The WTW Crew website will always have the most relevant information you need to know, including anything urgent or time sensitive. Please check the site often. We also share important information on Twitter @WoodsonCrew 1. This has been an amazing season for WTW Crew, capturing over 30 medals thus far and eight of our boats making State Finals the last two weekends! On Saturday, WTW Crew had another great day on the Occoquan. 48 clubs were represented with approximately 1100 athletes from across Virginia. Five WTW boats advanced to the Finals, two Woodson boats captured medals in the Virginia Scholastic Rowing Championships (VSRC), and three boats received invitations to race at the Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) National Championships! Coach Tylander also petitioned for National Championships entry for the Women’s 1st 8+ and should know by Tuesday night. The Men’s 1st Varsity 8+ placed first in their qualifying heat and went on to win the Bronze in the VSRC State Finals and are invited to Nationals! Congrats to Trevor von Christierson, Colin McCarthy, Jack Ning, Miles Knight, Joe Korn, Adrian Michel, Ethan Kutia, Michael Boyle, Gwen Cameron (coxswain). The Women’s Lightweight 8+ rowed a great race in the Finals to win Bronze and are invited to Nationals! Congrats to Sara Chan, Joy Kim, Kathryn Taheri, Reagan Smith, Mya Rowe, Katlyn Howard, Sierra Boucher, Sophie Mills, and Haley Cole (coxswain). The Men’s 2nd 8+ won their qualifying heat -- eliminating Langley and Robinson --- and then rowed to a 4th place finish in the Finals, they too are invited to Nationals! Congrats to James Livingston, Richie Evans, Ryan Torgersen, Ryan Sarratt, Grant McHale, Larry Cai, Ethan Pepper, Ethan Feng, and Sebastian Bushey (coxswain). The Women’s 1st 8+ placed second in their qualifying heat and placed 5th in the Finals. Congrats to Hannah Fisher, Brooke Leech, Gabriella Hayes, Elizabeth Giglia, Jenna Hissong, Rowan Sprouse, Rose van der Horst, Claire Hutcheson, Erica Schneider (coxswain). The Women’s Lightweight 4 placed 5th in the Finals. Congrats to Marie Korn, Kesem Solell-Knepler, Paige Evans, Sage Boucher, Carolyn Wong (coxswain). It has been an amazing season on the Occoquan. Thank you so much to our awesome coaches and thank you again to all the parents who volunteered. 2. Next stop, Stotesbury! The Stotesbury Regatta trip is 18-20 May in Philadelphia, PA. Our WTW Crew Webmaster has created a Stotesbury page on our web site. This page has all things Stotesbury (links to event start times and results, hotel and contact info, weather, etc.), and will be updated as necessary throughout the event. Thank you Andy!
5. NEW: The Woodson Booster Club recently learned that the Fairfax County School Board is considering levying a $100 fee per athlete per sport to help mitigate the counties school budget crises. While we do not think this applies to Crew because we are a 503C, many of our athletes do participate in other sports and it will affect them. Worse, the fee will not directly support sports, but instead be use in the general funds for the school board. We expect the board to vote on this matter as early as 15 May. Therefore we want to provide you the appropriate contact information if you would like to email school board members. School board members names are below:
Click the names above to email an individual representative, or click here to email them all at once. Here is an example of text that could be used if you email school board members:
6. For next year's crew season there are many available Crew Boosters positions. The WTW Crew Boosters Nominating Committee is formed every year to nominate individuals to serve on Board seats. Crew Boosters needs, at a minimum, two more members on the Nominating Committee and an Nominating Chair. Current nominating members are Benton Fischer and Rebecca Phalan. Please submit your interests to wtwcrewpresident@gmail.com. The Nominating Committee will then meet at a convenient date/time for members within three weeks to review persons interested in WTW Crew Boosters positions. Elections will be held at the Crew Awards dinner on 10 June. Open positions can be seen here. 7. The first step toward eligibility to participate in any preseason or after school athletic event is to complete a sports physical on an official VHSL Pre-participation Physical Examination (PPE) form (new form for 2017-2018 school year is titled “FEB2017”). The Woodson High School Athletic Training Department will be offering sports physicals at Woodson High School on 19 June. This successfully completed physical will be good for all sports and out of season practices (green days, yellow days, weight room workouts) for the 2017-2018 school year. This event is a fundraiser for the Woodson High School Athletic Training Department. The cost of the physicals is $50 when you register online ($60 at the door space permitting). You can register by following this link. They are always looking for medical and non-medical volunteers to assist for the event. If you are interested in helping out, please contact Ms. Fickes, kfickes@fcps.edu, or click on the registration link to sign up. Don’t forget the student and parent concussion education must also be completed annually!! 8. Is your rower or coxswain participating in a summer rowing program? You may be required to provide proof of passing a swim test before he/she can start. Please email Jean Boyle at wtwcrewmembership@gmail.com to obtain a copy of your student-athlete’s WTW Crew Swim Test results. 9. Reminders:
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