Stonington Crew

2011 CPSRA Championships 5/22/11 63 photos

Another dramatic finish to the season with a day of intense competition on Lake Warmaug. Every crew came ready to race but Stonington prevailed with another solid string of medals.

SHS vs Middletown/Glastonbury 5/7/11 65 photos

SHS, Middletown, and Glastonbury meet on the swollen Connecticut River in Middletown. The crews dodge branches, logs, and other flotsam in the river and wait out several thunderstrom and rain delays.

SHS vs Farmington 4/30/11 94 photos

A tough day of racing on the river in Farmington. SHS meets one of the team's top rivals for a number of very tight races. Novice boys and BV3 continue their streak of wins in the CPSRA league.

SHS vs Avon at the Seaport 4/23/11 48 photos

A day with wind and heavy rain, but the teams race anyway. The rowers hang tough and everyone gets a race in. Photography gets cut short by the unfortunate dunking of the camera in the Mystic River.

Blustery Afternoon with Varsity Girls 4/22/11 30 photos

A cool and windy afternoon session with Coach Sarah and Varsity Girls. They run out into the channel and, on the return to the Seaport, Coach Sarah has the boats do some of her "special" workouts: Can-Can and Flying Nun.

Early Morning with Varsity 4/21/11 25 photos

The water is still and smooth and the coaches take the boats on a long row out to the edge of Long Island Sound on another vacation week morning.
The rowers work hard and are treated to seals off Ram Island.

SHS vs East Lyme HS at the Seaport 4/20/11 70 photos

Reasonable weather makes decent water conditions for racing north of the Seaport for one of the few mid-week regattas. All boats race today and the event includes a solid showing from the Novices (plus war paint!).

Early Morning with Varsity Girls 4/19/11 78 photos

Vacation week at the Seaport for 5:30 in the morning in the cool stillness. A little hard to wake up and get going for the Varsity Girls, but beautiful out on the water. The Girls are joined by Graham Hutter for long pieces, pairs racing, and sticks?!.

practice with Varsity boys 4/18/11 28 photos

The first practice of vacation week. Monday aftenoon, cool and blustery.

Theme for Vasity Girls: Pirates!

Simsbury Invitational 4/16/11 58 photos

The Bears face Simsbury for the first time since the narrow loss to them at the CPSRA Championship last year. Plus Tabor for the second time and East Lyme, Boston Latin, St Johns, and Shrewsbury.

Friday Practice 4/15/11 28 photos

Sunny Friday afternoon at the Seaport. The Varsity gets the boats prepared for the next day's trip to Lake Quinsigamond and the Simsbury Invitational and the Coaches share a few last thoughts before race day.

SHS vs Old Lyme 4/12/11 83 photos

The Varsity rowers meet Old Lyme on the Mystic River.
A beautiful day for racing, fair weather, and not too cold.

Pomfret Regatta 4/9/11 69 photos

A pleasant day of exciting racing on Lake Quassett in Woodstock, CT.
The Bears vs Pomfret, Greenwich Academy, and Tabor.

Cold Girls V3 practice 4/8/11 30 photos

Another chilly, windy, and a little wet, practice at the Seaport. This time with Coach Sarah Buck and Girls V3 rowing between the bridges and out in the basin doing drills.

Cold Saturday practice 3/26/11 61 photos

A very chilly, windy Saturday morning. But the team toughs out a long, wet practice. The Novices come to understand what proper dress is and how to handle the boats with the able assistance of some Varsity rowers on loan from Sarah.

Novices in the water 3/22/11 26 photos

A day for the entire team to get on the water. The Novices have their first chance to get in a boat. But high winds and brisk currents make it tricky for the new rowers and their coaches.

Novices at the Seaport 3/19/11 25 photos

A Saturday practice for Varsity and a visit to the Seaport for the Novices to get a look at the boats, have a chance to handle them and start getting a taste of what it is all about. 14 Novices to hold up a boat is about right!

Eddie Gets Cake 3/18/11 4 photos

Eddie Bokowski has a birthday!

But how do you eat the cake without forks or plates?
Not a problem at crew...

First Day Back at the Seaport 3/15/11 6 photos

FINALLY, back at the Seaport with the boats to get them set to launch. Get them out onto the slings, attach the riggers. make sure everything is properly in place and carry them down to the docks to be ready to go.

Erg ThROWdown 2/27/11 102 photos

The Erg ThROWdown returns! The 2nd annual competition expands to most of the CPSRA crews and a few guests. Exciting racing and high energy makes for a great event and marks the unofficial start of the 2011 season.

Location: Mystic YMCA Mystic CT