Last weekend, May 20-21, 2011, the Jesuit crew team voyaged to Philadelphia for the 85th annual Stotesbury Cup Regatta. Teams from the top scholastic high schools in the U.S. and Canada competed for first place over the weekend.
Placing higher than they ever have at the Stotesbury, Jesuit’s varsity placed 7th out of 35 teams, twelve places better than last year....
Crew is a team-oriented sport, in which all of the members of a boat have equally important roles in winning a race. While the sport may seem as simple as athletes just rowing a boat down a river, there is a man behind the scenes who is a vital component to the whole of the boat, the coxswain.
The coxswain has...
Within the Terry Center on the Jesuit campus lurk committed athletes rowing their hearts out on the ergs, or rowing machines. But one young man clearly stands out above all the others. His name? Westford Lang, one of two captains on the Jesuit crew team.
Westford Lang ’12 did not know what crew was until he attended Jesuit. During his...
A small bead of sweat rolls down the arm of the rower as he pushes and pulls in perfect harmony with his teammates. Physical exhaustion plagues each rower as the end of the race nears, challenging each of them to continue going all out until the finish. The Rangers' boat soars past the finish line, and as usual, is one...
With crew's spring season on the horizon, The Roundup takes a look back at crew's performance in the fall. The team now has three fall regattas under their belt: the Head of the Oklahoma, Head of the Charles, and Head of the Hooch.
The entire team attended two of the fall races, the Oklahoma and the Hooch, with only the varsity...
“If you have a coach helping you, developing your skills alongside you, that's when you're on your way to becoming not just a participant, but achieving.” - Lynn Davies
Coach Randy Dam was recently appointed as the new head coach for the Jesuit Crew team. He is replacing the previous head coach, Coach Fife.
Coach Dam explained his experience of coming...
