Registration Now Open for 2014 T.C. Williams Crew Team

With the start of the spring rowing season just around the corner, registration is now open for the 2014 T.C. Williams High School Crew team. This year, all rowers are being encouraged to register online.  For instructions on how to do so, please visit www.tcwcrew.org.

The T.C. Williams Crew team is coming off a very successful season. Last year, Titan boats won three state championships, two silver medals, and eight bronze medals. In addition to posting one of the most successful seasons in recent years, the 2013 T.C. Crew team was also the largest in over a decade, with nearly 200 student athletes taking to the water. Key dates for the upcoming season include:

• This Saturday, Feb. 22: A mandatory safety briefing will be held at 10 am at the Dee Campbell Boathouse for new rowers and their parents.  At 11 am, a meeting will be held for all parents to kick-off the season and answer any questions they may have.  At 1 pm, all rowers will be required to take a swim test at Chinquapin.
  
• Next Monday, Feb. 24 is the first practice of the season. Moving forward, practices this spring will be held Monday - Friday from 4-6:30 pm, and on Saturday mornings from 7-10 am.  An after-school activity bus will be available to take kids to and from practice on weekdays.
  
• Saturday, March 22 is the first regatta against Washington-Lee at the Boathouse.  After the regatta, the team will hold a ceremony to christen the newest shell in the T.C. Crew racing fleet — "The Wanda."
  

The 2014 Spring Crew season will mark the 67th year of public school rowing in the City of Alexandria, which dates back to 1947 when a Washington, D.C., policeman named Julian Whitestone and a Navy employee named Jack Franklin started training young men who were students at George Washington High School at the Old Dominion Boat Club.  

The T.C. Williams rowing program today stands as one of the oldest and most successful rowing programs in the country. The program is recognized throughout the area and the nation for its tradition of excellence. It is also recognized for its world class facilities and equipment, the quality of its coaching staff, and its success in national and international competition.  By tradition, T.C. Crew athletes are also outstanding students who are strongly committed to academics.  

The T.C. Williams Crew team is open to any student in the 8th-12th grade who attends Alexandria City Public Schools.  For more information on the Crew, photos from previous seasons, and a complete schedule of the regattas this year, please visit www.tcwcrew.org, or follow the team on Facebook at www.facebook.com/alexandria.crewboosters.