<p>my guide at choate said i could be a cox cuz i was too small :(. but i don't want to be a cox. my tour guide at exeter is on the crew team and loves it!!! they go to florida for pre-season every year, which is an awesome bonus :). sps has a really old crew tradition. groton is too small to compete (they have a team, though, i think). choate has crew, but lacrosse and field hockey are bigger, choate's a really big swimming school too (SWIMMING IS AWESOME!!!). hotchkiss has no crew, they have a really good sailing team though.</p>
<p>5'6" is not too short for girls crew. Will the school you are interested in have both a lightweight and an openweight crew? Usually the shorter (and lighter weight) rowers are on, guess what, the lightweight crew. Maybe they only do that in college. I was on crew at the U of Washington, a crew powerhouse.</p>
<p>Is the Hotchkiss sailing team a club or does it count as your spring sport?
I'm not sure if the schools have openweight and lightweight...</p>
<p>Hotchkiss sailing is a varsity sport -- they are very good (420's).</p>
<p>There is no light weight/heavy weight distinction in NE prep rowing.</p>
<p>Just got back from boot camp here at the Gunnery.</p>
<p>Gunnery Crew Spring Training 09 was intense, but ahhh despite the agony, I shall rejoice for I had the opportunity to compete and push myself to the limit.</p>
<p>Crew is about being aggressive, competitive, and coordinated. You have to have technique. You have to be willing to beat the rower on your left and the rower on your right in everything, whether it be hill sprints, 2k erg pieces (race pieces done on an erg, which is an indoor rowing machine), or races on the water, no matter what the pain, no matter what the cost. You have to be mentally tough, but still coachable and willing to work as a team. Crew is the ultimate team sport. All rowers must act as one out on the water, or else one risks slowing down the boat. A boat moves fastest when in sync </p>
<p>Okay, enough of describing rowing. Yes, I think that if you really want to do well in crew, you should seriously consider the Gunnery. We've had outstanding success in the fall season, Our coach is brilliant, and he's the former Junior Olympic coach for the United States. He knows his stuff. We've had alumni who have rowed for universities such as Brown and Navy (just to name two), who've placed among the top ten at the Crash B's, and achieved other such accomplishments.
Our novice program is very strong here. We do not recruit heavily for crew. Occasionally, we might get a PG or two, but the great majority of our team consist of Gunnery rowers who have gone through our program, starting in the novice boats (5th and 6th boats) and advancing through to the JV boats (3rd and 4th) and the varsity boats (1st and 2nd).</p>
<p>The truth of the matter at the Gunnery is that we are a far smaller school than most of the schools against which we race, yet we have had success because of the strength of our program, the depth of our coaches, and the willpower of our rowers. Often, on race day, we line up against crews who are not only bigger in size, but whose rowers are bigger in size than we are, as the school has more people to field and some of our competitors race in eights, rather than fours, so their second boat is really just the bow four of their first boat. Crew is a technical sport as much as (if not more, I'd say) a physical sport. Last year, the heaviest person in our third boat weight less than 180lbs, and the average weight of the boat's crew (not counting the cox) was about 140 lbs.
They made it to the finals at New Englands and placed high.HS/Scholastic:</a> NEIRA Championship - results, May 24, 2008</p>
<p>The size of a rower only matters when it comes to the erg scores. A short rower can make up for their hight deficiency by pulling hard and pulling with good technique.</p>
<p>Leg strength is important. Core strength is important. Cardiovascular fitness is a must. Through crew, you will get ripped abs, lats, lower back, forearms, biceps, and every leg muscle known to man. By the end of the season, you will be incredibly well toned. Your shoulders (which you won't use much when you row) will be used to help you carry your boat to and from the water. </p>
<p>Crew is not for everyone. If you dislike competition, it is probably not the right sport for you. However, if you like to work hard, and rejoice in watching people row through your wake, then crew is for you!</p>
<p>Recommended schools (for men's crew), in no particular order, if you are in the New England area: Gunnery, Choate, Kent, Deerfield, Groton, Brewster, Salisbury.</p>
<p>Here is our coaches letter, from our school website
<a href="http://portal.gunnery.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=278&teamID=472&Term=spring%5B/url%5D">http://portal.gunnery.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=278&teamID=472&Term=spring</a></p>
<p>Thanks for a great post. My daughter is at the first weekend of novice crew camp - I wonder how she'll like it.</p>
<p>read this online, i’m glad everyone made it. wow :(</p>
<p>[5</a> Miss Hall’s students rescued from lake - Berkshire Eagle Online](<a href=“http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_12251680?source=most_viewed]5”>http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_12251680?source=most_viewed)</p>
<p>fif’s wife went to MHS – we were surprised to see them at the Riverfront Recapture this fall (rowing in a 20 year old boat). Good for the girls handling themselves so well, but that coach – nobody rows in 35 mph gusts unless they have to.</p>
<p>Which schools are the best for girls’ crew? From this thread I’ve gathered MX, Kent, PA, PEA, and SPS. Also, how is the recruiting at these schools? Thanks!</p>
<p>Exeter girl’s just won the silver at the Nationals I believe.</p>
<p>hey i’m gonna be at mx this fall, do they have a novice crew team like Exeter does, or something of that nature?</p>
<p>do you have to run as part of crew practice or do you do all your practicing in the water</p>
<p>Check out Choate’s crew program too – boys first boat just placed 3rd in in Youth National rowing championships: [Choate</a> Rosemary Hall » News](<a href=“http://www.choate.edu/news/detail.asp?pageaction=ViewSinglePublic&LinkID=3144&ModuleID=111]Choate”>http://www.choate.edu/news/detail.asp?pageaction=ViewSinglePublic&LinkID=3144&ModuleID=111)</p>
<p>urbanflop – you will run (a lot). You will do weight work (a lot). You will erg (a lot). You will probably spend a little more than half your time actually on the water. You’ll also be in the best shape of your life.</p>
<p>Does anyone have info on recruiting? Thanks!</p>
<p>So even though I’m transferring to Andover, I have to say the Kent program is incredibly strong. They lost their only race of the season to Andover by a fraction of a second based on mostly a fluke, although I have to say Andover has a very very strong crew team. Kent’s first boat seniors are going to Naval Academy (postgrad going there before he came to Kent), 2 to Brown, 1 to Princeton, and 2 to UC Berkeley. All will be rowing competitively, and three of Kent’s rowers were on the top ten fastest 2K indoor erg times at the world crash b’s. We have 4 competitive eights and a club team, and a brand new indoor rowing facility.</p>
<p>Why are you transferring? It must have sucked to go through that whole process twice.</p>
<p>Blair Academy had a great crew program this past year, as well as an undefeated football season, a terrific basketball season and a very good baseball season. They typically recruit players in many of their top sports (wrestling being the one they are most noted for), and generally have very good teams all around. Great school to visit and see if it is a fit for you!</p>
<p>If you are into girls’ crew, then the Peddie School needs to be brought into this discussion!</p>
<p>National Champs! Girls win gold at USRowing Youth National Championships
[Peddie</a> School ~ View News Detail](<a href=“http://www.peddie.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=494508]Peddie”>http://www.peddie.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=494508)</p>
<p>USRowing Youth National Championships: Peddie Wins Title
[Peddie</a> wins national title - NJ.com](<a href=“http://www.nj.com/hssports/times/index.ssf?/base/sports-7/1245126314155710.xml&coll=5]Peddie”>http://www.nj.com/hssports/times/index.ssf?/base/sports-7/1245126314155710.xml&coll=5)</p>
<p>Girls crew takes second at Henley Regatta
[Peddie</a> School ~ View News Detail](<a href=“http://www.peddie.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=494971]Peddie”>http://www.peddie.org/podium/default.aspx?t=204&nid=494971)</p>
<p>The boys crew team at Andover holds the longest record for consecutive wins at Interschols and the girls won this year.</p>