WJ Crew is a club team made up of rowers who attend Walter Johnson High School. We are in the Washington Metropolitan Interscholastic Rowing Association (WMIRA), a 12 school regional league. Our Fall 2016 season included 65 rowers but we hope to grow this Spring so we are offering NEW RECRUITS an opportunity to try it out. Come to a week of practice and then decide if you want to register at our reduced spring rate for new rowers.
TO REGISTER FOR THE TRY IT, PLEASE COMPLETE THIS FORM.
WHY JOIN WJ CREW?
INDIVIDUALIZED ATTENTION: With 5 coaches, rowers receive individualized attention and advance quickly. Few rowers have experience before joining WJ Crew. Our coaches teach the fundamentals, two are former WJ Crew rowers who have returned from college rowing to coach the team. Coaches teach rowing fundamentals while training for excellence. WJ Crew is a NO-CUT team. Everyone rows, everyone competes.
BOATHOUSE: Our on-the-water training home is the Bladensburg Waterfront Park, about a 35 minute ride around the beltway. We share our boathouse with teams from DeMatha, Bullis, The Heights School, Elizabeth Seton, Churchill and Blair high schools as well as Catholic University and UMD. Bus transportation is provided.
SEASON: Crew can be a 3 season sport. Fall Season (Sept-November) and Spring Season (March-May) are on the water. We offer the option of Winter Conditioning which includes membership to the Washington Sports Club next to the school and coach supervised practices on weights and ergs, our rowing machines. The team participates in 8 regattas, our races, in the spring and at least 6 in the fall. We participate in the world’s largest high school regatta, the Stotesbury Cup, in Philadelphia in May. Please take a look at our History pages to see inside our regattas.
PRACTICES: During the Spring and Fall seasons, water practices are held Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. Buses leave WJHS at 2:45 and return at 6:45. Saturdays we are either practicing at the boathouse or racing at a regatta.
SUCCESSES: Our rowers develop sportsmanship, leadership, and time management skills. In addition to medals and trophies, we have several athletes and boats who have been awarded ALL Met by the Washington Post. Our rowers are in the band, the orchestra, the National Honor Society and APEX.
COLLEGES LOVE ROWERS: WJ Crew members have attended or are attending: Boston University, Cornell, Drexel, Ithaca College, LaSalle University, LeHigh University, Northeastern, Marist, MIT, Stanford, University of California Davis, University of Colorado, University of Tennessee, , University of Maryland, University of Washington, United States Naval Academy, Oregon State University, St Johns University, Wake Forest, and Washington College, to name a few.
