Since its founding in 2001, Manhasset Crew has been a top performer locally and nationally in high school rowing, with the team claiming 10 national championships and over 40 state championships in its 23-year history. This past year was no different, as the team started the season off strong by winning 10 out of 15 events at Long Island Championships and being crowned overall champion for the third year in a row. At the New York State Scholastic Championship in Saratoga, the team won its 44th state title with 11 boats finishing in the top three in the state in their respective classes. The season culminated with a third-place finish at the 2023 US Rowing Youth National Championships in Sarasota.
The team is looking to build on its success and win all three competitive regattas scheduled for this spring. New for this year, the team will be racing internationally, when the squad will be traveling to St. Catharine’s, Ontario in May to compete at the Canadian Secondary Schools Rowing Association Championships, a premier event hosting the best school teams in the US and Canada.
Well known for its competitive success, the team also receives top marks in college recruitment, having had athletes recruited to continue their rowing careers at nearly every top 50 university in the country. In 2023 three seniors were recruited to continue their athletic journeys at Cornell, MIT, and Hobart; for 2024 the team already has one commitment to Boston University.
Manhasset Crew is a varsity and middle school sports program open to all Manhasset students in the fall and spring seasons. The team also runs learn to row, skills enhancement, physical training and competitive rowing programs open to everyone – including adults – in the summer, and a fitness program in the winter season.
Manhasset student athletes interested in joining the program are encouraged to reach out via email to [email protected]. More information about the team and its programs, including summer camp programs open to middle and high schoolers from all communities, can be found at www.manhassetcrew.org
—Submitted by Manhasset Crew
