Several dozen private schools in the northeast offer rowing as a sport. Many have been doing it for years and compete regionally and nationally in the spring and fall regattas.
"The Nobles Boys Crew program has a rich tradition, with its top two boats always pulling at the top in New England Championships at the end of the season. The program features varsity, junior varsity, and middle school levels of competition. The Bulldogs race fours with a coxswain. There are four boats at the varsity level, two at the junior varsity, and one in the middle school."
"Northfield Mount Hermon offers one of the broadest athletic programs among secondary schools in the country. Students compete in 21 interscholastic sports on more than 60 teams that include varsity, junior varsity, and junior levels. In addition to interscholastic teams, NMH runs intramural athletics (soccer, basketball, volleyball, and softball), and offers an extensive outdoor program."
"Crew has been offered at Phillips Academy since 1955, and a girls' crew program was established when Andover became a co-educational institution in 1976. Our boathouse sits about six miles from campus, located just behind the Greater Lawrence Vocational School, alongside Andover's Deer Jump Reservation on the Merrimack River. Two school buses transport the team back and forth each day. In the fall, close to one hundred students participate in an intramural rowing program. During the spring term––our competitive season––we have approximately five boys' and five girls' eights on the water."
"Exeter's academic offerings are unrivalled: 350 courses in 19 subject areas. The student to teacher ratio, 5:1, lets students explore the world with great support from the adults in the community." Its crew program is in the same league.
"Pomfret School maintains rigorous academic standards and holds high expectations of its students and faculty. Students should come to Pomfret eager to learn, problem solve, and question with a high curiosity. The Pomfret community fosters an intellectual freedom that requires academic discipline and creates opportunities for hard work and play. A Pomfret education is not just the acquisition of information or learning other people's ideas, but it is also the process of growing as a person and as part of a community."
"The crew rows single, double and quad shells on the Connecticut River and competes in a variety of scholastic races in spring and fall. In past two years the crew has won a variety of team and individual awards against high school and college competition."
"Salisbury has won national championships in the U.S., Japan and England and has competed many times at the Royal Henley Regatta. A southern trip has become part of spring training in the last few years. Graduates have gone on to row at many Division I colleges and also competed for the United States at the World Championships, Pan-American Games and Olympics. The Salisbury boathouse is full of state of the art shells and is ready for the next millennium of Salisbury champions."
"The crew season begins with intense training on the ergo meter as well as in the weight room. Boys learn the techniques of rowing and strengthening the necessary muscles to compete as a strong crew. Boys are placed in boats based upon their ability and experience, and they may participate in both varsity and "lower boat" crews."
"At St. Mark's School, athletics are a natural extension of the classroom experience. The school believes participation on an athletic team is an integral part of a student's education - one that fosters hard work and enthusiasm while teaching cooperation, sportsmanship, and discipline."
"Over the years, a tradition of success has come to be synonymous with SPS crew. The boys program has captured numerous New England titles at the Worcester Regatta, one national championship, and has three Princess Elizabeth Cups from Henley to its credit. Last year's boys were ranked first in the New England Interscholastic Rowing Association, before their season was ended abruptly by the flood. Where last year's season ended early, this one has started late, with one of the latest ice-out dates in history; so the boys will initially look to the strength developed on land, rather than to carefully honed technique."
