Gripping the hard wooden paddle, the young Jesuit student pulls hard in unison with the other 7 members of the boat. Sitting at the front of the boat, the coxswain counts the beat, letting each one of the members know when to row. The boat slowly lurches forward before quickly propelling with each strong pull on the paddle. Each student pulls as...
In their last two regattas of the year, the Rangers crew team proved to be nothing short of dominant. Following their best ever finish at Stotesbury Cup, the Rangers carried this momentum to the U.S. Rowing Youth Championship, ending the season on a high note.
Entering the most prestigious regatta of the year, Coach Fife had high expectations for his team...
On April 11, Jesuit Crew participated in the Route 66/ Catoosa regatta, the second regatta of their spring season. Racing on the course of the Verdigris River, the team extraordinarily took first in every single eight event in which they entered. This course is the shortest in which the team will participate this year, sitting at a length of...
On March 21, Jesuit Crew participated in its first regatta of the spring season, the OKC Junior Invitational in Oklahoma City. The race took place on the familiar course of the Oklahoma River, which the team had previously competed in at the beginning of this school year as the first regatta of its fall season. Fortunately, the Rangers performed...
Mitchell Opatowsky '15 slowly turns his head to face an alarm clock on his bed stand. The flashing LED display reads 5:45 AM, and a startled Opatowsky leaps out of bed. Snatching his Jesuit Crew tank top and shorts from his closet, he races out of the house, grabbing a Clif Bar on the way. He jumps into his...
This past Saturday, November 29, Jesuit alumni gathered for a crew race at White Rock Lake. Four boats participated in the competition: two alumni boats, one current varsity boat, and one current junior varsity boat.
This Jesuit tradition spans back four years and is a very exciting yet laid back event. With well over 100 people in all, alumni,...
Battling tough competition and rough weather conditions, Jesuit Crew competed in the Head of the Hooch Regatta on the Tennessee River in Chattanooga, Tennessee on November 1st and 2nd.
In all, this massive regatta consisted of over 9,000 rowers and over 1,200 boats from all over the country. Jesuit brought about 50 rowers, who made up a total of...
The Jesuit Dallas Varsity 8 Crew rowers traveled to Cambridge, Massachusetts with the distinct honor of representing a Catholic high school at the world's larger venue of rowers on October 19th for the Head of the Charles Regatta. The scenic course takes place over a 3 mile upstream course on the Charles River, which includes several tight turns, bridges...
