tell me about your experience with high school crew....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What parents attend all of their children's high school athletic events? My parents came to all of 1 event. If you're not making it a career, why would a parent be involved?

Your family isn't well suited to crew if this is your attitude. Trust me on this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Anyone know about crew teams in MD -- looking like we'll wind up at BCC, Walter Johnson, Whitman or Churchill... How hard is it usually to make a high school crew team anyway? Is it considered Varsity or a Club sport?

In Arlington County and Alexandria, crew is a varsity sport partially funded by the school system (coaches' salaries, bus transportation, and other miscellaneous fees). But most of the funding is still on the students and their families. Annual dues can be as high as $500, and there are usually fundraising requirements. There are scholarships for students who can't afford the dues. Even in Montgomery County, DCPS, and Fairfax County where crew is a club sport, it is an officially recognized sport by the schools and students receive varsity letters... All students make the team, but coaches determine who rows on what boat. The varsity 8 is the elite boat for most crews.

For this upcoming season, in Maryland and DC, B-CC should be one of the top teams with Whitman a close second. For the privates, St. Albans and Gonzaga have relatively new rowing programs (about 18 years) but they are perennial powers. In Virginia, the strongest public school programs over the past few years have been Yorktown, W-L, Madison, and TJ.

High school rowing is a cherished DC tradition. The oldest high school programs are W-L (1949), TC Williams (1966), and JEB Stuart (1966).

[Anonymous]

do most rowers also do other sports in the fall?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:do most rowers also do other sports in the fall?

Yes. Many rowers play fall and winter sports in addition to crew conditioning. Swim and Dive, Cross Country, Rifle, Basketball, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Indoor Soccer, Water Polo, and Indoor Track are some of the popular off-season sports for rowers.

[Anonymous]

Here are links to some of the larger public high school rowing teams around DC that typically have between 100-150 rowers:

bccrowing.net
whitmancrew.org
mcleancrew.org
w-lcrewboosters.org
yorktowncrew.org
warhawkcrew.org

The Virginia public schools follow the Virginia High School League (VHSL) rules for interscholastic athletics. So crew teams have only limited off-season practices. However most schools do offer daily conditioning during the winter months.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: In some years, more kids want to participate at some schools than can be accommodated on the buses or in the boats, so there are cuts just as with a varsity sport. A kid with some rowing experience who is 6'1 and used to cardio training should be welcome.

Some school programs have cuts while others don't. I know Yorktown has restricted the size of the team in recent years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: In some years, more kids want to participate at some schools than can be accommodated on the buses or in the boats, so there are cuts just as with a varsity sport. A kid with some rowing experience who is 6'1 and used to cardio training should be welcome.

Some school programs have cuts while others don't. I know Yorktown has restricted the size of the team in recent years.

[Anonymous]

I've noticed quite few asian parents I know are signing their kids up for crew...are they doing this because they think it gives their kids an advantage applying to colleges? Crew doesn't seem to be a sport that asians typically flock to..

[Anonymous]

I was a short (5'2") rower. It definitely held me back compared to the taller, bigger girls, but I loved it anyway. Incredible exercise and there's nothing like being on the water. It's a huge time commitment, though, in terms of practice, travel to races, and fundraising in the offseason. But I would do it all over again in a minute.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've noticed quite few asian parents I know are signing their kids up for crew...are they doing this because they think it gives their kids an advantage applying to colleges? Crew doesn't seem to be a sport that asians typically flock to..

Yes, it's because a lot of elite schools have rowing teams and crew requires dedication and hard work more than raw athletic ability.

When Asian parents read how others think their kids are robots and not well rounded, you shouldn't be surprised they'd try to get them into something besides orchestra as an extra-curricular.

[Anonymous]

Crew parents pretty much insufferable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I loved my experience in the crew team at West Potomac, nearly 20 years ago (ouch). I was in great shape at the end of each season. I'm 5'4 and didn't find myself at a disadvantage. I rowed on several varsity boats.

But man I do not miss doing ergs.

I went to WePo!! Didn't row crew though. Wonder how many of us are on here?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here are links to some of the larger public high school rowing teams around DC that typically have between 100-150 rowers:

bccrowing.net
whitmancrew.org
mcleancrew.org
w-lcrewboosters.org
yorktowncrew.org
warhawkcrew.org

The Virginia public schools follow the Virginia High School League (VHSL) rules for interscholastic athletics. So crew teams have only limited off-season practices. However most schools do offer daily conditioning during the winter months.

I'm curious as to why there's no crew listed for Marshall. If it's a club sport, can you row at Madison or McLean instead and attend Marshall?

[Anonymous]

very costly, and huge time commitment. child was already getting up at 5:45 to get to school and then they had to get driven to river and get picked up after about 7:30 to 8:00.

Then the cost was a couple thousand a year.

got unreasonable, I don't know how people do this.

Only way to do it is if your child is very organized and on top of school work and you live close to the river/practice area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've noticed quite few asian parents I know are signing their kids up for crew...are they doing this because they think it gives their kids an advantage applying to colleges? Crew doesn't seem to be a sport that asians typically flock to..

where's this?