Crew took twelve boats to Mercer Lake in West Windsor, NJ, to compete against the 64 best crews in the region for the US Rowing Mid-Atlantic Youth Championship Regatta. Despite dismal weather conditions with delays for fog and rain, Ridgewood Crew finished the weekend with GOLD!
Nationals Qualifier in the Mens U17 4x Michael Lyakerman, Connor Sullivan, Henry Rivera and Moritz Kirchhoff-Lajonchere
Based on their excellent racing, Llian Riedel, Michael Lyakerman, Connor Sullivan, Moritz Kirchhoff-Lajonchere and Henry Rivera have all qualified to compete at the US Rowing Youth National regatta, a four-day event starting June 9th, at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, FL.
Ridgewood Crew results included:
1st Place L. Riedel Womens Youth 1x Final 8:15.710
4th Place M. Lyakerman/C. Sullivan/M. Kirchhoff-Lajonchere/H. Rivera Mens U17 4x Final 6:52.098
5th Place A. Jones/S. Boogaert/N. Harris/T. Clark Mens Youth 4x Final 6:44.153
6th Place I. Darby/ W. Conde Mens Youth 2x Final 7:25.712
6th Place O. Kim/S. Ali/E. Mohanram/A. Mevissen Womens Youth 4x Final 7:48.327
6th Place H. Herspberger / M. Manevich Mens Youth 2x Semi Final 1 8:19.661
7th Place S. Kliesch/ C. McDonough Womens Youth 2x Semi Final 1 8:56.932
7th Place F. Kamel Mens Youth 1x Semi Final 2 8:53.312
9th Place A. Harrington Womens Youth 1x Time Trial 9:18.505
17th Place H. Rivera/ J. Papin Mens Youth 2x Time Trial 7:49.626
20th Place C. Ignoffo / K. Hoffman Womens Youth 2x Time Trial 8:39.298
23rd Place G. Bridges/ E. Carroll Womens Youth 2x Time Trial 8:52.381
Complete results can be found at www.rowtown.org
About Ridgewood Crew
Ridgewood Crew not only introduces participants to basic and advanced rowing techniques, but also instills and promotes character values including discipline, focus, teamwork and sportsmanship. Ridgewood Crew rowers are challenged individually and as a team. The philosophy of Ridgewood Crew is to elevate each athlete to the status of MVP. By doing so, we believe that a team of young leaders emerges. These leaders not only make fast boats, but also significant contributions toward their individual pursuits. 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.
Learn To Row
Rowing and competing against the best high schools take dedication and commitment. We have built all our champions from the ground up! Our training system for all new rowers begins with the “Learn To Row” program, which teaches kids the basics of rowing. After that, if you wish to continue, you will be on our development team, and then have a chance to try out for the novice or freshman teams.
We are offering a Learn to Row program this summer (and at other times during the year). And 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*. $300/session
LTR 1: June 11-12; 8AM-12PM
LTR 2: June 18-19; 8AM-12PM
LTR 3: June 25-26; 8AM-12PM
LTR 4: July 2-3; 8AM-12PM
LTR 5: July 9-10; 8AM-12PM
LTR 6: July 16-17; 8AM-12PM
*Maximum of 8 rowers per session; each rower must pass a swim test before the start of the LTR session. Swim test forms can be found on our website: http://www.ridgewoodcrew.com
Ridgewood Crew athletes compete in the Philly 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: Bucknell, Boston College, Boston University, Columbia, Cornell, Drexel, Duke, Fairfield, Fordham, George Mason, Georgetown, Harvard, Hobart and William Smith, Holy Cross, Lehigh, Marist, Northeastern, Notre Dame, Purdue, Syracuse, Trinity College, University of Delaware, University of North Carolina, University of Wisconsin, Villa Nova, 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.
For more information contact Ridgewood Crew at http://www.ridgewoodcrew.com.
Congrats to the rowers! Ridgewood’s program is outstanding led by a top coach and very dedicated athletes.