<p>I'm applying to some of the top boarding schools next year and I do crew and golf, and I was wondering if there where any top boarding schools that have a good girls crew team/program. Thanks!</p>
<p>Peddie does crew, and the girl’s crew is AH-MAZING. They have a great coach this year, and have gotten to travel abroad because of the varsity team!</p>
<p>do they frequently go to nationals? Also do they do the head of the charles? the club that I’m going to start at in August goes to both every year</p>
<p>Kent is often recognized as having one of the best crew teams [Kent</a> School - Athletics](<a href=“http://www.kent-school.edu/athletics/girls_crew.cfm]Kent”>http://www.kent-school.edu/athletics/girls_crew.cfm) boy and girl. I don’t know how they are for track, xcountry and golf, but they do not have a golf course on campus. </p>
<p>The Head of the Charles is an important crew event in New England. I’m not a crew expert, but I think Stotesbury [2011</a> Stotesbury Cup Regatta](<a href=“http://www.boathouserow.org/rega11/scr11.html]2011”>http://www.boathouserow.org/rega11/scr11.html) is an even larger event. At least that is what they say in the Mid-Atlantic.</p>
<p>Timely post as the NEIRA Regatta just happened yesterday. The results will give you a good sense of the top NE schools for crew. Varsity golf and crew are both spring sports, so I don’t think you’d be able to do both.</p>
<p>[HS/Scholastic:</a> NEIRA, May 28, 2011](<a href=“HS/Scholastic: NEIRA, May 28, 2011 | Rowing Regatta Results on row2k.com”>HS/Scholastic: NEIRA, May 28, 2011 | Rowing Regatta Results on row2k.com)</p>
<p>I think most schools that compete in Head of the Charles do so for training or as clubs; racing season is in the spring.</p>
<p>They do participate in the Head of the Charles race. Here is what peddie.org has to say about their girl’s crew:</p>
<p>Girls crew win gold at USRowing Youth National and Scholastic Nationals</p>
<p>The names change, but the results have been nothing less than spectacular. At the 2009 USRowing Youth National Championships in Cinncinati, the girls four boat of senior stroke Shelley Pearson (Harvard), senior three seat Reva Geier (Virginia), senior two seat Erica Lockard (UCLA), sophomore bow Sarah Libfraind and senior coxswain Emily Boudreau (Cornell) landed on the victory stand with a dominating 9.49-second victory in the grand final. It’s the third gold in the last four national regattas for a Falcon quartet. </p>
<p>Just three weeks prior to Youth Nationals, the same Peddie boat along with sophomore cox Avery Steele overwhelmed the field to win the gold at Scholastic Nationals on Mercer Lake. By the first 500 meters in the grand final, it was clear that Peddie had the superior boat as they blitzed their nearest competition by a whopping 9.8 seconds.</p>
<p>Pearson helped the United States to gold in the women’s eight at the 2009 World Rowing Junior Championships in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France. </p>
<p>Today, Peddie crew offers a unique opportunity to both experienced rowers and interested newcomers. Most boats in the inventory are sweep fours with coxswain. Under the direction of the program’s head coach Barbara Grudt, crew is growing in scope and can boast regional and national achievements.</p>
<p>Thanks to the generosity and vision of the late Finn M.W. Caspersen, class of 1959, Peddie Crew was re-established in 1987 after a hiatus of more than 50 years. Peddie actually had its first crew in the fall of 1930 courtesy of legendary Princeton University Coach Charles (“Chuck”) Logg who organized several informal races on Carnegie Lake pitting Tiger freshman against a competitive “Old Gold and Blue” contingent.</p>
<p>Rowing at nearby Mercer County Lake, the team has access to the state-of-the-art Caspersen Rowing Center equipped with six boat bays, an erg room, office and meeting rooms as well as a three-story finish line tower. The world class facility was the official U.S. Olympic Training Site for the 2008 Summer Games in Beijing. </p>
<p>Head races are typically held in the fall. In this form of racing competitors row against the clock and the crew with the fastest time is deemed to be the winner. Racing usually takes place in different categories (for different boat classes and abilities). The length of these races is usually between two and three miles and include the Head of the Christina, Navy Day, Head of the Charles and Schuylkill.</p>
<p>thanks for the information! How are their academics?</p>
<p>Kent for crew!</p>
<p>is kent or peddie better for crew?</p>
<p>exeter has a good girls crew</p>
<p>I don’t really know who’s better at crew. I know that Peddie has stellar academics, is high up on prep school rankings, and has a good crew team. You should really check it out!</p>
<p>I checked it out and their crew program looks really cool. I like how they have the spring and fall season.</p>
<p>Yep! Glad it looks cool to you, and I will be doing crew in the fall. I hope you’ll add it to your list!</p>
<p>I definitely will. Will you be doing crew for the first time at Peddie?</p>
<p>I did a crew camp in the summer at the Peddie facility, and my sibling, who goes to Peddie, did crew as well. Yes, this will be my first time participating on a real team.</p>
<p>Lots of great schools with girls crew, and the advice about checking the NEIRAs results is very good. The NEIRAs encompass just about every prep school in New England. Do you row 4s or 8s? Many schools don’t row both.
Exeter/St. Paul’s/Andover - all strong teams rowing 8s
Groton/Deerfield/Gunnery/Miss. Porter’s etc. - all row 4s
Not that many prep teams row at the HofC as crew is generally kept as a spring only sport at this level of rowing. Very exciting for those few teams that do get to experience HofC at the high school level!
Another suggestion is to look at the rosters of the colleges you think you might want to row for, either D1,DII or DIII. Check out the prep schools attended by many of their rowers, and you will get a good idea of what schools are grooming good talent at the level you are aspiring to.</p>
<p>thanks! do you know if there is information regarding ERG times prep schools?</p>
<p>Go to the Crash B’s website and check for high school/Under 18 results. This is a huge erging event hosted every winter in Boston, with every age represented, from high schoolers through senior citizens. However, you can do some good research just going through those times. Keep in mind though that many, many prep schools do not participate in Crash Bs, so know that the school names you see listed are just a small representation of the many schools that row competitively. The results though will give you an idea of what to strive for.<br>
The website, Row2K is another good resource. They list all race results, and that includes high school races - that would be worth going through too, and you can see how schools are competing against one another.</p>
<p>does anyone know anything about Exeter’s crew program? the website doesn’t have a lot of information.</p>
<p>The girls crew team had an incredible season–all three boats came in first at NEIRA, and they took the points cup. A few of the girls have been recruited to row at college. Crew is one of Exeter’s most popular sports. The coaches are great. Exeter rows 8’s, with a spring racing season. There is also club crew in the fall, but many athletes do other jv/varsity sports in the fall and then earn spots on the varsity boats in the spring, so it’s not essential to do both. Not sure what else? The parents provide great food at the races. :)</p>