Crew is a team-oriented sport, in which all of the members of a boat have equally important roles in winning a race. While the sport may seem as simple as athletes just rowing a boat down a river, there is a man behind the scenes who is a vital component to the whole of the boat, the coxswain.
The coxswain has...
From September 30th to October 1st, the Jesuit Crew team left Dallas to attend the Head of Oklahoma Regatta. They competed against more than 700+ boats from all across the South.
Overall Performance
In total the team competed in a total of five races between single and double men races. They fought and worked hard.
For the main 8+ boat:
On Saturday, the...
Gripping the hard wooden paddle, the young Jesuit student pulls hard in unison with the other 7 members of the boat. Sitting at the front of the boat, the coxswain counts the beat, letting each one of the members know when to row. The boat slowly lurches forward before quickly propelling with each strong pull on the paddle. Each student pulls as...
On the weekend of November 3-4, the Jesuit Crew wrapped up their fall season in Chattanooga, Tennessee at the Head of the Hooch Regatta. One of the largest regattas of the year, the Head of the Hooch hosts more than 2,000 boats from over 200 teams. Competing in the Varsity 8, Varsity 4, Lightweight 8, and Novice 8, Jesuit...
If you have ever watched any rowing regatta, you’ll always be able to see eight gigantic men and women powering the boat to the finish line. However, if you take a closer look, you’ll notice a much smaller person in the back of the boat that happens to be the only one not rowing. What could possibly be the...
After training rigorously during spring break and giving a stellar performance in Austin at their last regatta, Head Coach John Fife and the Jesuit crew team looked forward to carrying  their success through Oklahoma City for the Oklahoma City Junior Invitational on Saturday, March 22, in which five different teams competed: Jesuit Dallas, OKC Riversport, White Rock Boathouse, Tulsa...
Right before the biggest race of the year at the National Championships in Sacramento, California, the Jesuit crew team attended the Stotesbury Cup in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from May 16-17. The Stotesbury Cup, which is hosted on the majestic Schuylkill River, is the largest scholastic regatta in the world and hosts over 5,000 rowers, 1,000 boats, and 10,000 spectators. It...
Collegiate sports: the next level of athletics that many incoming college freshmen compete to have a position in. Next fall, six of our very own Jesuit seniors will join the coveted elite that make up collegiate athletics across three sports.
Marcus Hill ‘18 has signed to the Air Force Academy to play basketball in NCAA Division I. “I had offers...
