Hi Everyone,
Saturday morning at 9:30 AM we will be setting up the boathouse for the 2010 spring season. All Varsity Girls, All Varsity Boys, and returning novice girls and novice boys are encouraged to attend. Those taking the SAT Exam that day are excused, as are new novices. We will be breaking up into groups to clean the boathouse, setup the docks, rig the shells, etc. Please come dressed for the weather, it looks like it could be a bit soggy. I would expect that we’ll have everything done by noon at latest if everyone shows up ready to work! Also, please let me know if you’re child can not attend (Sat takers good luck and don’t worry, I already know you can’t be there!)

–Matt

**REMINDER–Registration packets due Friday, February 26!
Returning rowers, varsity and novice, your forms are due Friday, February 26.
New novice rowers may turn in registration forms after February 26 with no penalty.
See post below for forms.

**Please also complete your high school’s clearance packet (it gets turned in to your high school). You only need to do this once per year, so if you did it in the fall or winter, you do not need to do it again. You do, however, need to make sure that the date of your physical is within the last 13 months.

**PARENT INFORMATION NIGHT
Tuesday, March 2, Weston High School
Chris Aufiero will speak to Weston parents from all sports teams from 7 to 7:30; then each team will have a breakout session. Wayland parents, please join us at 7:30 for our breakout session.

**NUTRITION SPEAKER–for parents, too!!
Nancy Clark, a registered dietitian (RD) and sports nutritionist (board certified specialist in sports dietetics (CSSD)) will be coming to speak to the team and parents on the first day of practice, Monday, March 15, Wayland High School, Room L1, 3:30pm. Parents, please come to this talk if you can. I have heard Nancy speak–you will enjoy it, and you will be on the same page with your rower–about food, anyway.
Rowers, there is an entrance fee–you must have a snack! Have a sandwich, an energy bar, some fruit–some fuel for the afternoon.

**NOVICE TRYOUTS–As noted in the registration packet, we sometimes need to limit the number of rowers because we just don’t have enough boats and/or coaches to give everyone the quality experience they deserve. We may need to have tryouts this spring, during the first week of practice. We won’t know until we have all the registration forms turned in. I wanted to give you a sense of what the tryouts would be like.

Tryouts will be based on observations over the first week of practice, and will include some combination of running (for example, a timed one-mile run or the ability to run three miles), core exercises and calisthenics, rowing on the rowing machine, and an evaluation of your effort and attitude.

But no need to try to become an Olympian before the beginning of the season! Just bring to practice your best attitude, and a lot of energy, in order to put out your best effort. If you are inclined, you could ease yourself into some exercise in the next few weeks, if you haven’t been exercising already. Doing something 3x per week that doesn’t leave you exhausted and sore is much more productive than a long, painful workout done once.

If we have to have tryouts, we will hold your registration check until tryouts are completed, and return it if necessary.

Sophie Gavell and members of the crew have decided to put their rowing talents to work for Haiti–here’s what they are planning:

To help alleviate the damage of the earthquakes in Haiti, we will be hosting an erging fundraiser to raise money to send to Haiti. We will be holding this erging fundraiser on Saturday February 27, 2010, at the Trinitarian Church in Wayland Center. The erging will begin at 2:00 pm but we ask that all rowers please show up at 1:30. Please understand that this is not an erg test, but we will be raising money for those in Haiti- even if you are not in prime shape, please attend so that we make this a whole team effort. We are not requiring a certain amount of fundraising since we are not in season; however, we request that everybody try to raise money for this very worthy cause: 100% of donations will go to the Partners in Health Organization.
See you all soon!

Spring 2010 Registration Information

Welcome to Wayland-Weston Crew!
Registration for the Spring 2010 season is now open.

Deadline for returning varsity and novice rowers: February 26, 2010
New novice registration (new rowers) is open, as long as there is space available.
Please email Barbara Sheffels (barbsheffels@comcast.net) prior to mailing forms to see if there is space.

Download the Spring 2010 Registration Packet
for full information on the spring season and registration forms
WWC-SPRING2010-Registration Packet

Please mail completed registration forms to:
Barbara Sheffels
WWCrew
27 High Rock Rd.
Wayland, MA 01778

Questions?
Contact Barbara Sheffels, WW Crew Athletic Director
508-358-5461 or barbsheffels@comcast.net

WAYLAND – The Wayland High School Athletic Boosters presented its awards for the fall athletic season.

The Booster Award
The Booster Award is given to a varsity senior athlete (if appropriate) who has shown outstanding merit in the areas of leadership, sportsmanship, team spirit, and athletic ability. These qualities should be present both on and off the field. Only an athlete in good academic and personal standing should be considered.

Football: Ian Bonner; Cheerleading: Casey Frieling; Girls soccer: Liz Doyon; Boys soccer: Andy Bekenstein; Field hockey: Katie Miller Girls cross country: Lauren Pule; Boys cross country: Brett Baker; Golf: Joe Cooper; Girls volleyball: Lauren Vachon; Boys crew: Bobby Dresser; Girls crew: Sophie Gavell.

The Hal Barnett Award
The Hal Barnett Unsung Hero Award is given to a varsity team member who shows what hard work and dedication can mean improving the overall quality and well being of the team. The criteria for this award are: hard work, willingness to do what is needed for the best interest of the team, and good attendance at practices and games. The recipient should preferably be a senior who is not otherwise recognized. This award is not intended for a standout player.

Football: Jon Bryant; Cheerleading: Lauren McGovern; Girls soccer: Claire Leichter; Boys soccer: Ro Perkins; Field hockey: Sama Abdul-Aziz; Girls cross country: Jenn Adler; Boys cross country: Gifford Delle; Golf: Scott Smith; Girls volleyball: Danielle Smith; Boys crew: Chris Baim; Girls crew: Annie Culver.

The Buzz Bowers Sportsmanship Award
The Buzz Bowers Sportsmanship Award is to be presented to a varsity player whose behavior is characterized by fair play, shows generosity, and general concern for others and demonstrates sportsmanship in a loss and is a gracious winner.
Football: Zach Miles; Cheerleading: Maria Fantoni; Girls soccer: Lindsay Shelton; Boys soccer: Berin Senne; Field hockey: Maggie Davis; Girls cross country: Emily Kopp; Boys cross country: Kevin Krakauer; Golf: Sam Karp; Girls volleyball: Nicole Jenkins; Boys crew: Luke Defren; Girls crew: Melanie Wang.

From: Matt: The final regatta of this fall came on Sunday (Oct. 25, 2009) in Worcester. Wayland-Weston returned to Lake Quinsigamond to defend its fall MPSRA state title. In the end, Wayland-Weston came away with four crew state titles: the girls team points trophy, boys team points trophy, and overall team points trophy.

Wayland Weston Crew at State Championships, Fall 09
Video features shots of each Wayland-Weston Crew team as they crossed the finish line in the Fall 2009 Mass. Public Schools Rowing Association Regatta in Worcester, MA, Sunday, October 25th.
Videography and production by Joe Vitagliano, Wayland

The Results:
Starting the day were the boys novice 8’s placing 1st and 7th of 10 crews. The boys “A” boat dominated the event, completing the course in 14:12.72, besting 2nd place Duxbury by 50 seconds! The boys “B” entry bested all “B” entries, the “A” entry from Medford, and were 2 and 5 seconds off of “A” entries from Hingham and Shrewsbury.
Next up were the novice girls, placing 2nd and 10th of 12 crews. The novice “A” boat showed tremendous improvement in just one day closing 32 seconds on Bromfield from the previous day. The “B” crew place 10th besting crews from Lowell and Medford.
Immediately following the girls novice 8’s were the Boys and Girls Varsity 4’s. The Boys 4+ finished in 3rd place with a bronze medal behind Worcester and Duxbury.
The Girls race two varsity 4’s, finishing 1st and 5th of 13. The “A” entry passed defending champions Cambridge Rindge and Latin and bested 2nd place Lowell by 40 seconds! The “B” boat finishing 5th rowed a very strong race beating all “B” entries and a number of “A” boats.
The Boys raced 3 varsity 8’s placing 1st, 5th, and 9th of 15 crews. The V8 took home the state title in a time of 18:49, winning by 6 seconds. The “B” entry bested all “B” crews and a number of “A” boats. The “C” entry was the fastest “C” crew and would have placed third among “B” entries.
Finishing the day were the Girls varsity 8’s finishing 1st, 6th, and 10th of 12 entries. The 1st V8 ran away with the win in a time of 20:36.7, besting 2nd place Lowell by nearly 47 seconds. The “B” entry was the fastest “B” boat by over a minute, and the “C” crew (the only C entry in the event) finishing 10th bested “B” crews from Shrewsbury and Worcester.

State Championship Crews:

• Boys 1st Novice 8+
• Boys 1st Varsity 8+
• Girls Varsity 4+
• Girls Varsity 8+

Boys Team State Champions

Girls Team State Champions

Overall 2009 Team Fall State Champions

A great end to an extremely successful fall season, see everyone in the spring!
–Matt

From Matt:

Hi Everyone,
Well, the fall season is now over and the final weekend certainly came with its share of great racing and significant adversity. Head of the Fish provided it’s traditional fare of cold and rainy weather complemented by a lot of mud and overflowed parking. As many of you know, one of the buses broke down on the trip home, I would like to thank all of the rowers and parents on behalf of the coaching staff for your patience, understanding, and maturity (the rowers were terrific and extraordinarily well behaved) during the entire ordeal.
On to the results:
Starting off the day were the boys and girls novice 8’s both competing in their first regatta. Both crews finished in 6th place out of 20 and 22 teams respectively. The boys bested strong crews from Fairport, Canisius, and Chaminade. The girls did the same with crews from Saratoga, Norwalk, and St. Anthony’s.
Up next following a thunderstorm delay which they spent in the Skidmore college boathouse was the girls lightweight 4. With a time of 12:51.03 the lightweights added some gold medals and the 1st of 2 fish heads won Saturday to be displayed in the W/W boathouse. Next was the Boys Varsity 4+, who placed 3rd in an event of 30 crews. The boys also spent the delay at the Skidmore boathouse.
The afternoon had the girls and boys 8’s racing in the 1V, 2V, and 3V events on both sides. The girls 1V placed 4th; 10 seconds behind winner Saratoga and 3 seconds behind 3rd place CRI. The girls 2V brought home a bronze medal, finishing ahead of 4th place West Side RC of Buffalo by 1 second for the medals. Finishing off the day for the girls was the 3V who placed 4th of 7 in a time of 13:06.
The Boys varsity 8’s all brought home medals. The 1V finished 3rd behind CRI and St. Catherines with a time of 10:36. The 2V finished 2nd behind Canisius and ahead of CRI with a time of 11:06. Rounding out the day and bringing home the other fish head trophy awarded to first place finishers were the boys of the 3V. They ran the course in 11:18 besting CRI by 1 second for the win!

More to come on Sunday’s MPSRA regatta.

–Matt

From Matt:

Hi Everyone,
This past Sunday four Wayland- Weston crews competed in the prestigious Head of the Charles regatta. The weather of course was less than cooperative; temperatures were technically in the low 40’s but with the wind, rain, and later on snow felt much colder! Despite the weather the four W/W crews posted some solid results and achieved some very high placements.
First up was the Boys Youth 4+, racing in a field of 75 the boys placed 59th. Following that was the Girls Youth 4+ at 10:46. The girls squad did not have a 4+ at Head of the Charles in 2008, by finishing 38th of 77 the crew’s place in the top half earned a guaranteed bid in this event for 2010!
Also earning guaranteed bids for next year were the Boys and Girls Youth 8’s. Coming out of the lottery the Boys 8 continued a very strong fall season placing 15th of 79. The Boys 8 bested crews from powerhouse programs Chaminade, Canisius, and St. John’s of Shrewsbury with a time of 16:16.668 over the course.
Immediately following the Boys were the Girls Youth 8’s. After a 2nd place finish to CRI at the Textile the Girls 8 was looking to have a strong performance through rowing their best race of the fall thus far. With a time of 17:53.8 the 8+ matched Wayland-Weston’s best-ever performance at Head of the Charles with a 7th place finish of 74 crews. With that finish the Girls 8+ put crews from New Trier, Marin, Sammamish, and St. Catherines behind them in the standings.
As the largest regatta in the world Head of the Charles is a great showcase of skill and speed, in addition to the ability to avoid obstacles and crashes! The Wayland- Weston squad had a succesful day garnering two top 20 finishes, a top 10 finish, and 3 guaranteed entries for 2010!
Next weekend is the final of the fall season, Saturday is Head of the Fish followed on Sunday by the MPSRA State Championship Regatta. More to come on those in the next day or so.

–Matt