As the crowning achievement of their first year as a varsity sport (following two years as a club sport), the MHS Girls' Lightweight 4+ Crew Team took first place in a close race at the Stotesbury Cup Regatta, held annually on Philadelphia's Schuykill River. Stotesbury is the oldest and largest high school rowing race in the country; over 180 schools from Canada to the north and Virginia in the south compete there. Of seven Montclair boats, four qualified for the semi-finals, two made it to the finals and two received medals (the girls' senior double team also captured a silver). This is especially impressive considering that two years ago the fledgling team sent only one boat of four girls to the competition.
Crew was introduced as a sport at Montclair High to allow more kids to get involved in high school sports, since it requires little previous training. This year's team had 35 members.
(MHS Connections, Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2004)
