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Why Crew?

Crew is one of the most unique sports in which a young man can participate. Success in the sport is not predicated on a boy's ability to run fast, jump high, throw a ball fast or far. His ceiling isn't determined by the innate athleticism, or lack thereof, with which he was born. Success in the this sport is determined by a boy's dedication to work in order to maximize his potential.

On paper, the sport of rowing should be simple to master. There are not different plays or positions to learn. There is neither an offense nor defense to study. The boy must simply do the same motion over and over and over....

The mastery of the sport hinges on the boy's dedication to mastering the almost unnatural, but fluid, motion of the rowing stroke. He must be willing to learn how to coordinate the use of the large muscles of the legs and back with the smaller muscles of the fingers and wrists. He must be willing to exert his maximal physical effort while trying to learn this motion on the moving and pitching platform that is the rowing shell. On land, he must push himself through physically and mentally exhausting workouts designed to maximize the strength that can be generated by his frame.

If he is willing to immerse himself in this sport, a boy will be rewarded for the rest of his life. He will be become part of a fraternity of like-minded young men who have found the almost addictive feeling of pushing themselves farther than what they thought was possible even the day before. The bonds formed during the training and the races last a lifetime. The boy will truly learn what his mental, physical and emotional limits are. He will be better prepared to tackle life’s difficulties having been pushed to his limits over and over again through training and racing. The boy will learn dependability and responsibility knowing that the other members of his boat are counting on him to put forth his best effort.

Why crew? Because there is nothing else like it. If you let it take hold of you, it will help you grow into the best version of you.

SPRING 2018 PREVIEW

The end goal of every spring season is to be racing Memorial Day weekend at the SRAA National Championships. Last spring was the first time that this goal was reached. The Boy’s Lightweight Four qualified and raced to an 8^th place finish. This spring, the team aims to build on that success and raise the bar higher. The boys have been training since the first week of January focused on more than just qualifying. A top 3 finish is target.

The Big Red Crew is a very young squad this year; 16 of the 30 boys are freshmen. However, these boys could not ask for a better senior class to lead them. All 3 of the seniors (Owen Hughes, Anderson Flack and Sebastian Bess) were part of the crew that qualified for the nationals last spring.

This spring the boys will travel further distances than in past seasons. They will travel to Clemson, SC to face some of the largest, fastest Youth (AAU) programs. They will also travel to Zanesville, OH twice this spring: in April, to race against some of the fastest teams from OH, PA, IL, NY, and Ontario; in May, to race at the Midwest Championships to qualify for the nationals. The boys will be going in search of the fastest people to line up against.