JUNIOR ROWING PROGRAM

The Maritime Rowing Club has a large and active junior rowing program, which includes both middle and high school students. Maritime Rowing is home to the New Canaan High School Crew, the Saxe Middle School Crew, the St. Luke?s School Crew and the Maritime Rowing Team. The junior rowing program is organized into the Fall Scholastic Rowing Program, Winter Training, and the Spring Scholastic Rowing Program. The Fall Scholastic Rowing Program runs from September through mid-November. Winter Training runs from mid-November through the end of March. The Spring Scholastic Rowing Program occurs from April to June.
Additionally, the Maritime Rowing Club offers Summer Junior Rowing Camps and weekend recreational rowing classes which provide a non-competitive introduction to rowing for middle and high school students.

The Maritime Rowing program is open to any athlete who wants to join. There are several competitive rowing opportunities within the program:

Novice:

• All freshmen and new rowers
• Must achieve minimum knowledge of standards of safety, basic elements of boat configuration and rigging
• Gain exposure to rowing skills in both sweep and sculling
• Attendance at all practices and participation in designated competitive events is required

High School Program:

• For any athlete who, at the discretion of the coaches, is capable of rowing at the varsity level
• Must meet rowing fitness standards, such as erg scores, as determined by coaches
• Generally requires multi-season commitment
• Must achieve competitive level of skills in either sweep or sculling (or both)
• Attendance at all practices and participation in designated competitive events is required

Advanced Program:

• For athletes who want to compete at the highest level of junior rowing. Selection is at the discretion and invitation of the coaches.
• Rowers have a primary commitment to rowing, generally on a multi-season basis, likely to include winter and summer training and racing.
• Rowers must meet minimum rowing fitness standards, such as erg scores or strength tests as determined by coaches
• Training and development requires additional time. Practice is held 6 days/week, 2-2 ? hours/day in season. Rowers should be mindful of other commitments (e.g. SATs, Prom, family obligations) and their impact on training and competing.
• Boats will be configured at the discretion of the coaches.
• Boats may be comprised of students from multiple schools, but all students must be affiliated with Maritime Rowing Club through one of its scholastic programs. Once a boat is assigned an affiliation, a rower will not switch his/her affiliation during the season.